ColorHints Mosaic7.0.1 - App Store

Color Hints Mosaic creates a mosaic or pixelated version of a photograph. The mosaic you create can be shared with others, saved, or printed.

To create a mosaic, simply
- take or choose a photograph
- choose the tile shape, the number, and aspect ratio of the mosaic tiles
- select the Mosaic tab to see the results

Too many colors in the mosaic for your purposes? Just tap the “Limit” button and then adjust the slider to choose the number of colors that does suit your purposes. Or, use the Mosaic editor to choose exactly the colors you want - including using a palette to assign colors to the Mosaic.

Create mosaics to use for
- pixel quilt designs
- pixel quilt designs
- tile patterns
- knitting patterns
- cross-stitch patterns
- beading
- mosaics from glass, wood, or other media
- minecraft art
- posterization
- student art

Want to share your mosaic? Share directly from Color Hints Mosaic via social media or Air Drop, save it to iBooks as a pattern, or send it to another App, like Color Hints or QuiltSandwich (from NNN Software).

Want a printed copy? Print your mosaic as poster as large as 200" (500cm) on a side. Or, print an annotated version of the mosaic complete with a table of colors.

Version History Fixed a couple of issues related to palettes in the mosaic colors editor. 7.0.1 Sep 26 We've added the ability to create mosaics from irregular, or freestyle polygons. This feature is great for creating appliqué and stained glass effects. 7.0 Sep 23 Improvements to the palette manager and palette editor
A few bug fixes as well 6.2.1 Jul 7 Bug fixes and better compatibility with iOS 18 and iOS 26. 6.2 Feb 16 Bug fix for rarely occurring crash. 6.1.1 09/01/2025 Bug fixes for sharing some types of mosaics. 6.1 08/01/2025 Bug fixes, including one that could cause a crash on iOS 17.2 and later. 6.0.3 02/17/2024 Minor bug fixes 6.0.2 01/16/2023 Now change the colors of a mosaic to exact colors from a palette - an RAL palette for example. 6.0 07/28/2022 A new color sort, By Lightness, was added to Edit Colors…
Color keys now print with last color sort choice 5.3 07/01/2022 Fixed a few bugs that could cause the color merge controls to be difficult to see and/or use. 5.2.1 05/29/2022 When printing, the color key now prints on a single page. The new color key includes a small image of the mosaic.
Also, a few bugs were fixed. 5.2 01/12/2022 A new tool to help reduce the number of colors in a mosaic was added to the Mosaic editor
The color sorting order in Edit Colors can now be selected
And as always, some bugs were fixed 5.1 09/28/2021 New Design Mosaic option - select a size for a final mosaic and the size of the tiles in the mosaic. Great for precise work.
Version 5.0 also has an enhanced printing capabilities. 5.0 07/13/2021 A "What's New?" feature was added.
On newer devices, mosaics can now have up to 60,000 tiles.
Now works on iOS9 and newer (previously required iOS10 or newer)
Printing with a Color Key now includes the size of the printed mosaic.
When printing with a Color Key, there is an additional option to choose the color of the color index printed in each mosaic tile.
Printing mosaics from the Mosaic Manager tab now includes the name of the mosaic in the footer of each page.
A few bug fixes are also included 4.3 04/20/2021 Minor bug fixes 4.2.1 02/17/2021 By request, cropped images can now be saved 4.2 11/20/2020 By request, you can now print or save an image from the Original tab with the tile grid visible. 4.1 10/06/2020 Fixed a bug that in rare cases could cause a crash at startup. 4.0.1 09/22/2020 A complete re-write of ColorHints Mosaic! Now with more tile shapes and an updated interface. 4.0 09/08/2020 Minor bug fixes. 3.3.4 02/09/2020 Minor bug fixes for printing mosaics and coloring books 3.3.3 01/14/2020 Enhanced Auto selection of grid color
Bug fixes 3.3.2 10/06/2019 Now create Mosaics up to 200 x 200 (requires iPhone 6s or newer, iPad Air2 or newer)
Performance improvements on all devices.
Bug fixes. 3.3 06/13/2018 Tapping the few/many tiles button now decrements/increments the tile count by 1
A long press on the few/many tiles button sets tile count to minimum/maximum

Tapping the few/many colors button now decrements/increments the color count by 1
A long press on the few/many colors button set the color count to the minimum/maximum

Fixed a bug in the Mosaic Editor that caused the wrong merge ICON to be displayed at times.
Fixed a bug in the Mosaic Editor that caused color selection to be incorrect and the selection box to occasionally move on its own.

New app ICON 3.2 04/13/2018