Color Study

Color Study is a tool for artists to simplify images, study color and value, and accurately match colors through paint mixing. Load any photo and reduce it to clear shapes and essential color information.

Color Study generates a clear color map of your reference and provides guidance for mixing paints to match the colors you see, giving you a practical guide you can use at the easel or in study.

Made for artists

Focus on the fundamentals that matter in drawing and painting.
• Accurate color picker with magnification and pixel averaging options
• Inspect value, saturation, and color codes (RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK, LAB)
• Automatically extract key colors and accents in an image, and mark their locations
• Place and customize color markers directly on your reference
• Compare colors to assess value, relative temperature, saturation, and perceptual difference
• Customizable grid overlay for precise alignment

Advanced tools (Free during early access):
• Interactive value maps, shape simplification, temperature map and notan controls
• Paint-mixing guidance with real-time feedback from photographed mixes
• Export analysis views and color maps as images for reference or study

Advanced tools are currently free during early access. Paid plans may be introduced in the future, with clear notice.

Train your artistic eye

Color Study is not a design tool or palette generator. It is a learning tool for painters, illustrators, and art students who want to analyze what they see and make better decisions in their artwork.

Study master paintings, analyze your own photos, and deepen your understanding of value structure, color harmony, and visual design.