A working color notebook for acrylic painters

Paint the color you actually see.

Sample a color. Tell us which tubes are on your table. Get a recipe you can mix, test, and correct.

  • No sign-up
  • Built for real paint
  • Photos stay on your device
  1. 01Match the color
  2. 02Mix a swatch
  3. 03Let it dry
  4. 04Correct the real paint
Target color Sage green
  1. 3 parts Lemon Yellow
  2. 1 part Ultramarine
  3. 4 parts Titanium White

Mix green first. Add white gradually.

A calmer way to mix

Three steps, less wasted paint

01

Pick the exact color

Sample a pixel from a portrait, landscape or master study—no guessing from the whole image.

02

Use your own palette

Choose only the acrylic tubes you already have. The recipe stays inside those limits.

03

Mix, test and adjust

Follow the parts-based recipe, make a small swatch, then use the correction tips to refine it.

Studio field guides

Understand what the swatch is telling you.

Short, practical notes for moving from a digital target to repeatable acrylic paint.

Browse the field guides

Close the loop

Do not stop at a digital guess.

Mix a small swatch, let it dry, then use Mix Check to compare the real paint and make one controlled correction at a time.

Mix and check a color

Now on the App Store

Take Mix Therapy to the easel.

Sample a reference, build a recipe from the paints you own, and keep dry-swatch corrections in a private notebook on your iPhone or iPad.

  • No account required
  • Photos processed on device
  • Works offline after download
Download on the App Store

Studio essentials

Tools used in our acrylic workflow

Optional recommendations for mixing, testing and painting your recipes.

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