What it does
Trycolors combines manual paint mixing with automatic recipes from a selected starting palette. Basic exploration is available without registration; an account saves mixtures and recipes. A free Hobby plan and paid plans provide different tool limits.
Tap a tube to add one part, use its minus control to remove one, or enter a fractional amount such as 0.3 through the tube’s information control. Get Mix calculates a recipe from the selected paints and loads those parts back into the mixer for further adjustment.
Recipes can be shown in parts, millilitres, fluid ounces or grams, and downloaded as a PDF. Fewer parts are easier to measure; more parts follow the target more closely. Gram amounts are pigment-based estimates, so brands can differ. The practical guide includes comparing a dried swatch and adjusting the mixture by eye.
Plan boundaries
| Plan | Main allowance |
|---|---|
| Hobby, free | 3 recipes and 3 mixing charts daily; 20 Pro-mode uses and 20 tinting-strength uses daily; up to 10 created and 10 starting palettes |
| Pro | Unlimited listed mixing tools, recipes, charts and palettes; Repaint adds photo uploads |
| Classroom | Pro features and no ads for up to 30 students |
| Business | Custom pricing, a mixing engine for the business’s paints, API access and custom support |
Pro offers monthly and yearly billing. Cancellation leaves access active until the paid period ends; palettes and recipes remain in the account. Switching billing frequency requires help from Trycolors.
The terms allow results for your own painting projects but prohibit using them to build a model, dataset or product that substitutes for the service.
Strengths
- Automatic recipes can be adjusted further in the manual mixer.
- PDF recipes and several measurement units support taking a mixture to the painting table.
Watch out for
- Hobby limits advanced tools per day and caps saved palette counts.
- Gram quantities are estimates and can vary between paint brands.
- Switching between monthly and yearly billing requires contacting support.
Best for
- Artists planning and refining recipes from paints they already own.
Sources
- Color Mixer Online: Simulate Real Paint Mixing & Get Precise Recipes Instantly (Oct 28, 2026)
- Mixer | Trycolors Tutorial (Oct 28, 2026)
- Mix a recipe by hand | Trycolors Tutorial (Oct 28, 2026)
- Pricing (Oct 28, 2026)
- Manage or cancel your subscription | Trycolors Tutorial (Oct 28, 2026)
- trycolors.com (Oct 28, 2026)