Colorwise vs Undertone

Colorwise is an iOS color sampler. Colorwise can sample colors straight from the camera or from an image. The sampled color is displayed along with the color components converted into a variety of formats including RGB, HSB, CMYK, CMY, Lab, hLab and XYZ. Libraries of colors can also be used to assign colors appropriate names. Sampled colors are stored in a list of swatches that can be exported in a variety of formats including Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) format that can be used in popular design programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Color File (ACO) format as used by Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Color Book (ACB) format as used by Adobe Photoshop color libraries. Additional formats include a simple text format that can be edited from Colorwise and CSV (comma separated value) format which can be used in spreadsheet applications such as Numbers and Excel. An HTML page can be generated showing the colors and color values. Colorwise can also import ASE, ACO, ACB, Text and CSV files. This makes it possible to import colors from Photoshop and other graphic software. Color libraries can be exported to the iTunes documents folder emailed, sent in messages, uploaded to iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, shared with AirDrop and sent to other apps. Use color libraries to match colors sampled by Colorwise. When a color is sampled, the closest color match in the library is used to provide the color with a name. Included are eight color libraries with over 4500 named colors. A color picker is provided similar to those in popular color programs to create color swatches or modify colors. To demonstrate the effect of color on the human eye two complimentary visual effects are included. Feature List: • Sample colors straight from camera • Use either camera, torch, HD or SD camera options (if available) • Sample colors from images • Convert color samples to RGB, HSB, CMYK, CMY, LAB, hLAB and XYZ • Display greyscale version of color • Display closest color match from selected matching libraries • Store colors as list of swatches • Export swatches as ASE, ACO, ACB, Text, HTML or CSV • Import swatches as ASE, ACO, ACB, Text or CSV • Share with Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, other apps, Email, Messages, AirDrop, etc • Select from complimentary colors for a swatch, including triads, tetrads, monochromatic variations and analogous colors • Color picker to create swatches or modify colors • Complimentary color visual effect • Help file including color formulas used

See any image the way a painter does. Bring in a reference photo, a master painting or a screenshot. In seconds, Undertone shows what sits underneath it: the values, the warm and cool, the composition and the real pigment colors. The things a painter checks before the first brushstroke, made visible. All processing happens on your device. Your images never leave it. Value study. The image stripped to grayscale and divided into clear tonal zones. Two values give you a notan, three give you light, middle and dark. Value does more work than color: a painting with strong values and wrong colors still reads. This automates the painter's squint. Composition. The structure under the image, from the rule of thirds and the golden ratio to triangles, leading lines, symmetry and framing. Ten types, and Undertone only shows the ones the image actually follows, each with how closely it matches. Premium. Warm and cool. A temperature map over the image. Muddy shadows? Probably warm paint leaking into your cools. Golden hour? Warm light forces cool shadows by contrast. Toggle the map on, and what you couldn't diagnose becomes obvious. Palette with real pigment names. Dominant colors shown by actual weight, each matched to the closest real pigment. Yellow Ochre, not "Autumn Sunset Dream." Undertone names the closest harmony and plots the colors on a wheel so you see the geometry. Saturation. Vivid areas glow, muted areas recede. See whether the intensity sits where you want the eye to go. Contrast. Where the eye lands first. Rings mark the strongest areas. Premium. Made for painters and artists: studying a master painting, planning a piece from a reference photo, or finding out why the shadows went muddy. Photographers use it to understand why a light works so they can find it again. Every analysis is saved, and over time your history becomes your own color reference. Free: 20 analyses at a time with the Original, Temperature, Values and Saturation modes, plus the palette and harmony for every image. Premium: Composition (10 guide types), Contrast, tinted value bands, the 2-value notan and 2 to 9 tonal steps, unlimited history, higher-resolution export. One-time purchase. No subscription. Stop guessing. Start seeing.