Colors by Number is an advanced color discovery tool used by visual artists, design professionals and developers as well as a teaching tool for introducing students to the nuances of color theory as an experience.

Experience the interaction of color through billions of unique, automatically generated combinations of 4 colors displayed in your choice of 10 different geometric designs through a fun, intuitive and customizable user interface.

The Colors by Number interface is divided into a central display area flanked by control panels featuring multiple options for viewing, defining, adjusting and managing selected color sets. Form - follows - function:

VIEW / SAVE (center panel)

• Cycle through billions of combinations of 4 colors generated in either Manual or Auto mode (where colors change every 3 seconds) - a progress bar monitors the loading of new color sets

• Toggle back and forth between 10 interchangeable geometric designs to view colors surrounding, adjoining or layered on top of one another

• Each design is comprised of 4 distinct color areas arranged and identified in numbered, overlapping layers

• No 2 colors are ever the same within a given 4-color combination

• Back and Forward buttons allow you to review your entire session history, one step at a time

• Eyedropper function for sampling and capturing additional colors generated in the central display area by alpha channel adjustments; any of the colors in the resulting palette(s) can be selected and dropped onto individual color manipulators in the right-hand control panel

• Option to hide left and right control panels (try hiding both control panels, select Auto mode and see what happens next!)

• Save as many color selections as you like – for editing, printing or exporting

SELECT / ADJUST (right panel)

• All color values are defined in RGB, HSB and Hexadecimal color models plus alpha channel (transparency) values

• Manipulate individual color areas / values by direct text input or adjusting slider controls – changes are reflected in real time in color blocks associated with the controls and in the main / central display

• Any number of the 4 colors in a given design can be locked to prevent them from changing – by tapping once on its corresponding small color block; tapping again unlocks the color(s)

• Tapping twice on a small color block in the right-hand control panel brings up a visual color selector where you can choose to edit a color by selecting points in color spectrum and tint displays

• Info button provides access to Colors by Number's video tutorial, web site and various social network pages

EDIT / MANAGE / EXPORT (left panel)

• View your entire session-specific history recorded from generated color / design selections, slider adjustments, text inputs or saved color palette / design retrievals

• Store an unlimted number of color selections in a Library that can be viewed even after Colors by Number has been quit and restarted; stored selections include dates created and last modified

• Print multiple selections with color data and associated thumbnail images to AirPrint-enabled printers

• Edit: review, add, delete or modify your Saved and Library selections at any time

• Export multiple, saved color selections as Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) or Image files through iTunes and email – all selections exported via email include thumbnail images with numbered color areas and color data including aplha channel values