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24 alternatives to Panchromatic

An original take on retro photography

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Panchromatic launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Fragment▲115

   Prismatic Photos

   2013 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Adaptive Backgrounds▲231

   Extract dominant colours from images

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3PC
   Polarr.co, a WebGL photo editor▲167

   2014 · polarr.co · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Color Wander▲131

   Computer generated art

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Color Library▲116

   Automated color separation

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6TH
   ThreadTone – Halftone images made of thread▲303

   2016 · thevelop.nl · its alternatives →

7. 7AC
   A Color Palette Generator I Built For My Senior Thesis▲109

   2014 · colormoo.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   500px Groups▲104

   Reddit-style photography discussions (beta)

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Colour Lovers▲90

   Create and share color palettes

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Silk▲92

    An Interactive web canvas for "Light Painting"

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11OS
    Open source colorizing grayscale images with NN▲219

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Perspective Mockups▲149

    Hipster-as-f*** perspectives for your designs

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Color▲131

    A minimal swatch picker

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Rinse▲80

    Telling Stories Behind Photography

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Gradient World▲104

    Gradients generated from photographs of nature

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    ArtSquare▲113

    Your artworks digitized by experts

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Relonch▲100

    Next level iPhone photography

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Decim8▲101

    Turn photographs into glitch art

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19GC
    Get colour palettes from pictures▲132

    2017 · pictones.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20CA
    Colors – A data-driven collection of beautiful color palettes▲89

    2017 · klart.co · its alternatives →

21. 21
    PANTONE Studio▲152

    An elegant iOS app for discovering color palettes

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Fused▲86

    Double exposure, video and photo blender

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Relonch Camera▲126

    AI-powered "camera as a service"

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Make 8-Bit Art!▲107

    An in-browser canvas tool for making retro art.

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →