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The Color Tool gives you precision control over palettes and color transformations. Every feature works from your current palette, with each tool interpreting the colors based on its function. You can also create gradients, extract colors from and enhance images, visualize text, and more. This tool can give you a unique edge as a designer, particularly when you combine it with other tools in your workflow.
The tool separates functionality into workspaces, which you can choose from the workspaces toolbar. Those workspaces are:
Except for when using the ideas workspace, the navigation toolbar is always at the top of the tool. You can copy, cut, and paste colors, insert mode, and undo/redo changes. The copy button will show the color in the clipboard and, if you chose more than one color, how many colors total are in the clipboard.
The insert mode describes how the tool will paste the colors from the clipboard. If "after" or "before" is chosen, the colors will appear after or before the current color, respectively. If "in-place" is chosen, it will overwrite the color or colors at the current selected location in the palette.
The tool enables you to easily move colors between the different palettes. Use the navigation buttons to cut, copy, and paste. If you have a keyboard attached, you can use the standard cut [Ctrl+X], copy [Ctrl+C], and paste [Ctrl+V] buttons. You can also hold the [Shift] key when choosing tiles to select a range or the [Ctrl] key for selecting individual colors. Note that when you paste a color, by default, it always pastes the color or colors before the current color. The reason for this it feels more intuitive when pasting colors from other tools, like the color harmony wheel. If you wish to paste after the current color, hold the [Shift] key when pasting, or long-tap on the paste button.
Some tools, like the random palette generator and color extraction tools, have a bar above their palettes to make it easy to transfer colors from their individual palettes to the workspace palette. The buttons are:
Each workspace has its own set of color tiles.
Tap the white point on the white point wheel, enter coordinates directly, or choose a preset using the white point button. Use the degree button to toggle between a 2° foveal and 10° peripheral white point. To return to the default (D65 2°), tap the "Reset to Default" button. The default white point does not alter color appearance; it matches your monitor's calibration.
Colors appear differently depending on whether you use central (macula) or peripheral vision. The degree value refers to the field of view used in color measurement.
A 2° white point models perception within a small, focused area, roughly the size of the macula, making it ideal for precise tasks such as design or color grading. A 10° white point simulates peripheral vision and is more useful for broader lighting scenarios, such as environmental or ambient design. Tap the degree button to switch between 2° and 10° modes depending on your needs.
If applicable to the workspace, color tiles will appear that the workspace uses. Color tiles show the color number, RGB hex, and color attribute symbols. The tiles will always show RGB hexes. The palette workspace will show components for other color spaces.
Tap the ... button to view more options. You can create a new palette, import and download a palette, copy all palette CSS values to the clipboard, and even sort the palette.
The gradient workspace lets you create stunning gradients that are more colorful than most gradient tools can provide due to the advanced color handling of the tool.
In the gradient slider, directly beneath the workspace color tiles, drag the circles to change the stops and the diamonds to change the easing locations. A color stop is where a new color begins in the gradient and an easing describes how the color transitions from one to the other. Think of this is where the curve will bunch up the color between the two stops. If you play with it a bit, you will get the idea. Note that you can also control how tightly the colors bunch up together using the "Easings" tool, which is in the "Gradient Structure" group.
If you have a SpaceMouse, you can use it to rotate the angle of the gradient, as well as move the canvas around the workspace.
The gradient structure group enables you to manage all aspects of the gradient, such as the easings, angle, transition types, scale, and twist. You can also reset parts of the gradient from this group.
The easings enables you to change the easings and the easing factors between the stops. This tool is also useful for when the stops are too close to each other on the gradient to change the easings with precision. When you choose a stop, you can change the easings either before or after that stop (assuming those stops exist). Use the top slider to change the easing diamond location and the bottom slider to change the easing factor.
The angle tool enables you to change the angle of the gradient by spinning the angle knob on the right of the tool. You can also quickly choose one of the 45° increments using the buttons on the left.
This is a special feature that enables you to change what color space the gradient uses for transitioning colors between stops and is one of the features that sets this tool apart from most other tools. This tool shows a preview of what the gradient will look like for each variation.
With the scale tool, you can scale the gradient by dragging the horizontal and vertical scale sliders. If you have them linked, they will move together. To choose scaling that ensures the gradient is square, no matter what the canvas proportions, you can tap the "1:1 AR" button for "one-to-one aspect ratio".
If you are using polar gradients, twist sliders will appear, enabling you to control how much to twist and how deep to twist the gradient.
You can quickly evenly space the stops, move the easings back to the middle, and set all easing factors to one again using the reset tool.
The gradient warp group enables you to warp the actual structure of the gradient before as is calculated. This can result in some very unusual effects.
You can add or remove points by tapping the circle minus and circle plus icons on the sides of the "Control Points" control, or just start dragging on the canvas when in gradient warp mode (accessed from the toolbar). The control point is made up of two parts: the anchor point and the offset point. The anchor point is an open circle and the offset point is a closed circle connected by a line.
When you make a new point, the anchor point and offset point are on top of each other. When you move the offset point, it changes the intensity of the warp, as well as the direction to where the warp samples from. You can move both the anchor and offset points to anywhere you like. This tool takes a little getting used to, however once you master it, you will be able to make some truly unique gradients.
The strength slider gives you control over how strongly the point affects the rest of the gradient. The weaker the control point, the less it effects the entire gradient. If you want to create smooth, large, sweeping arcs, use a stronger value.
The ideas workspace is a good starting point for getting oriented with what the tool can do. It also provides nearly endless inspirations to get started. The first tiles are always the same and describe what the tool and, when you tap it, jumps to related workspace. The rest of the tiles are random examples of what the tool can generate.
The image workspace enables you to extract colors and adjust the image.
The color extraction group enables you to extract colors from your image. The tool shows the extracted colors as tiles you can transfer to the workspace palette, should you wish to include them when sharing the image. You can also filter the colors by tapping the filter button.
The similarity slider enables you to adjust how close the colors must be to each other for the tool to consider them different colors. The more to the right you slide the slider, the less similar the colors will be.
The image adjustments group enables you to modify the image and extracted colors. There are several modifications you can make to the image, represented by knobs at the top of the group. Long-tap the "Reset" button at the bottom of the group to reset the adjustments so that there are no modifications made to the image.
The palette workspace enables you to see and entire reference palette at once. This is also the palette the color search uses when attempting to match colors throughout the rest of the tool. One use case for this would be to load an entire color book as a reference. However, you can use this palette workspace to work on large palettes or just to visualize colors without using an image or gradient. You can cut, copy, and paste one or more colors from the palette workspace.
The post image effects group applies effects to your image such as blur. Note that these effects apply to the entire image based on its resolution, so if you change image resolutions, the effects may appear different.
The blur effect blurs the image.
The sharpen effect sharpens the image. Slide the slider to adjust how much to sharpen the image.
The bloom effect creates a kind of soft light glare for highlights.
The noise effect adds noise to the image.
The scattering effect randomly samples places that are adjacent to the pixel on the image. This is different from noise, which keeps all pixels in their original locations and simply darkens or lightens them.
The Vignette effect darkens the edges of the image so that it seems to not have a definite border. The sliders are:
You can also control the color of the vignette using its own palette. The tool shares this palette between workspaces, so you can create an entire library of colors. You can add and remove colors and copy colors to and from this palette.
Find edges will detect the edges and accentuate them.
The text workspace enables you to view the current color and next color as foreground text and background. You can choose which color to focus on by tapping the foreground or background button. You can also adjust text alignment, font family, and font size.
The print marks workspace generates printable templates based on your palette. It can save you a lot of time with your graphical setups.
Tap the edges of the page to add or remove marks.
Use the accessibility tool to confirm whether your current and next palette colors meet contrast guidelines from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines v2.2 (WCAG).
The current color acts as either the foreground or background, and the next color serves as the opposite of what the current color is. Their indices appear in the top-left corner of the tool. If your palette contains only one color, the background color matches the appropriate color for the current theme. Tap the foreground or background color to select which color you want to modify using the rest of the tool. Tap the "High Contrast" toggle to apply stricter standards, using a 7:1 contrast ratio instead of 4.5:1.
The tool displays sample text in different sizes along with contrast values. If the colors fail accessibility checks, tap the fix center button to automatically adjust either the foreground or background color to meet the target contrast. The tool first attempts to increase lightness. If that fails, it darkens the color instead.
Use the attributes tool to tag each color with properties that define how it behaves in different print, material, or environmental contexts. Tap a button to toggle an attribute. Active attributes display with a blue background.
Color attributes appear as symbols in the color tiles throughout the tool. Some attributes are default attributes and have no symbol. For example, the tool assumes you are working with paper by default, so no symbol appears for paper substrates. Attribute symbols display in the top-right corner of each color tile:
The color blindness tool enables you to simulate how colors appear to people with color blindness by adjusting L', M', and S' cone responses. You can find this tool in the advanced group or by long tapping the color blindness button in the workspace tiles. The adjustments apply throughout the tool except in the Print Marks tool. Tap the eye toggle to enable or disable the simulation. You can also choose a preset form of color blindness to start. Available options include:
The color differencing tool compares your current color with the previously captured color. Two tiles represent these colors side by side, and the tool displays their component values and difference metrics. Tap the previous color tile to capture the current color for comparison. Tap the current color tile to swap them. Tap the settings button to choose which differencing types. If you wish to change the differencing options, expand the "Differencing Details" group. Refer to the palette workspace for more details on differencing options.
You can use the color graph tool to choose a color by visualizing two components in a graph and a third component using a slider. This method works well for every color space except CMYK, which uses four components. In CMYK mode, the Graph tool defaults to using the HSV graph instead. The axis slider controls the third axis not shown in the graph. Tap the axis button to the right to cycle through the axes. Tap the settings button to open graph settings.
You can choose whether to display grid lines and trails by tapping their toggles. Trails provide a visual trace of how colors change throughout the tool. Trails serve both as a helpful visualization aid and as an excellent teaching tool.
You can customize which features the chromaticity graph displays. For example, you may choose to view the full xyY space without clipping it to the locus bounds. The locus line outlines the spectral curve the tool uses to determine color wavelength. The MacAdam Ellipses show regions where colors appear identical within the ellipse. The RGB triangle, as mentioned earlier, outlines the gamut for the RGB color space. The white point dot shows where the RGB color space's white point sits on the graph.
In the xyY color space, the graph represents the standard horseshoe-shaped chromaticity diagram. The Y slider controls luminance. You will see:
The color history tool displays the most recently used colors. When you change a color, the tool saves the previous color unless it already exists in the palette. Tap a color tile to quickly return to that color.
The color names tool enables you to view and edit color names and attributes. It is best suited for editing very large palettes. Colors sort alphabetically by default. To preserve order, prefix names with numbers (for example, 001, 002).
Tap a color button to select the color as the current color. Tap the edit button to edit the color name, update its attributes, and correct the ink levels. If the color is out of gamut, a "Correct Ink" toggle appears. If you enable the toggle, the tool corrects the ink levels when you close the dialog.
The color search tool shows the three closest colors to your current color or to a color name you type. It updates in real time as you interact with the palette or search box. Each result displays as a color button with the color's name. If the color has no name, the tool shows the RGB hex value instead.
Tap the import button to import a reference palette. This is the same reference palette that the palette workspace uses when reference palette is enabled. The search also uses the same differencing options the search workspace uses. To change differencing options, use the search workspace.
When the search field is blank, the tool uses the current palette to find matches. The list updates as your current color changes. Type part of a color name into the text field to search by name. Searches are case-insensitive. Tap the "X" button to clear the field.
The Temperature tool shows how your current color aligns with the black body curve. The graph includes tick marks, labels, and the white point dot. You can adjust the temperature slider or enter a value in Kelvin to warm or cool the color temperature.
The tool uses Robertson's method to estimate color temperature. Accuracy decreases as the selected point moves farther from the curve.
The color wavelength tool enables you to view the wavelength of the current color. The slider represents the entire visible spectrum of light that your device can reproduce. You can tap the slider to change the color or enter a wavelength value directly into the text field.
The components tool enables you manually adjust the shade values of the current color. As you enter values or drag the dial, the color updates in real time. You can also enter a CSS color, copy the CSS color, and change whether the color is shown expanded by tapping the expansion toggle. Note that, if you use the HSL color space, the CSS will show in the HSL form. Otherwise, it will always show as RGB.
The conversions tool shows how your current color translates across all selected color spaces. The list updates live as you make changes. To copy values to the clipboard, tap the copy button. This tool also shows luma, which measures perceived brightness based on the color's weighted RGB values.
The gamut mapping tool shows a button for each color space, indicating whether your color is within its gamut. Buttons turn red when the color is out of gamut and remain gray when it is in gamut. Tap a red button to adjust the color so it falls within the gamut for that color space.
The harmony wheel enables you to manage and visualize color harmonies for up to the first five colors in the workspace palette. Harmonious hues create pleasing shapes on the wheel, which your eyes naturally find appealing. The ring behind the wheel displays hues positioned according to the angles of the color wheel. Buttons for common harmonies surround the center. Tap a harmony button to snap the first colors in the palette to the harmony pattern. Each button previews the harmony it applies. When you select a harmony that allows angle adjustment, a degrees knob appears in the center.
Note that this tool will only work on the first five (5) colors of the workspace palette. The tool ignores all colors after five. If you are creating a large palette with individual color harmonies, you will need to move colors to the beginning of the palette by cutting and pasting them.
Harmonies typically involve two to four colors. This tool also includes the "Pentadic" and "Hexadic" harmonies, which involve five and six colors respectively. Starting from the top and moving clockwise:
Tap any color pip and drag it around the wheel to change its hue. The current color displays a stronger outline, and you can drag the ring behind the color to rotate the entire harmony. If the wheel detects a match to a known harmony, it draws lines to illustrate the relationship. Use the three sliders to adjust the saturation and lightness for the current color. The wheel works only with colors that are not shades of grey. If any of the first five colors is a shade of grey, the wheel notifies you.
You can use the Ink tool to measure how much ink each color requires in CMYK or CMY mode. You can find it in the print marks workspace. The tool also considers the Total Ink Level (TIL), which defines the maximum amount of ink your medium can absorb without bleeding. Tap the "Correct Ink" button to fix overflows or bring colors back into gamut. The number of canisters (three or four) depends on whether you select CMY or CMYK mode. You can set the TIL between 1 and 99. A value of 75 is typical for paper.
The monochromatic tool generates shades of a single color by adjusting only the lightness component. You can choose between 2 and 32 shades.
The random palettes tool enables you to flip through randomly generated palettes based on different color harmonies. This tool is useful for getting started when creating a new palette. Tap the "Randomize" button to keep generating new palettes until you find one you prefer.
The RGB Space tool enables you to you fully customize the RGB color space. You can choose from a predefined set of color spaces, modify the gamma, change the primaries, select the white point, and copy the RGB and XYZ matrices as text or code. This is a highly technical tool intended for specialized cases. If you ever make modifications that cause colors to appear incorrect, choose the sRGB color space to reset the tool to match your monitor's native RGB space (assuming your monitor is calibrated to sRGB).
The sliders tool provides a slider for each color component. When you tap and slide the thumb indicator, it shows what the current color will become at that point. If you use the Quantize tool, the sliders display the quantized colors instead.
Some color spaces, such as Luv, may appear to flip at extreme values. This behavior is normal and reflects how the color space is represented. Certain spaces, like CMYK, may also cause other sliders to jump when you make adjustments. In CMYK, the K (key, black) channel remains pinned while you adjust the others. Some color spaces impose range limitations, and the sliders adapt dynamically as you move them. You may also notice slight jittering due to numerical precision limits. All of these effects are normal.
The shades section enables you to quantize the color sliders, splitting them into solid colors. The number corresponds to the number of shades the sliders are limited to. The circle-slash button turns off quantization entirely.
The YUV Space tool helps you manage the parameters used by the YUV color space, which is most often used in video. You can also view the RGB and YUV matrices and copy them as plain text or code for use in your own applications.
The tool supports several ways to measure color differences for searching. Each method offers a different balance of accuracy and performance:
This tool uses full-precision XYZ values and official standard illuminants, including digits often rounded off elsewhere. You'll see more decimal places here, and that's a good thing!
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No Routine Sharing: The Company does not sell or share personal data with third parties for marketing or advertising purposes. The only third-party service currently in use is Cookiebot, which processes consent preferences solely to help the Site comply with privacy laws. No data is used for profiling or advertising.
For Legal Compliance: Information may be disclosed if required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or government requests.
For Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of the Company's assets, user information may be transferred to the new owner as part of that transaction.
With Your Consent: Information will only be shared with third parties if you have given your explicit consent (for example, if you opt in to optional features such as newsletters or cloud storage in the future).
Current Use of Storage: The Site uses local browser storage technologies, including IndexedDB (IDB), to save settings, preferences, and project data directly on your device. This information is not transmitted to the Company’s servers and remains under your control. You can clear this stored data at any time through your browser’s settings.
Cookies: The Site makes minimal use of traditional cookies. Essential cookies may be set to support basic functionality (such as remembering consent choices). These cookies do not track users across websites or build behavioral profiles.
Consent Management: The Site uses Cookiebot to comply with applicable privacy laws and provide users with control over any non-essential cookies or tracking technologies. By default, no non-essential cookies are set unless you provide consent.
Future Use: If the Company introduces optional features in the future that rely on cookies or third-party services (such as analytics or advertising), those services may place cookies or similar technologies. Any such changes will be disclosed in this policy and subject to your consent.
The Company takes the security of user information seriously. At present, the only personal data collected by the Site consists of IP addresses in temporary server logs, which are automatically deleted after 90 days. All project data created in the Site’s tools is stored locally in your browser (e.g., IndexedDB) and never sent to the Company’s servers.
To protect the limited data the Company does handle, the following measures are in place:
While these measures reduce risk, no security system is impenetrable. Users remain in control of locally stored data (IndexedDB) and may clear it at any time through their browser settings.
If you have any questions about data security, please contact the Company.
Retention period: The Company retains personal data only for as long as necessary to provide services and comply with legal obligations. At present, the only personal data collected is IP addresses in server access logs, which are securely stored for 90 days and then permanently deleted. After deletion, the data is irretrievable and cannot be recovered.
Legal Obligations: If required by law (for example, in response to a valid request from law enforcement), the Company may retain access logs beyond the standard retention period. In such cases, retention will be extended only for the duration necessary to comply with those obligations.
Future Features: If the Company introduces optional services in the future (such as accounts, newsletters, or cloud storage), any personal data you provide will be retained only as long as needed to deliver those services and comply with legal obligations. If you delete an account, associated data will be retained for 30 days to allow reactivation, then permanently deleted from active systems. Secure backups may retain data for a limited period solely for compliance and recovery purposes, after which it will also be permanently deleted.
Opt-Out: If the Company ever introduces personalized ads, users will have the right to opt out.
Access and Correction: Users have the right to access the personal data held by the Company. At present, this is limited to IP addresses in server logs, which are automatically deleted after 90 days. If you provide additional data in the future (such as an email address for newsletters), you may also request corrections to that information. Project data created in the Site’s tools is stored locally in your browser (e.g., IndexedDB) and cannot be accessed by the Company.
Data Portability: Users may request a copy of personal data actually held by the Company (e.g., email addresses if collected in the future) in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Locally stored data in your browser is under your control and can be exported or cleared through your browser’s settings.
Deletion: Users may request deletion of any personal data provided to the Company, subject to legal obligations. Server access logs are already deleted automatically after 90 days. Data stored locally in your browser (IndexedDB) remains under your control and can be cleared at any time through browser settings or by removing site data.
Objection: Users may object to the processing of their personal data for direct marketing purposes.
Restriction of Processing: Users may request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
Cookie Consent: Users can update or withdraw consent at any time through the consent management tool on the Site or by adjusting browser settings.
Questions or exercising rights: If you have questions about your rights or wish to exercise them, please contact the Company.
Current Practice: The Company does not transfer personal data internationally. At present, the only personal data collected consists of IP addresses in access logs, which are stored securely on servers located in the United States and remain under the Company’s control.
Future Services: If optional features are introduced in the future (such as newsletters or cloud storage) that require international data transfers, the Company will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the GDPR.
Data Transfer Mechanisms: Any future transfers of personal data outside the EU/EEA will be carried out in compliance with applicable law, using mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or other legal tools approved by the European Commission.
California Residents' Rights: In addition to the rights described above, California residents have the right to:
To exercise these rights, please contact the Company.
The Company takes data security seriously and implements measures to prevent unauthorized access. Because the Site collects only limited personal data (such as IP addresses in temporary server logs), the risk of exposure is minimal.
In the unlikely event of a data breach that may compromise personal information, the Company will notify affected users within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law. If optional features are introduced in the future (such as accounts or newsletters), those services will include appropriate safeguards and notification procedures.
External links for your convenience: The Site may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services. These links are provided solely for convenience and do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Company.
No control over third-party content: The Company does not control, and is not responsible for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party websites. When you follow a link, any information you provide is governed by the policies of that third-party, not by this Privacy Policy. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies and terms of service of any third-party websites they visit.
Questions about third-party links: If you have any questions about third-party links, please contact the Company.
The Site may include links or features that allow interaction with third-party social media platforms like Bluesky. These platforms may collect information through cookies or tracking technologies when you interact with their content (for example, by clicking a link or using an embedded feature).
The Company does not share your personal data with these platforms. Any information you provide or that is collected when interacting with social media features is governed solely by the privacy policies of the respective platforms. Users are encouraged to review those policies for more information.
The Company does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. At present, the Site only records limited technical information (such as IP addresses in server logs) for security and operational purposes. These logs are automatically deleted after 90 days, are not linked to individual users, and are never used for profiling or marketing.
If optional features are introduced in the future (such as accounts or newsletters), they will be available only to users aged 13 and over. The Company will implement safeguards to comply with applicable child data protection laws (such as COPPA in the United States and GDPR-K in the EU) to prevent collection of personal information from children under 13. If any personal information from a child under 13 is inadvertently collected, it will be promptly and permanently deleted.
If you have any questions about children's privacy, please contact the Company.
The Company may update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Site. A summary of material changes will also be noted in the Change Log included with this policy.
Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy and the Change Log periodically to stay informed about any updates. Your continued use of the Site and Services after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.
If you have any questions about changes to this Privacy Policy, please contact the Company.
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