The Color Encyclopedia
ANDREW SHERON Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
The Color Encyclopedia is a paid Music app for iPhone and iPad by ANDREW SHERON. Rated 5.0/5 from 6 ratings. Requires iOS 16.0. Updated July 29, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 6 ratings
- Price
- 9.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 1 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 29
- 2026 · v1.1.5
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About The Color Encyclopedia
Every sound available in twelve-tone music - all 2,048 of them, organized into 351 "colors" - playable and searchable wherever you go. This Encyclopedia is a complete map of musical space. Each of the 351 unique families of notes gets an entry: hear it, visualize it, learn its name and how it relates to everything around it. Familiar scales and chords sit alongside thousands more - most musicians have never encountered. You may already know The Color Tree, the special-case sounds whose notes are all adjacent along the circle of fifths, organized from simple to complex and dark to bright. The Encyclopedia contains those 67 sounds - and every other sound there is. Key Features: • Fully offline - the whole map, no connection required • Listen to any color - customizable playback for every set of notes • Scale visualizer - see the notes laid out on your instrument of choice • Filter and search - narrow by scale degree, interval range, and more • Curated and custom lists - browse collections or build your own favorites • Reactive UI - a dynamic sky background that responds to your selections • Randomize - surprise yourself with sounds you've never heard! For composers, improvisers, theorists, sound designers, and anyone who has ever wondered what else is out there.
Ratings & reviews
5.0
6 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.1.5 · Updated July 29, 2026
• Loop is now a toggle, and looping playback is gapless. • The circle wheel and its controls now lay out correctly on smaller screens. • Rotating the wheel feels immediate — the selection now lands together with the connecting lines instead of trailing behind them. • Upside-down portrait is now supported. • A new tip link under Feedback in Settings. • Refreshed color and mode names throughout.
App privacy
The developer, ANDREW SHERON, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Analytics
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