PainterLab: Paint Mixing

Turn a photo into a painting study you can actually use.

PainterLab helps painting learners see a reference more clearly before putting paint to canvas. Choose a photo from your gallery or camera, then explore its value structure, color shapes, temperature, and practical paint-mixing options.

SEE THE BIG RELATIONSHIPS

• Value: reduce color into 2–10 adjustable value steps and fine-tune boundaries with a histogram.

• Simplify: turn a complex photo into readable color shapes. Switch between Natural, Limited, and Shapes views.

• Temperature: compare cooler, neutral, and warmer relationships at a glance.

• Edges: reveal color-shape boundaries to study composition and large forms.

TURN SCREEN COLOR INTO PAINT

• Pick colors directly from simplified shapes.

• Get suggested physical-paint recipes with practical mixing proportions.

• Photograph a mixed color and compare it with the target.

• Build your own paint library so recipes use only the paints you actually own.

KEEP EACH STUDY TOGETHER

Your reference image, settings, and sampled colors are saved with the study, so you can return to it later. Study files are stored in the app’s private storage on your device. No PainterLab account is required.

PAINTERLAB PRO

A PainterLab Pro subscription unlocks:

• Unlimited studies

• Limited-palette and shape-based Simplify styles

• Fine-detail controls

Monthly and annual auto-renewing plans are available. Prices are shown in your local currency by Google Play. Payment is charged to your Google Play account. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled before the current billing period ends. You can manage or cancel it at any time in Google Play. Restore purchases is available in PainterLab.

PainterLab is a creative and educational reference tool, not an instrument-grade color measurement system. Results can vary with cameras, displays, lighting, and physical materials.