Import a photo
Choose a reference image and build your study around it while preserving the original photo.
An iOS app for artists
Artist Lab
Color studies for painting.
Palettes, harmonies, and painting studies from your reference photos.
- On-device, offline processing
- A palette that follows your photo adjustments
- Integrated Color Lab and Paint Lab
Creative workflow
From reference to visual study in just a few steps.
Extract and adjust your palette
Extract colors automatically or sample them manually, then adjust light, contrast, temperature, hue, highlights, shadows, vibrance, and clarity.
Study before you paint
Open Color Lab and Paint Lab to compare harmonies, color distribution, visual mixes, and color appearance over painting grounds.
Color Lab
Understand your palette beyond matching colors.
Color Lab places image colors on a color circle, highlights harmonies, shows approximate color distribution, and lets you explore variations while preserving your original palette.
- A color circle connected to your photo and active palette
- Harmonies using project colors or custom colors
- Before-and-after comparison with nondestructive adjustments
Paint Lab
See how a background can change a color.
Explore how a color looks over a white canvas, grays, earth tones, warm painting grounds, or custom colors. These educational previews help you anticipate color shifts, brightness, and contrast before putting real paint on canvas.
- Coverage and opacity controls
- Compare the original color with its appearance over a background
- Approximate visual mixes for quick studies
Made for the studio
Private by design. Practical for your studio.
Offline-first
Photos, palettes, adjustments, color names, and labs stay on your device in this version.
Your original study, preserved
Your original photo and base colors stay intact. Previews and experiments build on your saved adjustments.
Export your studies
Export your palette, edited photo, Color Lab, or Paint Lab studies to use while you paint.
Download
Artist Lab for iPhone.
Artist Lab is coming to the App Store. The download link will appear here when the app is available.