Kitsmith / Utilities / Aquarelo
A Mac utility that generates harmonious color palettes between two colors and converts values across 36 color formats and 46 ICC profiles.
Our take
A narrower tool than a general color picker: give it one or two colors — hex, RGB, a color name, Pantone, or Material Design — and it generates a palette of in-between shades, rather than sampling pixels off your screen. The format list is unusually deep for a one-developer app (36 formats spanning CSS, Swift, Java, .NET, and raw NSColor/UIColor variants across color spaces), and it can send colors directly into Photoshop or Illustrator, or via a Sketch plugin. One-time Mac App Store purchase, no subscription or IAP.
- Price
- $12.99 one-time (Mac App Store)
- License
- Proprietary
- Requires
- macOS 10.13 or later, per the Mac App Store listing.
- Get it via
- Mac App Store
- Developer
- Giovanni Maria Cusaro
Do you use Aquarelo?
Who made this
The Aquarelo page at cusaro.it/aquarelo now 404s (GitHub Pages "file not found") — the site the listing cites for this attribution no longer serves this path, so this pass could not re-confirm it.
What it does
Two-color palette generation
Creates up to 13 intermediate shades between two input colors.
36 export formats
Converts values across CSS, Swift, Java, .NET, Android, and native NSColor/UIColor formats, in 46 ICC color profiles.
Image color scanning
Extracts a palette directly from an uploaded photo or image.
Design app integration
Sends colors to Photoshop and Illustrator, with a Sketch plugin and a PopClip extension.
The deal
- $12.99 one-time purchase, no subscription or in-app purchases
Aquarelo — questions people ask
Is Aquarelo a subscription?
No — it’s a one-time $12.99 Mac App Store purchase with no subscription or in-app purchases.
What makes Aquarelo different from a screen color picker?
It generates a harmonious palette between two colors you supply, rather than sampling colors off your screen — use it alongside a picker like Sip or ColorSlurp, not instead of one.
Is Aquarelo free?
Aquarelo costs $12.99 one-time (Mac App Store).
Does Aquarelo work alongside a notch app like Alcove?
Yes — Aquarelo lives in the screen, so it runs happily alongside any Dynamic Island hub or notch app.
Where can I download Aquarelo?
Aquarelo is available via Mac App Store.
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Listing hand-verified September 18, 2026 from the developer's site and public sources.
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