Color Study: Simplify Painting

Color Study: Simplify Painting

Simplify color, value & shape

541 ratings
67 reviews
#140 in top-grossing Graphics & Design
🔧 Utilities
🎨 Graphics & Design
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Released
December 22, 2025
Updated
October 29, 2026

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This tool helps artists analyze images by simplifying colors, values, and shapes. It provides guidance for mixing paints to match observed colors and offers advanced features for deeper artistic study. Organize your work and sync across devices.

✓Image simplification for color and value
✓Accurate color picker with magnification
✓Paint mixing guidance with real-time feedback
✓Value, saturation, and color code inspection
✓Interactive value, shape, and temperature maps
✓Project organization and iCloud sync
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What's New in Color Study

2.0.13

October 29, 2026

Paint mixing, reimagined: step-by-step recipes, a recipe card that floats over your reference, saved recipes, and over 160 new paints. Plus improvements and bug fixes.

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Color Study Pro monthly

Color Study Pro monthly subscription

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Charts

Top Grossing

📉 140-10

Graphics & Design

This app dropped -10 positions in Graphics & Design chart.

Last updated on November 3, 2026.

Top Free

This app rose +6 positions in Graphics & Design chart.

Last updated on November 3, 2026.

User reviews

Not a bad start- will revisit

Not a bad start to a really useful app. They need to *drastically* increase their available pigments for setting up pallets. I paint with pretty much all Daniel smith paints and having to find the W&N analogue is ok, but not a perfect way to do it. I do like that it incorporates water as the agent for lightness unlike a bunch of other apps.
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Fantastic app

This app does everything I need to learn and continue to develop with oil painting, all within one app. It's extremely helpful and lots of fun to use and gets me painting more, which is always a good idea! Clearly developed by someone who knows exactly what painters need. I believe it would be an incredibly useful tool for artists of all levels. Highly and unconditionally recommended. Very happy I found it.
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Good tool

I saw this app on social media and thought it looked interesting. I decided to buy it because I was starting a very large painting and thought the app could help with the underpainting. And it did. I like the simplified image and the color swatches.

Génial

Vraiment très pratique. Ça vaut vraiment la peine.

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Great app

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FAQ

What is Color Study used for?

Color Study is designed for artists to simplify images, analyze color and value, and get guidance for mixing paints. It helps users focus on essential shapes and colors in their artwork.

Does Color Study have ads?

No, Color Study does not contain advertisements. The app is free to download and use, with optional advanced features available via subscription.

What are the advanced tools in Color Study?

Advanced tools include interactive value maps, shape simplification, temperature maps, notan controls, and paint-mixing guidance with real-time feedback. These are available with a subscription.

How does Color Study help with paint mixing?

The app provides paint-mixing guidance specifically for opaque paints, offering real-time feedback on color matches. It helps artists accurately replicate colors seen in their references.

What devices does Color Study support?

Color Study is available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, allowing for seamless project syncing across Apple devices via iCloud.

What is the pricing for Color Study Pro?

Color Study Pro offers monthly and yearly subscription plans. The yearly plan costs $24.99 and includes a 7-day free trial.

How often is Color Study updated?

The latest version of Color Study is 2.0.13, which was last updated on October 29, 2026. Updates typically bring new features and improvements.

What is the age rating for Color Study?

Color Study has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users interested in art and design.