Choose the color
Open a reference photograph and sample the passage you want to mix.
A practical spectral mixing tool for painters
Artist Paint Mixer
Turn a color from your reference image into an estimated recipe using the pigments already on your palette.
- 41 measured pigment spectra
- 400–700 nm model
- Opaque and layered application
- Photos stay on your device
From reference to palette
The app handles the calculation. You keep control of the pigments, ground and way the paint will be applied.
Set your working palette
Select the tubes you own or begin with a familiar limited palette.
Mix, compare and adjust
Use the estimated parts as a starting point, then account for your brand, ground and paint handling.
What the model does
A spectral calculation is more useful for paint than averaging RGB values, but it is still a model rather than a promise of an exact physical match.
- Pigment data
- Reflectance sampled at 31 points across the visible range.
- Mixing model
- Kubelka–Munk calculations estimate how pigment mixtures reflect light.
- Recipe search
- The solver compares candidate mixtures and returns the closest result available from your palette.
- Application
- Opaque paint and dry underpainting modes account for different working contexts.
Start with the paints you have
The free palette covers a useful split-primary setup. Pro adds specialist, earth and historical pigments.
Starter
Free
- 8 essential pigments
- Photo sampling and recipe solver
- Mix sandbox and composition tools
Pro
$5 / year
- All 41 pigments
- Full palette preset library
- Ad-free Android use