Release Notes

Keep track of the latest improvements and updates to Nippon Colors

July 8, 2025

Nippon Colors 4.1.2 (Build 20250708)

Improvements

  • A More Stable Journey: We've addressed critical issues that could lead to unexpected crashes — your experience should now be smoother and more reliable
  • Polished for Every Screen: Subtle refinements have been made to ensure the interface shines beautifully across more devices
  • Words That Belong: We've touched up our translations so that every word feels right, no matter where you are in the world
July 1, 2025

Nippon Colors 4.1.1 (Build 20250701)

Features

  • New Preferences Menu: We've introduced a new Preferences menu to give you more control over your app experience. Customize settings with ease

Improvements

  • Improved Localization: Various localization issues have been fixed to better support our global users
  • UI Enhancements: We've refined several display behaviors to make the interface more intuitive and visually consistent
June 24, 2025

Nippon Colors 4.1.0 (Build 20250624)

Nippon Colors is back with a major update, bringing even more inspiration and creativity to your fingertips.

Features

  • Introducing Color Atelier – Color Resonance & Echo of Colors: Color Resonance generates personalized color palettes from your images, each accompanied by cultural stories and usage suggestions rooted in traditional Nippon colors. Echo of Colors (formerly known as Saizō) transforms your photos into AI-crafted artworks inspired by the timeless elegance of Japanese aesthetics
  • Expanded Color of the Day: Color of the Day has received a significant enhancement. Each day now brings not only a traditional color, but also a variety of curated palette inspirations to spark your creativity
  • Smarter, Richer Palettes: The Palettes experience has been rebuilt with care. Now you can save more meaningful palettes from both Color Resonance and Color of the Day, helping you collect and organize the colors that resonate most with you

Improvements

  • Reduced Ads for a Better Experience: We've further reduced intrusive ads to give you a cleaner, more immersive space to explore and create with Nippon Colors

There's more to discover in this latest release—dive in and enjoy this vibrant evolution of Nippon Colors.

June 8, 2025

Nippon Colors 4.0.0 (Build 20250610)

Features

  • Introducing Color Atelier – Saizō: Transform your photos into unique Japanese-style artworks with our new Saizō feature, powered by traditional Nippon colors
  • Redesigned Main Menu: Enjoy a completely reimagined interface for easier navigation, now beautifully optimized for both iPhone and iPad
  • New Palette Experience: Palettes have been redesigned from the ground up for better usability and visual clarity

Improvements

  • Reduced Ads for a Cleaner Experience: Significantly reduced intrusive ads, providing a more focused and enjoyable environment to explore the beauty of traditional Japanese colors

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed several long-standing issues with palettes for improved reliability
April 13, 2025

Nippon Colors 3.3.0 (Build 8171)

Features

  • Export color palettes as Adobe ASE (.ase) files, making it easy to bring traditional Japanese hues into Photoshop, Illustrator, and other Adobe design tools
  • Introduced a new way to support Nippon Colors—choose to watch a short ad or make a one-time purchase to remove ads and enjoy a smoother experience

Improvements

  • Refined palette management to make it easier to create, rename, and organize your color collections
  • Improved Procreate® export for better compatibility and reliability
  • Updated Settings screen with quick links to our Privacy Policy and blog
  • Enhanced gestures, animations, and toast notifications for smoother and more responsive interactions
  • Improved performance throughout the app

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed various bugs to ensure better stability and a more polished user experience
April 12, 2025

Nippon Colors 3.2.5 (Build 8044)

Improvements

  • Enhanced overall performance and stability
  • Better integration with the Today widget and iMessage extension
  • Improved error handling for a more seamless user experience
  • Optimized data storage and management
  • Strengthened security for your peace of mind
January 15, 2025

Nippon Colors 3.2.4 (Build 6240)

Improvements

  • General improvements and performance optimizations for a smoother experience
  • Enhanced UI elements to improve clarity and usability
  • Addressed and resolved several logic issues for more reliable functionality
January 2, 2025

Nippon Colors 3.2.3 (Build 6230)

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
December 12, 2023

Nippon Colors 3.2.2 (Build 6180)

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
December 11, 2023

Nippon Colors 3.2.1 (Build 6170)

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
October 19, 2023

Nippon Colors 3.2.0 (Build 6120)

Improvements

  • Optimized the app for the Brand-new Greatest Ever World's Most Advanced and Powerful Operating System
  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
September 10, 2022

Nippon Colors 3.1.2 (Build 5850)

Improvements

  • Optimized the app for the Brand-new Greatest Ever World's Most Advanced and Powerful Operating System
  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
March 1, 2022

Nippon Colors 3.1.1 (Build 5720)

Features

  • You can now export Nippon Colors palettes into Procreate® to continue creating your inspiring creations
October 24, 2021

Nippon Colors 3.1.0 (Build 5590)

Features

  • In this version, we completely rebuilt the whole app and hope you will have a good experience
  • Completely redesigned user interface
  • The "Favorites" has now been upgraded to "Palettes" and you can now create multiple palettes for your favorite colors
September 21, 2021

Nippon Colors 3.0.1 (Build 5550)

Improvements

  • This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon
  • Optimized the app for the Brand-new Greatest Ever World's Most Advanced and Powerful Operating System
  • Optimized some user interfaces

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that would cause the color mode initialization state of the main UI controls to be incorrect
  • Fixed some internationalization translations
September 20, 2021

Nippon Colors 3.0.0 (Build 5540)

Improvements

  • Optimized the app for the Brand-new Greatest Ever World's Most Advanced and Powerful Operating System
  • Optimized some user interfaces
August 23, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.6.0 (Build 5500)

Features

  • Long press on the color details in the main screen to bring up the context menu

Improvements

  • Optimized some user interfaces
August 14, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.5.1 (Build 5480)

Improvements

  • Optimized some user interfaces
August 12, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.5.0 (Build 5470)

Features

  • Your favorites colors can now be synced to all your iOS devices via iCloud Sync

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
August 3, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.4.4 (Build 5450)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the app to crash when users share images

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
April 13, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.4.3 (Build 5350)

Features

  • Added support for Apple's App Tracking Transparency

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
March 4, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.4.2 (Build 5320)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where users would still display ads in the favorites colors area after purchasing Nippon Colors+

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
February 26, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.4.1 (Build 5310)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the home screen to display abnormally

Improvements

  • Optimized the user experience when ads banner appears in the quick actions panel
  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
February 24, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.4.0 (Build 4841)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused the widget layout to be incorrect in some cases
  • Fixed an issue that caused the widget not to be refreshed in some cases

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
February 19, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.3.0 (Build 4794)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the app would go black when the user selected a color from the favorites colors or color list

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
February 17, 2021

Nippon Colors 2.2.3 (Build 4766)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the shortcut menu to disappear immediately after a long press on a favorited color

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
December 15, 2020

Nippon Colors 2.2.2 (Build 4720)

Features

  • Add support for widgets in iOS 14

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a serious issue that could cause CMYK color codes to be displayed incorrectly

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
November 29, 2020

Nippon Colors 2.2.1 (Build 4710)

Features

  • Add support for widgets in iOS 14

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
October 27, 2020

Nippon Colors 2.2.0 (Build 4700)

Features

  • Add support for widgets in iOS 14

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
September 20, 2020

Nippon Colors 2.1.1 (Build 4650)

Features

  • Add support for widgets in iOS 14

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements
September 18, 2020

Nippon Colors 2.1.0 (Build 4640)

Improvements

  • Various improvements and performance enhancements