by EssentialElephant·Color Grading
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Colorbox earns its place in the superhive library as a focused color toolkit for Blender, covering palettes, hex codes, schemes and color ramps in one add-on. It holds a five-star rating across 15 ratings, contributes to the Blender Development Fund, and the developer has committed to an LTS model to keep refining it over time.
Colorbox is an add-on that brings color control into Blender, built around palettes, hex codes and color schemes. The Swapper lets you swap out palettes, and drag and drop moves colors from a palette to where they matter. You can upload palettes from any website, including Colorhunt.co, and pull them into Colorbox.
The Color Scheme Maker creates mathematical color schemes within Blender that you can plug into your current scene. The Colorbox Selector and Color Picker sample color from any image, and uploading an image lets Colorbox pull out its dominant colors to form a palette. Any palette can be turned into a color ramp and added to the node editor.
Beyond that, Colorbox creates collections of palettes, blends palettes together with effects, stores brand hex codes in your file, and saves palettes to the blend file or to disk. The developer follows an LTS model and includes documentation.
Colorbox 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 is best for blender artists who work heavily with color — building and swapping palettes, sampling colors from images, storing brand hex codes, and turning palettes into color ramps.
Colorbox 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 is completely free to download and use.
Colorbox is listed for Blender version 3.5, so it targets that release of the software. If you are on a different Blender version, check the developer's page or documentation tab before installing to confirm compatibility. The add-on is a Dev Fund contributor, and the developer states it follows an LTS model that they keep updating over time, so ongoing support is part of the plan. For the most current version requirements, the developer's page is the place to verify.
Colorbox includes the Colorbox Selector and a Color Picker that sample color from any image. You can also upload an image and have Colorbox pull out its dominant colors, which it forms into a palette you can use in your scene. From there, a palette can be turned into a color ramp and added to the node editor. This gives you a route from a reference image all the way to usable colors and ramps inside Blender.
Colorbox lets you upload palettes from any website, and the developer names Colorhunt.co as a resource that works with it. You grab a palette there, plug it into Colorbox, and use it in your scene. Beyond uploading, Colorbox can create its own collections of palettes, blend palettes together with effects, and save them to your blend file or to disk. Brand hex codes can also be stored right in the file so they stay with your project.
Colorbox is listed as free here in our catalog. Licensing and any paid tiers can change over time, so check the developer's page for the current terms before you rely on a particular arrangement. The add-on is noted as royalty free and is a Dev Fund contributor, with the developer committing to an LTS model they keep refining. For questions about licensing or purchasing options, the developer's page and contact details are the place to look.
Colorbox comes with documentation, and the developer notes a documentation tab that is being built out into a complete manual. That tab is where to look for details on the add-on and features like the Swapper, the Color Scheme Maker and the Colorbox Selector. The developer also invites users to follow along for updates and to reach out with any questions. For the latest manual and update notes, the developer's page is where to check.
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