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Color Study: Simplify Painting

Color Study: Simplify Painting

Simplify color, value & shape

352 ratings
41 reviews
#120 in top-grossing Graphics & Design
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Details

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

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Developer

BrushLabs LLC
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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

📉 120-2

Graphics & Design

This app dropped -2 positions in Graphics & Design chart.

Last updated on September 3, 2026.

Top Free

📉 171-9

Graphics & Design

This app dropped -9 positions in Graphics & Design chart.

Last updated on September 3, 2026.

User reviews

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It’s Unfortunate

This has the potential to be really useful, however a new user can’t get past the first screen before everything you click on takes you to the purchase screen extremely annoying. Let us try it and appreciate its usefulness. I don’t want to sign up for a free trial let me try even some basic things before we commit to buying it.
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DesigningalDesigningal

Einfach krass

Also ich kann garnicht in Worte fassen wie geil diese App ist.

Ich programmiere selber kleine Apps und male Nebenberuflich mit Öl-Farbe.

Ich dachte mir bei jedem Schritt einfach nur Wow genau das hat die App noch gebraucht.

Einfach, intuitiv super erklärt eine Auswahl aus allen Farben. Eigene Paletten die man erstellen kann da ich hauptsächlich mit Zorn Palette male.

Ich kann hier nur 5 Sterne vergeben und sagen, dass ich direkt das Jahres Abo abgeschlossen habe!!!
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Wolfi1007Wolfi1007

Color Study

Amazingly simple to use
GVS7GVS7

Excellent

WAY better than expected. Finally found an extremely useful multi-tool for identifying value & color & providing mixing ratios. Every feature in this app is very useful.
Pro version soooo worth it, honestly has reignited my excitement in landscape painting with oils. All around great learning experience with every use. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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OldskuelOldskuel

Fabulous simple to use app for artists - painters, sketchers and more

Very intuitive. Makes it easy to “see the forest for the trees”. Still squinting? Use Color study instead. Designed by someone who knows what artists need and understands how to make it work. Block-in, tonal study, notan and more. Understand what you’re looking at… finally!
MM TorontoMM Toronto
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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.