Privacy policy

Last updated 28 October 2026

Palette Studio for Miniatures is made by Ryan Mette, an independent developer. This policy covers the website at palette.ryanmette.com and the Palette Studio app for iPhone and iPad.

The short version

Palette Studio does not collect, store or share any personal data. There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Everything you enter stays on your device.

What stays on your device

• Your shelf and settings. The paints you mark as owned or add to the shopping list, and your settings (such as the theme), are saved in your browser's local storage, or in the app's own storage on iPhone and iPad. They are never sent anywhere. To remove them, open ⋯ → About and choose Delete my shelf and settings…. This removes every copy on the device. You can also clear this site's data in your browser, or delete the app.
• Photos. When you pick a colour from a photo, the image is read on your device to sample its colours. It is never uploaded or kept.
• Camera. In the app, the camera picks colours from real objects. Camera frames are processed on your device and are never saved or uploaded. The app asks for permission before it uses the camera, and you can turn that permission off at any time in your device's Settings.
• Backups and other files. Back up everything saves a file with your shelf and settings to your device. Restore…, Import… and Save my shelf (CSV) work with files you choose, on your device. Palette Studio does not send them anywhere.
• Support details. Help's Contact section shows a short line: the app's version, your browser and system, the window size, the theme and the language. Nothing in it is sent by Palette Studio. It is copied only when you choose Copy support details, and it goes to us only if you paste it into a message. The scheme's link is added only when you tick it.

Network use

The paint data and fonts are part of the website and the app, so Palette Studio contacts no other service while you use it. The website loads its own files from its host and nothing else. The app makes no network requests at all. If that ever changes, this policy will be updated first.

Hosting

The website is hosted on GitHub Pages. When you visit it, GitHub logs your IP address for security purposes, as it does for every GitHub Pages site. I have no access to these logs. For details, see the GitHub General Privacy Statement.

Sharing a scheme

When you use Share link, the link holds your scheme's colours and view settings in the web address. It holds nothing else, and nothing about your shelf. You decide where to send it.

The App Store

If you install the app from the App Store, Apple handles the download under its own privacy policy. If you turn on Share With App Developers in your device's settings, Apple may share anonymous crash reports and usage statistics with me.

Links to other sites

Palette Studio links to other websites, such as the source of its paint data. Those sites have their own privacy policies.

Children

Palette Studio collects no personal data from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Use the contact page at ryanmette.com. If you send a message there, I receive what you enter, such as your name, email address and message, and use it only to reply to you. That form runs on Squarespace, under Squarespace's own privacy policy.