Pigments
The artist's reference for every pigment. Browse, search, match, and master 400+ pigments — right from your pocket.
Everything an artist needs to know
Safety, permanence, opacity, chemistry, brand names — all at your fingertips, beautifully organized.
Browse by Color Family
Find the right blue (or red, or yellow) without scrolling through hundreds of unrelated pigments.
Lightfastness & Safety
Instant severity ratings for lightfastness, toxicity, and opacity — so you can paint with confidence.
Camera Color Matching
Point your camera at any color to find the closest pigments with Delta E accuracy and white balance calibration.
Smart Palettes
Build custom pigment collections with automatic audit warnings for toxicity, lightfastness, duplicates, and similar pigments.
AI Pigment Expert
Ask questions in plain language. Get pigment recommendations, compare properties, and explore your database through conversation.
Powerful Search
Identify any tube on the shelf — type a name, CI code, or chemical and know in seconds if it's worth buying.
Brand Cross-Reference
Find the same pigment across every brand — shop the cheapest tube or replace a discontinued one without guessing.
Paint Tube Scanner
Point your camera at a paint tube label and instantly recognize CI codes. Matched pigments appear with full details.
Photo Palette Extraction
Extract dominant colors from any photo and get the closest pigment matches for each — perfect for painting from reference.
Community Palettes
Browse palettes shared by other artists around the world. Publish your own and discover new pigment combinations.
Export & Share
Export palettes as images or CSV. Generate shareable links and shopping lists organized by brand.
Substitution Suggestions
Get AI-powered safer alternatives for toxic or fugitive pigments. Never compromise your health or your work's longevity.
Compare any two pigments side by side (Pro)
Cadmium vs cobalt? Real vs hue? See lightfastness, opacity, toxicity, and chemistry side by side and decide in seconds.
Mix suggestions that actually work (Pro)
Tell Pigments your target color and your tubes — get realistic mix recipes that respect chroma, not just RGB averages.
A note on every tube
Add personal notes to any pigment — your dilution ratios, your favorite brand, the way it behaves in oil vs watercolor.
Find pigments from Spotlight
Search for any pigment from your iPhone Home Screen — Pigments shows up in Spotlight like a built-in app.
Shop the right tubes (Pro)
Build a shopping list organized by brand — walk into any art store and grab exactly what you need.
Designed for artists
A clean, focused interface that puts pigment data front and center.
Match colors from life
See a color you love? Point your camera and find the closest pigments instantly. Calibrate white balance for studio-accurate results.
- Delta E color accuracy
- White balance calibration
- Ranked pigment matches
Ask anything about pigments
Need a non-toxic blue with excellent lightfastness? Just ask. The AI searches your entire pigment database and gives clear, actionable recommendations.
- Natural language queries
- Property-aware recommendations
- Full database access
Every detail, at a glance
Opacity, lightfastness, oil absorption, toxicity, chemical composition, brand aliases — all presented in clean, scannable cards with severity indicators. Add personal notes to any pigment for your own reference.
- Color-coded severity badges
- Chemistry and safety data
- Brand name cross-references
- Personal notes per pigment
Built for your workflow
Everything syncs seamlessly across your devices, so your palettes, favorites, and notes are always up to date.
iCloud Sync
Your palettes, favorites, and notes sync automatically across all your devices via iCloud.
Mediums & Additives
Browse a reference library of painting mediums and additives, organized by category and compatible media.
Your pigment reference,
always with you
Free to download. Built for painters, illustrators, and color enthusiasts.