# ColourCam — Capture snapshots of colour

> Capture snapshots of colour (iPhone/iPad app by Jarrod Norwell.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colourcam/id6745690307 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jarrod Norwell](https://appshunter.io/developer/1449237747)
- Category: Photo & Video
- Price: Free (on sale, was $0.99)
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-05-12
- Data updated: 2026-08-15
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colourcam/id6745690307/reviews.md

## What is ColourCam?

Capture snapshots of colour from the environment

Features
- Copy a colours HEX or RGBA value for use in other applications
- Delete all colours or a single one to continue capturing
- Gradient creation with 9 captured colours
- Point and capture with a single button
- Save a single colour or an entire gradient to the Photo Library

Source Code
ColourCam is open-source, licensed under GPLv3 for people who want to see how the app works
https://github.com/colourcam-app/colourcam


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0 — 2026-07-20

ColourCam 3.0 is a full redesign and rewrite with some additions and changes as listed below

Added
- a large single button to capture colours within the centre of the scree
- a tab based interface allowing for cleaner navigation

Changed
- the list of colours and gradient save buttons to be positioned on the bottom of the screen

### 2.3 — 2026-02-27

Added
- a motion based colour counter displaying colours required for gradient creation

### 2.2 — 2025-09-24

Added
- Added the ability to create and save a gradient from 9 or a multiple of 3 thereafter colours

### 2.1 — 2025-09-23

- Redesigned for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass
- New onboarding with better iPad support and camera permission handling
- Less code to achieve more
- Removed gradient creation temporarily to improve performance
- Better iPad and landscape support

### 2.0 — 2025-05-19

- Added a new ••• (ellipsis) button with "Create Gradient", "Browse Palettes" and "Save Palette" options
••• is shown when there are saved palettes or when the captured colours count is greater than or equal to 6
- Added a new screen to browse, delete and create gradients from the available saved palettes
- Added the ability to save a created gradient to the Camera Roll

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## More apps by Jarrod Norwell

- [Folium](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folium/id6498623389)
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- [Lavvy](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lavvy/id6758861444)
- [Vion](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vion/id6770823399)

All apps by Jarrod Norwell: https://appshunter.io/developer/1449237747

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