# Color Splash

> Selective color photo effect

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id304871603](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id304871603)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id304871603`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pocket Pixels Inc.
- **Category:** Photo & Video
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (6,471 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.14
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-20
- **First published:** 2009-02-15
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/color-splash/id304871603)
- **Website:** [https://www.pocketpixels.com/ColorSplash.html](https://www.pocketpixels.com/ColorSplash.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.pocketpixels.com/privacy](http://www.pocketpixels.com/privacy)

## Description

Color Splash Chrome extension lets you give photos a dramatic look by turning the image black and white while preserving selected areas in color. This effect draws attention to the colored regions and creates striking, gallery-worthy edits. The interface is intuitive and responsive, letting you paint with a brush to colorize or restore color, with zoom for pixel-precise work and a helpful red-tint preview to visualize boundaries.

Follow along with short tutorial videos, load photos from your computer or online sources, and save multiple editing sessions to revisit later. Undo any brush stroke, switch between four brush types with adjustable size and opacity, and hide toolbars for distraction-free editing in full screen. When you're done, share your creations by email, or export to Flickr or Dropbox.

## Rankings

- #22,080 — Overall
- #65 — selection

## Review summary

Color Splash is a long-standing, easy-to-use app that excels at its core feature: color splashing. Reviews praise its simplicity, fun, reliable results, and good value, with solid updates and tutorials. Common criticisms include the need to color manually (no auto color selection), lack of advanced selection/portrait tools, and UI changes that some users dislike. Overall it remains a dependable, share-worthy tool for photographers of all levels, though power users may want more features or automation.

### Pros

- Very easy to use and beginner-friendly
- Delivers high-quality color splash effects with reliable, enjoyable results
- Great value for the price; straightforward and affordable
- Well-supported over many years with stable updates and helpful tutorials
- Excellent for sharing photos and getting social-media-friendly results

### Cons

- Lacks automated color selection and advanced selection/portrait tools; coloring requires manual work
- New UI changes are less intuitive; nostalgia for the old UI and harder to color small details
- Some users experience difficulty achieving natural-looking results in fine details like lips or petals
- Requests for more features and updates; limited feature set compared to expectations
- Occasional learning curve for beginners

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id304871603)