Tintello
A Quiet Color Practice
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
200+ palettes. 700+ named colors. A new scene every day, plus the full library to explore. Every color comes with lore facts pulled from history, science, and culture.
Tintello is a calm daily practice built around color and curiosity. You look at a color name, choose from four swatches, and find out where that color came from and why it matters. No timers. No scores. No streak pressure. Just a few minutes of focused attention and a growing vocabulary for something most people never slow down to notice.
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WHY IT SETTLES YOU DOWN
Behavioral researchers have long observed that brief, absorbing tasks, ones that occupy attention at a level matched to skill, without time pressure or competition, shift the mind toward a calmer state. Mindfulness research supports the same mechanism: slow, deliberate attention to sensory detail quiets the kind of mental chatter that drives daily stress.
Tintello is designed around that. The pace is yours. The stakes are low. The engagement is real.
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700+ COLORS WITH REAL STORIES
Every color in Tintello comes from somewhere. Cobalt is named after a goblin that German miners blamed for poisoning their ore. Vermilion fueled the Renaissance. Saffron costs more per gram than gold.
After each answer, you get the lore: a short fact drawn from art history, etymology, natural science, or cultural context. Three to five facts per color. The kind of things that make you look at the world differently afterward.
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200+ PALETTES. EACH ONE A WORLD.
Every color belongs to a themed palette built around a place, a season, a cuisine, a mood, or an architectural tradition. Venice. High Desert. Raku Ceramics. Parisian Cafes. Coastal Japan. The Dead Sea at Dusk.
Browse 200+ palettes organized by theme and mood. Pick what calls to you. Take your time.
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A SMALL RITUAL THAT EARNS ITS PLACE
A new palette waits each morning. Ten colors, a few minutes, no pressure. The kind of thing you can fold into a morning routine, a lunch break, or the quiet before sleep, and actually look forward to.
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Download Tintello. Find out how many colors you already know, and how many have been waiting for you to notice them.
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Information
- Seller
- Paul Gedeon
- Size
- 50 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Paul Gedeon