Color Study: Simplify Painting

Color Study: Simplify Painting

Simplify color, value & shape

352 ratings
54 reviews
#124 in top-grossing Graphics & Design
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🎨 Graphics & Design
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • December 22, 2025
  • August 12, 2026

Features

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About

This app helps artists simplify images into essential shapes and colors for study. It provides tools for accurate color matching, paint mixing guidance, and detailed analysis of value, saturation, and color codes. Advanced features for deeper analysis and paint mixing are available via subscription.

Image simplification to shapes and colors
Accurate color picker with pixel averaging
Paint mixing guidance
Value, saturation, and color code inspection
Interactive analysis maps
Customizable grid overlay
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What's New in Color Study

2.0.12

August 12, 2026

• Gouache paint mixing and other additional paints • Include grid in exports

Subscription plans

Color Study Pro monthly

Color Study Pro monthly subscription

$2.991 Month
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In-App Purchases

$19.99

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Charts

Top Grossing

This app dropped -6 positions in Graphics & Design chart.

Last updated on September 23, 2026.

Top Free

This app dropped -5 positions in Graphics & Design chart.

Last updated on September 23, 2026.

User reviews

Love it!!! Please mor oil brands for a pallet!

I’m absolutely in love with this app. It’s such a valuable and inspiring tool for artists, whether they’re just starting out or already working professionally.
I would love to know if you’re planning to expand the oil paint palette in the future and include brands such as Old Holland, Williamsburg, Michael Harding, Rembrandt, Charvin, and Rublev. That would make an already wonderful app even more useful for painters.
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I usually don’t write reviews

But this app has seriously improved my painting. Only
note ( and I don’t think this is the apps fault ) is that although it has a vast library of paint colors ( I work in oil ) , some are not there. This is to be expected, I assume there is just such a vast variety of color out there that it’s impossible to capture everything (looking at you turquoise cobolt). Easy solution is to find the closest color to that in which is missing. Would be cool if you can add color to the library yourself, maybe this already is a feature that I have not discovered yet.

This app fills that gap I have that would have most likely been filled with years of formal training. Also the yearly subscription fee of $25 is kind of a steal, if you’re using as I do. Really great, one of the few instances an ad got me and I was impressed.
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amazing app

this app is amazing I have been looking for a app like this for so long. This has improved my painting journey.

Great app

I love the functionality-really useful tool -Thankyou
Great value !!

Amazing!

I don’t generally leave reviews, but I wanted you to know how incredibly helpful the app is-and to thank you for your YouTube video walk-throughs!!! INCREDIBLE!

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FAQ

What does Color Study do?

Color Study is a tool designed for artists to simplify images into essential shapes and colors. It aids in studying color and value, and provides guidance for mixing paints to match observed colors. The app helps users focus on fundamental aspects of drawing and painting by analyzing visual references.

What are the key features of Color Study?

Key features include an accurate color picker with magnification and pixel averaging, the ability to place and customize color markers, and inspection of value, saturation, and various color codes. It also offers automatic extraction of key colors, color comparison tools, and a customizable grid overlay.

Is Color Study free to use?

The app offers core tools for free. However, advanced features such as interactive value maps, shape simplification, temperature maps, notan controls, and advanced paint-mixing guidance are available through a subscription.

Who is Color Study intended for?

This app is specifically made for artists, including painters, illustrators, and art students. It serves as a learning tool to help them analyze what they see, make better artistic decisions, and deepen their understanding of value structure, color harmony, and visual design.

Can I use Color Study to mix paints?

Yes, the app provides paint-mixing guidance, particularly for opaque paints. It offers real-time feedback from photographed mixes, helping artists accurately match the colors they observe in their references. This feature is part of the advanced tools available via subscription.