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Changelog

New features, fixes and announcements, newest first.

October 23, 2026

  • Write for Learn. Apply from the Contribute page: tell us what you'd like to write about, and a moderator replies in your messages.
  • Pictures in articles. Writers can add their own photos, each with a caption, placed between paragraphs.
  • Fill in Contribute before signing up. What you type is kept on your device while you create an account.
  • Straight to the tube at the store. Blick Art Materials and Jackson's links now open the paint's own product page, not a search, for about 1,700 paints. Paints a store doesn't carry still get a search link.
  • Store photos of the tube. Where no painter has sent a tube photo yet, a paint's page shows the store's product image, credited to the store. Your photos always come first.
  • Sign out is now on your own profile, one click from your name in the header.
  • Clearer sign-in messages. When an emailed sign-in link can't be sent, the form now says so instead of asking you to check your email.
  • This changelog.

October 21, 2026

  • Drag to collect or compare. Pick up any tube and drop it on Collect or Compare in one tray along the bottom.
  • Condense colors in Explore folds paints of the same color from different brands into one.
  • A featured palette sits beside Explore's headline.

October 19, 2026

  • The color map comes first in Explore. Tap dots to narrow the list, double-tap to find a color, and reset the map in one press.
  • Try a toned ground: see paints on middle grey or your own toned ground, with a guide to choosing one.
  • Explore sorts by value, light to dark, by default.

October 18, 2026

  • A new look. Studio for daytime, Darkroom for low light, and Artist mode. Paints sit on a ground you choose.

October 17, 2026

  • Beta testers can send feedback from any page, with a screenshot they can draw on.
  • Notifications, and messages from moderators.

October 16, 2026

  • Learn articles, written by painters and reviewed by a moderator before they're published.
  • Color pages gather the same color across brands, with container sizes for all 24 lines.
  • Swatch and tube photos from painters, credited by name.
  • Saved searches, and pigment origin labels such as "Natural earth" and "Mineral".

October 15, 2026

  • Public profiles, private accounts and anonymous reviews. Mark reviews as helpful, and share collections publicly.
  • Search from every page, forgiving of typos and nicknames, with "Find me" presets.
  • Pigment pages with history, toxicity, drying and handling, plus a safer-pigments guide.
  • Side-by-side compare, the color chart view, and installing Pigfolio as an app that works offline.
  • Sign in with a password, or with an emailed link.

October 14, 2026

  • Pigfolio opens as an oil paint reference: brands, pigments and every color in their lines.