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

Every image has a color structure. Undertone shows it to you. Bring in any image, a photo, a painting, a screenshot. In seconds, the app breaks down the color structure underneath: palette, harmony, temperature, and value. The relationships that make an image feel right, made visible. All processing happens on your device. Your images never leave your device. What you get with every analysis: Palette with proportions. Not flat swatches. Dominant colors shown by actual weight. A 60% warm neutral with a 5% cool accent is a different palette than 50/50. Every color labeled with hex codes and painter-friendly names. Yellow Ochre, not "Autumn Sunset Dream." Color harmony. The relationship between your colors identified and named: complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, or monochromatic. Real palettes rarely sit on textbook angles, so Undertone names the closest fit. Colors plotted on a wheel so you can see the geometry. Temperature map. A warm-cool overlay on your image that makes the invisible visible. Muddy shadows? Probably a temperature problem, warm paint leaking into your cools. Golden hour magic? Warm light forces cool shadows by contrast. Toggle the map on, and the thing you couldn't diagnose becomes obvious. Value structure. Your image stripped to grayscale, divided into clear zones: light, mid-tone, dark. Value does more work than color. A painting with strong values and wrong colors still reads. This automates the painter's squint. Built for people who work with color: Painters studying a master painting at the museum, analyzing a reference before mixing, or diagnosing why the shadows look muddy. Photographers translating a mood board into concrete editing decisions, or understanding why golden hour works so they can repeat it. Designers extracting palettes from real-world references and showing clients why a color scheme works. With evidence, not "trust me." Art students crossing the gap between intuition and understanding. Every analysis is a micro-lesson in color theory. Every analysis is saved automatically. Your library becomes a personal color reference you can browse anytime. 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 focal analysis, tinted value bands and 2 to 9 tonal steps, unlimited history, full-resolution export. One-time purchase. No subscription. Stop guessing. Start seeing.