# The Color App Lite - Color Palette Selection Tool

> Color palette selection and creation tool with drawing and sharing features. (iPhone/iPad app by Tangent Media Network, Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-color-app-lite-color-palette-selection-tool/id950429239 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tangent Media Network, Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/369613191)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 3 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2014-12-30
- Data updated: 2026-06-09
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-color-app-lite-color-palette-selection-tool/id950429239/reviews.md

## What is The Color App Lite?

Create and name workspaces for finding color combinations that will look great in your next project. As you draw with colors chosen from a variety of available color pickers, the colors are added to a color palette. Zooming and panning are available in the drawing area to make drawing fine details easier.
There are various color pickers for selecting and discovering colors, but one main display which shows a global color type of your choosing. Whichever color picker used, the main display will always show the current color's value in the desired system. 

There are eight main display types for viewing a color's value:  HSB Integer, HSB Decimal, RGB Integer, RGB Decimal, RGB Percent, Named HTML, Three-Digit Hex, and Six-Digit Hex.
There are six pickers available for selecting colors. 
First is an HSB (hue, saturation, brightness) picker with three sliders.

Then there is an RGB (red, green, blue) picker also with three sliders. 

The third picker is Named HTML. It uses RGB sliders to display only the colors that have names in HTML/CSS.

The fourth picker is Three-Digit Hex.  It uses RGB sliders to display only colors that can be represented in three-digit hexadecimal form.
 
The fifth picker is a gradient that can be touched for color selection.

The sixth picker allows the user to bring an image into the app so that a color can be selected specifically from the image.

Alpha can be adjusted for drawing.

Once colors are drawn with, they appear in a side tab. When one of these colors is double-clicked, the color's triads, complementaries, analogous, and split complementaries can be viewed and added to the workspace color set. Also, a set of fixed-brightness, fixed-saturation, pseudo-random-hue colors are generated from this original color, and can be regenerated, as optional colors to add to your workspace. 

These workspace colors can be used to replace any of the 12 colors in the fixed color palette in order to allow for a set of personalized colors that can be accessed in any project. 


The Duplicate button will make a copy of the current workspace. This enables easy experimentation with colors. 


Sharing options include: sharing the drawings and/or sets of colors as images, or sending the set of colors as a Color App file to another user of The Color App. The first of these is useful for sharing, or saving to Photos, a color palette that has been designed or a picture drawn with the selected colors. The second sharing option is perfect for collaborating with others on a project involving choosing and viewing colors and their values. 

 

This app is useful for individuals who design on a computer and need to find color combinations and see each color’s values. It allows the user to pick perfect color palettes, then easily view the colors together, along with each color’s value in a chosen system. This allows for easy input into the computer for iOS development, web design, graphic design, and more. 
The app can also be used simply for drawing, with access to a rich set of ways to select colors with which to draw.


Beautifully designed and easy to use, let The Color App become your favorite app for the professional or entertaining use of COLORS.



NOTE: THE LITE VERSION OF THE COLOR APP WILL NOT SAVE ANY DATA. YOUR COLOR PALETTES AND WORKSPACES WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE DURING THE SESSION YOU ARE USING THE APP.  

The full version, however, will save all user data.

## Key features

- Create and name color workspaces
- Multiple color pickers (HSB, RGB, HTML, Hex)
- View color values in 8 systems
- Generate complementary and analogous colors
- Import images to select colors
- Share palettes and drawings
- Duplicate workspaces for experimentation

## Recent user reviews (3 of 3)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-color-app-lite-color-palette-selection-tool/id950429239/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Perfect for art

*2018-11-26*

I use this to plan colour combinations for paintings, easy to use, clean interface

### 5/5 — Five stars

*2017-09-26*

I love this app!

### 1/5 — Rubbish

*2016-11-30*

For an app that's supposed to aid design, this app looks a complete mess. I thought I could extract the Colour palette of an image but this is blocked on the lite version. Struggling to see the point of this lite version. DELETED

## Frequently asked questions about The Color App Lite

### What is The Color App Lite?

The Color App Lite is a utility app that helps users create, manage, and share color palettes. It offers various color pickers and displays color values in multiple systems, aiding in design projects.

### How does The Color App Lite help with color selection?

It provides six different color pickers, including HSB sliders, RGB sliders, Named HTML, Three-Digit Hex, a gradient picker, and an image import option for selecting colors directly from pictures.

### Can I generate related colors in The Color App Lite?

Yes, after selecting a color, you can view and add its triads, complementaries, analogous, and split complementaries to your workspace. It also generates pseudo-random hue colors based on the selected color.

### What sharing options are available in The Color App Lite?

You can share drawings or color sets as images, or send color sets as a Color App file to other users for collaboration on color projects.

### What devices is The Color App Lite compatible with?

The Color App Lite is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices.

### Is The Color App Lite free to use?

Yes, The Color App Lite is completely free to download and use, with no in-app purchases or advertisements.

### How often is The Color App Lite updated?

The Color App Lite was last updated on December 30, 2014, with version 1.0. It has not received updates since its initial release.

### What is the age rating for The Color App Lite?

The Color App Lite has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2014-12-30

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

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