PANTONE Studio Reviews

by PaletteJane

I was ready to fall in love with PANTONEStudio... but it’s way off in marching colors from photos. No way I could use this professionally. Trying to move/drag the selection circle on the same patch of color in a photo (in hopes of it actually capturing the correct matching color)results in some muddied, far off range of neutrals when trying for a light blue, and a vibrant violet was sadly reduced to a muddied mauve.

by XSarahhSmiles

I work with hair, so I use Pantone to help clients figure out the exact shade they want in their hair. That being said, PANTONEStudio is slightly difficult to use, and confusing. I’m also not sure why there’s even a price to begin with, PANTONEStudio doesn’t do anything special so why a cost??? The only thing truly worth it is the aesthetic for the fact that it’s Pantone. Download pocket palette instead, save yourself the time, effort and coin.

by Petrovian

PANTONEStudio seems to include every single Pantone collection... except the one I need (Plastic Standard Chips). Super frustrating!

And I don't understand why I can only search by color name or number. If I don't know the designation of the color I am looking for, I can't enter it into a search! And entering in a generic name gives hundreds of results (many completely unrelated!).

It's nearly impossible to know if I'm getting the closest match. The RGB values are never the same collection to collection, even for the same number. I have to go to each individual collection, look for a close visual match, and then check the RGB values. Not very efficient or helpful. The search function should allow RGB input so the closest match can easily be found.

Overall, PANTONEStudio is somewhat difficult to navigate. I seem to have to tap way too many times to get to the information I want. And, for me, geared too much towards design. I need something more technical.

So, not worth the money.

by AmazingRobie

Why is Apple allowing PANTONEStudio which does not function in PANTONEStudio store??!?

I suppose this is the new norm, buy one of their phones, have to pay for the cables to charge and use it, have to pay for the cube to charge and use it, have to pay for the dongles to have normal functionality to use it and then you pay for apps that dont work on it and never get a developer response to address the non functioning app issues just keep depositing those user checks!

Great job.

[Previous review] Why will PANTONEStudio not open passed the blue screen that states its taking longer than expected to open? We paid for this and now its not working. We want a fn refund!

by Akeim.eth

I’m a huge fan of Pantone and everything you guys do. Unfortunately PANTONEStudio simply refuses to work on my 2020 iPad Pro, anytime I try to save/share it crashes instantly. I’ve tried re-downloading but still nothing. Works flawlessly on my iPhone, but I work from my iPad mainly.

Hope you guys can figure it out!

by Jonathan 24628500462

Tried reloading and renownloading multiple times but got stuck on loading screen

Edit: after deleting, re-downloading, and enabling location services (which is totally unnecessary for a color picking app, thanks for selling our info) it finally worked after letting my iPad sit and load for 10 minutes. Added a star since it actually loaded.

by Thomas Rodehuth

If you scan in a photo it will often show you colors on it that are close the the original one but not really the exact one even though they exist in the pantone family. Search function also rarely works. Scanning colors also rarely works accurately. Could be way better.

by Ebbey

I really like the photo color identifier. Really helpful to me as an artist who needs to identify colors in a photo that I need to paint, but PANTONEStudio crashes every time I try to share. I’m on the free trial version now, but it isn’t worth paying for if this sharing feature doesn’t get fixed. I have a two year old iPad that is only 50% full. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled and that didn’t fix it either.

by Ghostie.

If your an artist like me who has trouble deciding on colors this is a life saver. My favorite feature is that if you pick a color it shows you all the color harmonies you could use! Only downside is it’s a little expensive if you want all the colors. But overall worth it if you need help with color.

by Panda7768543

The issues I have are few. When I live stream the camera and get a color palette, taking the picture results in a different palette. Purple and green change to brown. Also, I get 5 colors and there is no way to increase that so 7 or more. I can't pick a color: that is, when the picture has red in it, the palette may not include red. I can't find a way to email a palette to someone else.
I like the inspirations and the ability to enter a chip number to get the color.

by LittleRae

I paid $10 for the full app when I started graphic design classes and now I have to pay for a sub? Ugh... the UI design is better though... *edit* I was told by the developer I could restore my purchase and it would be fine. 🎉 thank goodness because it’s so much easier than carrying the deck around with me!

by Jonkern

I'm not positive how dead on the colors are in the images, but I find this EXTREMELY helpful. I know there are multiple factors...lighting, the camera & PANTONEStudio . Hard to pinpoint which is the variable that I can manipulate to make most accurate image of color. But OVERALL....GENIUS!

by Saul Goode

Low brow review - basically I just like pointing my phone at something and knowing what the Pantone colors are. I made and ASE file of my cat’s coat. I use it for professional stuff too. Blah blah blah. I made ASE files of my cat’s coat colors, and some crazy casino carpet, and a sweet neighborhood low-rider, and another ofvmy cat. Color nerd fun 100%.

by Gossjoh1

Hello. Love PANTONEStudio but it crashes every time
I try to read the articles. I have updated and restarted phone and it’s a bug in PANTONEStudio . Please fix! Thank you.

by Melissa Von

I’m a graphic designer for a marketing agency and I would be lost without PANTONEStudio. I think working with PANTONEStudio and the physical copies is great for project workflow and client meetings. It’s made productivity so much better for me. It’s super easy to scroll through quickly and get the colors you’re looking for and even screenshot for quick reference later. I also do character design for a side hobby and PANTONEStudio works great when referencing colors for procreate when I work on my iPad. The yearly subscription is worth it if you are in any design field for a profession. I would go with the month to month subscription if you aren’t sure how often you will be using it or you can have a free week trial to get a better feel for the program itself. Having all the colors at my fingertips is such a great service Pantone put out.

by Fordesign

As Industrial designer and graphic designer I have used Munsell, DuPont, learned with ColorAid and whatever that older Japanese system was called. No one does it better than Pantone. I can’t imagine how they could do it better ..but .. I’ll bet they are working on that!

by Ramiroo

Please fix the images bug that allows you to find colors off of image references. It only shows brown tones and nothing more. Works on my iPhone but not on iPad Pro 12.9 3rd gen. Thanks! Also would be great if we had cloud access to port our palettes over from multiple devices

by Noirdeath

PANTONEStudio great makes it easier to view Pantone colors quickly.

One issue I noticed that you might want to fix is when your in the section with all the color of the year colors every single one is labeled color of year 2019 and I know for fact the 2019 color is living color and I know for certain the ones from previous years. Just thought I’d point it out.

by Transcendentalaccidentalism

I’ve found a purpose for PANTONEStudio that is not what it was intended to be used for, at least it’s not what I used to use Pantone 4 color process for.

That being said it’s definitely 5 stars. Creating pallets from my own photos and images and then using those pallets as backgrounds for a new series I’m working on.

I suppose if I was paying for access i might have something to complain about, but until that happens I’m good with it as is.

by Luke_Holton

I love using PANTONEStudio for editing my pictures because it allows me to take full advantage of the color chooser. It helps me in creativity in choosing projects as well. I wish though that there was an iPad version of PANTONEStudio because it would allow me to do so much more with what Pantone has to offer.

by SulSilverVan

I love using PANTONEStudio, but the navigation is a bit weird when I want to quickly go in and search through my saved stuff or when I have to re select a color from an image. It also pushes its premium subscription a lot.

by THE BEST NEWS SOURCE!!

Love this idea. But every time I load a new photo into my camera on my phone from another source it doesn’t locate it until later I’ve tried closing it, shutting down my phone and it still doesn’t have it in there. Otherwise super cool idea.

by Iigorpnhr

Hello there. I'm Brazilian and it'd be great to have the option to choose PANTONEStudio language from Portuguese to English back again, which I prefer. Just saying. :)

by KieanaRochelle

As a photographer this helps me out a lot when editing but also showcasing my work when using Pantone color ways too