# Color Hints

> Tool for visualizing and cataloging color relationships and coordination. (iPhone/iPad app by Jim Calvin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-hints/id720127002 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jim Calvin](https://appshunter.io/developer/720127005)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: $1.99
- Rating: 3.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 5 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 13 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-11-15
- Data updated: 2026-06-01
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-hints/id720127002/reviews.md

## What is Color Hints?

Color Hints helps you to visualize and catalog color relationships. It provides many methods of helping you to find colors that coordinate, match, or otherwise relate. Useful for designers, painters, quilters, students, and anybody else struggling to figure out which color of throw pillows belong on their couch.

## Key features

- Visualize color relationships
- Catalog color schemes
- Find coordinating colors
- Match colors effectively
- Color discovery methods

## Recent user reviews (5 of 5)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-hints/id720127002/reviews.md

### 1/5 — App does not work!!

*2020-06-09*

This App simply does not work. It shuts down and when it doesn’t, it gets stuck in the tutorials, so its impossible to actually use it. 
It should NOT be on the App Store.

**Developer response:** Thanks for trying Color Hints. Sorry to hear you are having difficulties using Color Hints. Would you be willing to contact us at support@swaystairs.com so that we can figure out what is going wrong in your situation and fix it?

### 5/5 — Quilters and Fabric Workers Dream and It Works in The New IOS

*2016-06-22*

This is a great application for making pics of your favorite fabric swatches and getting ideas on how to use them.  It automatically pics the main colors out of a swatch that you captured with your camera and saves it with the pic.  You can make collections and projects in the app.  And you can search.  Can't beat the price or the concepts.  Must have.

### 1/5 — Doesn't open!

*2015-04-05*

Downloads ok but closes as soon as it opens. Unable to use!!!

**Developer response:** Thank you for trying ColorHints.
A crash on startup issue was corrected in version 2.4 of ColorHints. If you are still unable to use ColorHints, we would really appreciate hearing from you so that we can fix any issues you might have.

support@swaystairs.com

### 1/5 — Color Hints

*2014-08-05*

Unfortunately I wasted my money. It wouldn't open and I had to delete it. There seems to be a glitch. Sad, as watching a Youtube video of it in operation it would have been really useful.

**Developer response:** Thank you for trying ColorHints. A crash on startup issue was corrected in version 2.4 of ColorHints. If you are still unable to use ColorHints, we would really appreciate hearing from you so that we can fix any issues you might have. support@swaystairs.com

### 3/5 — Some really interesting ideas, needs a lot of work.

*2014-05-04*

There are some really cool things about this app that make me really wish it worked better.

The web color picker would be awesome, but any time you try to select a color, it just wraps a box around the entire element, as though you were selecting it in Safari, and gives you the option to copy the section.

Color selection from an image works alright, but it's disappointing that there's no option for activating the swatches picked by the "photo analysis" feature of the Coordinate section. And sadly, there doesn't seem to be a way to save a palette from the colors you select in the coordinate section.

Overall, the interactions are a bit wonky, and you often have to try several times to move or select the item you intend to.

This isn't particularly usable at the moment, but I'm really, really hoping that development continues, because this has the potential to be a very powerful color picker / palette generator with some very unique features.

## Frequently asked questions about Color Hints

### What is Color Hints used for?

Color Hints helps you visualize and catalog color relationships. It provides methods for finding colors that coordinate, match, or relate to each other, useful for various creative and design tasks.

### Who would benefit from using Color Hints?

Designers, painters, quilters, students, and anyone struggling with color selection for projects like interior decorating would find Color Hints beneficial.

### What devices does Color Hints support?

Color Hints is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

### How much does Color Hints cost?

Color Hints is a paid app, priced at $1.99.

### What is the age rating for Color Hints?

Color Hints has an age rating of 17+.

### When was Color Hints last updated?

The latest version, 3.4, was last updated on February 16, 2026.

### What is the user rating for Color Hints?

Color Hints has a rating of 3.0 stars based on 2 ratings.

### Does Color Hints have ads?

No, Color Hints does not contain advertisements.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.4 — 2026-02-16

Better compatibility with iOS 18 and iOS 26

### 3.3 — 2025-08-01

Stability improvements and better behavior on Mac OS X.

### 3.2 — 2025-01-14

A few user interface improvements (including a palette source type indicator), some bug fixes, and iOS 18 compatibility improvements

### 3.1 — 2024-12-08

Photographs can now be easily deleted from Projects
Added a link to privacy statement from About tab
Minor display improvements 
Bug fixes and improved compatibility with iOS18

### 3.0.10 — 2024-02-17

Bug fixes and better compatibility with iOS 17

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All apps by Jim Calvin: https://appshunter.io/developer/720127005

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