Comparison

Color Study vs Image Color Picker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Color Study

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Color Study is a tool for artists to simplify images, study color and value, and accurately match colors through paint mixing. Load any photo and reduce it to clear shapes and essential color information. Color Study generates a clear color map of your reference and provides guidance for mixing paints to match the colors you see, giving you a practical guide you can use at the easel or in study. Focus on the fundamentals that matter in drawing and painting. Made for artists Core tools: • Accurate color picker with magnification and pixel averaging options • Place and customize color markers directly on your reference • Inspect value, saturation, and color codes (RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK, LAB) • Automatically extract key colors and accents in an image, and mark their locations • Compare colors to assess value, relative temperature, saturation, and perceptual difference • Customizable grid overlay for precise alignment Advanced tools: • Interactive value maps, shape simplification, temperature maps and notan controls • Paint-mixing guidance designed for opaque paints, with real-time feedback from photographed mixes • Export analysis views and color maps as images for reference or study • Advanced grid controls for precision alignment and subdivision • Generate simplified line drawings and contour maps to clarify structure, edges, and major shapes • Organize your work into projects with images, paint palettes, and artwork details • iCloud sync keeps your projects and palettes in sync across all your Apple devices Advanced tools available with subscription. Train your artistic eye Color Study is not a design tool or palette generator. It is a learning tool for painters, illustrators, and art students who want to analyze what they see and make better decisions in their artwork. Study master paintings, analyze your own photos, and deepen your understanding of value structure, color harmony, and visual design. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Image Color Picker

Features
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Find the exact color in any photo. Press and drag on the image: a magnifier shows the precise pixel under your finger, and the moment you let go you get its HEX code and every other format you need. PICK A COLOR • Open a photo, take a new one, or point the live camera at anything • Magnifier shows the exact pixel before you take it; pinch to zoom in • HEX, RGB, HSL, HSB and CMYK, each copied with one tap • The closest match from 4,336 named colors CHECK IT IS READABLE • WCAG 2 contrast ratios with AA, AAA and AA large verdicts • APCA Lc scores, the perceptual model drafted for WCAG 3 • Test against white, black, or any background you choose • Get the nearest shade that passes AA when a color fails SEE WHAT OTHERS SEE • Preview the pair for protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia and achromatopsia • Warns when two colors collapse into one for color-blind viewers EVERY COLOR IN THE IMAGE • Counts every distinct color, ranked by how much of the photo it covers • Grouped by family: blue, red, green, grey and more • Adjustable detail, from broad groups to fine shades PALETTES • Extract a palette from a photo, or build one from several photos • Shades, tints and a picker to fine-tune any color • Save palettes and export them as CSS, JSON, PNG, SVG or Adobe ASE PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos never leave your device. There is no account, no sign-in and no advertising. Every reading happens on your iPhone or iPad. Made by the team behind imgcolorpicker.org.

Screenshots

Color Study4 screens
Image Color Picker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Image Color Picker at none against Color Study's 7. Color Study's advantage is chart position (#146 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Color Study sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Image Color Picker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Color Study versus Image Color Picker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor StudyImage Color Picker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (352 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings352 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#146 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrushLabs LLCTech Interval

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Color Study

Subscriptions4
  • Color Study Pro monthly$2.991 Month
  • Color Study Pro monthly$4.991 Month
  • Color Study Pro yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Color Study Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Color Study tip$1.99
  • Color Study tip$19.99
  • Color Study tip$29.99
None

Image Color Picker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Study free?
Color Study is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Image Color Picker free?
Image Color Picker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Color Study or Image Color Picker have ads?
Neither Color Study nor Image Color Picker shows ads.

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