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On iPad, drag and drop from the sidebar to any palette.\n\nCopy a variety of developer-focused code representations, like RGB, hex, Objective-C, Swift and SwiftUI. Paste hex codes into the sliders color picker.\n\nCopy a pixel bitmap representation of a palette to paste into your favorite pixel editor, share a screen-sized version to set as your wallpaper or Apple Watch face, or export a palette to Procreate®.\n\nCreate beautiful, colorful wallpapers in various different 2D & 3D styles using Pastel's wallpaper creator.\n\nIn the free version, try out the built-in library, and add your own palettes up to a limit of 8 items total. 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