Palettes app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 9952 ratings )

Utilities Productivity
Developer: Rick Maddy

Free

Current version: 9.1, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 20 Nov 2008
App size: 18.19 Mb

Palettes is a powerful productivity tool for creating and maintaining color palettes. Great for creating color schemes. Now you can create a color palette anywhere at anytime. Grab colors from a photograph, a website, or add colors using any one of 5 color models. Quickly find matching colors with support for many different color schemes. You may create and store any number of palettes.

This application runs at one of three levels: Free, Basic, and Pro. The initial free version runs at the Pro level for a limited time allowing you to fully test the application. It will then revert back to the Free level. Use the included in-application purchasing to upgrade to either the Basic or Pro level at any time.

Key features include:

• Single universal application works on all your iOS devices including iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
• Quickly create a color palette from a web site, image, camera, or color scheme.
• Unlimited number of palettes (Free only supports 3).
• 25 colors per palette (Free and Basic allows 5).
• Undo/Redo support.
• Import/Export palettes from/to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks, GIMP, Paintshop Pro, Procreate, and OS X Color Chooser. (Pro)
• Import/Export palettes via email. Team development made easy with one click import. (Pro)
• Backup and restore your Palettes data directly to/from your own computer, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, or FTP servers. (Basic, Pro)
• Import and export palette files directly to/from your own computer, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, FTP servers, or another app. (Pro)
• Email color palettes to friends and co-workers. (Pro adds more options)
• Pick colors from:
  • RGB, HSV (HSB), HSL, CMYK, or Gray scale sliders
  • Standard colors lists (SVG, Web Safe, HTML, Java, Apple) or other palettes.
  • A website URL (webpage, image, CSS file, 3rd party palette file (Pro)).
  • An image or camera.
  • Any valid CSS3 color representation.
• Create colors via:
  • Color blending (Pro adds using 1 of 4 color models).
  • Color schemes (monochromatic (Pro), analogous, triadic, complementary (Pro), split complementary (Pro)).
• Review color information:
  • Details (integer, hex, percent, decimal, CSS).
  • As both a foreground and background color.
• "Palette Flow" (not on iPad)
• Display a color full screen to compare against a real world item (press and hold color briefly).
• Palette preview screen.
• Backup a palette as an image in your photo library for later restore.
• Rename, reorder, or delete palettes.
• Sort palette colors by RGB, HSV/B, HSL, CMYK, or Gray color model.
• All work is saved as you go.
• Always remembers where you left off last.
• Built in context sensitive help system.
• Preferences can be set from within the application. (Basic, Pro)
• Excellent customer support.

Palettes can be used to create color palettes for:

• Web site design
• Marketing campaigns
• Home decorating
• Wardrobe
• Artists
• Color coordinating
• Anywhere colors are needed - just use your imagination

Please visit http://www.maddysoft.com/iphone/palettes to see a more complete set of screen shots and additional information on the features of "Palettes". The website includes contact information for leaving feedback, asking questions, or reporting any issues.

NOTE: Known limitation - this version is unable to import binary OS X palette files (.clr) from ~/Library/Colors.

NOTE: Screenshots are after upgrading to the Pro level.

Pros and cons of Palettes app for iPhone and iPad

Palettes app good for

Surprised I did not find raves here. This app is very useful for me. I design print and eBooks. When I create a colour scheme, I get all of the necessary numbers I need. I can use the information to create custom swatches in Adobe Indesign. One CMYK for prints and RGB for eBooks. I can even use my cover image to create the scheme. This one deserves a thumb up.

I have used this app a few times when having consultations with potential web design clients. Took me a bit to get used to the interface, but then it was lots of fun and useful.

Not a bad app at all for graphic designers, I saw Color Expert as well but it doesnt have a free trial version. I may give this full version a shot, hopefully a future update will include Pantone support. Ive found this and a few books on graphic design on iTunes very helpful in helping me set up my design business.

I d/l this app for fun as I am trying my hand at SL clothing design. It works as described *except* I cannot select an area of a photo to create a palette. That might only be available in the full version. Its free so theres nothing to lose! Try it - I found it useful AND fun.

The app was ok but you should make more slots to hold the colors. Its that or you should make the full version a lot cheaper. Or you can have a really big sale. The full version is ridiculously priced.

This is by far the most advanced color picking app out there, yet the interface is so ugly! Devs, please look at the app called Vibrant for ideas how to improve. Your apps icon could really use improving too. Mostly an increase in saturation would liven it up

Some bad moments

Not only does it only allow 3 Palettes, it only allows 5 colors in the palette. 2 of the Palettes are pre-programmed, and therefore renders this app nearly useless.

There is only one color and wouldnt let me get any more!!!! Just tells you ( constantly!!!!!) to buy the app. No way i am doing that!!!! :( :(

I cant even judge the rest of the program because it constantly crashes. Glad I didnt spend money on this.

This app has a few good features, but it is horrible to use. I much prefer the newly released Color Stream, which beats this one in terms of aesthetics AND usefulness. Seriously guys, if you want a good, usable app, this is not it. Get Color Stream instead!

Not a useful now that the interface with colourlovers has been removed.

this app is stupid. its not user friendly and the author limits how long u can use the free version. at this rate i wouldnt pay 2 cents for the upgrade........

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