Terms

The plain terms. No fine print games.

Last updated: 12 October 2026

This is the agreement between you and Chromilla for using chromilla.com and the Chromilla app. We have kept it as short and as honest as a legal page can be. By creating an account, starting a trial, or using the mixer, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy page. If something here reads unclear, tell us on the Feedback page and we will fix the wording.

1. Who we are

Chromilla is run by Vision Grønnslett, organization number 931 655 590, based in Stavanger, Norway. “We”, “us” and “Chromilla” in these terms mean that business, or any company we move it into later (see section 20). “You” means the person using Chromilla.

2. What Chromilla is

Chromilla is a color-matching tool for painters. You give it a color (a photo, a camera scan, a hex value or a picker choice) and it calculates a mixing recipe for acrylic, oil or watercolor, using the paint brands, tube data and pigment data in our catalog.

3. Color matches are estimates, not guarantees

The match percentage compares the calculated dry color against your target. We build it to be honest about how close a mix will land, and we say so when a match is weak. But real paint is not a screen. Pigment lots differ between tubes and batches, brands change paint makeup, lighting and camera white balance change how a color reads, and phone and monitor screens do not show color the same way. Paint also shifts as it dries and as it ages.

So treat every recipe as a strong starting point. Test a small mix on your surface before you commit paint, a canvas or a client’s wall. Chromilla does not promise that a mix will match your target, and we are not responsible for a result that does not.

4. Safety and materials

Chromilla gives color information only. It is not safety advice. Some pigments (cadmium, cobalt, lead-based and others) and some oil painting solvents are hazardous if swallowed, inhaled or handled carelessly. Always follow the label, the manufacturer’s safety data sheet, and local rules for ventilation, storage and disposal. Do not rely on Chromilla for anything to do with health, food contact, children’s products, or safety-critical coatings.

5. AI-generated content

Some features, such as mixing tips, Guided Session steps and label scanning, use AI models run by third parties. AI output can be wrong or incomplete. It is there to help you paint, not to be relied on as professional, technical or safety advice. Check it against your own eyes and your paint’s label.

6. Accounts

You can sign up with an email address or Google sign-in. You are responsible for keeping your login secure and for what happens under your account. Tell us straight away if you think someone else has access to it. You must be 16 or older to create an account. If you are signing up for someone younger, you confirm you have the right to do so. One account is for one person, except Studio session guests (section 10).

7. Free use

You can try the mixer without an account up to a small limit, and a free account mixes 10 new colors each calendar month (re-opening a color you already mixed does not count). Limits and features can change over time. The current limits are shown in the app and on the Pricing page.

8. Paid plans, trials and renewal

Chromilla Pro and Chromilla Studio are paid subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly through Stripe in US dollars. Prices, plan features and trial length are shown on the Pricing page and at checkout, and what you see at checkout is what applies to you.

Free trials ask for a card up front. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, your subscription starts and your card is charged for the plan and interval you picked. After that it renews automatically at the end of each billing period until you cancel. Applicable taxes, such as VAT, are added or included as shown at checkout.

If we change the price of a plan, we will tell you by email at least 30 days before it applies to you, and you can cancel before then.

9. Cancelling, refunds and your right to withdraw

You can cancel at any time from your account page. Cancelling stops future billing and you keep access until the end of the period you already paid for. We do not give partial refunds for unused time, except where the law requires it or where something went wrong on our side (a billing error, or a paid feature that did not work as described). If that happens, contact us and we will put it right.

If you are a consumer in Norway or the EEA, you have a statutory right to withdraw from a distance contract within 14 days. Your free trial is built to cover that window, so cancelling before the trial ends means you are never charged. Your other statutory consumer rights are not affected by these terms.

10. Studio and guest sessions

Studio lets a host run a session for up to 10 guests who do not need accounts. If you host, you are responsible for telling your guests how Chromilla is used in the session, for the guests you invite, and for any recap emails you choose to send. Guests are covered by these terms for the time they use a session.

11. Your content

Recipes, notes, saved palettes, paintings and feedback you save to your account stay yours. By saving them you give us permission to store them, display them back to you and sync them across your devices as part of the service. You also let us use anonymized, aggregated versions (never your raw content) to improve match accuracy for everyone. See the Privacy page for how photos and personal data are handled.

You are responsible for what you upload, and you confirm you have the right to use it. Only upload photos you own or are allowed to use.

12. Paint brands and catalog data

Paint brand and product names in the catalog belong to their owners. Chromilla is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any paint brand. Catalog colors and pigment data are our best calculated approximation from published information and our own testing, not the manufacturer’s official data. A manufacturer can change a paint without telling us.

13. What belongs to us

The Chromilla app, the matching engine, the catalog data we compiled, the brand (name, logo, wordmark) and the site content belong to Chromilla. You can use them through the app as intended. You cannot scrape the catalog, copy the matching engine, resell access to the tool, or use the Chromilla name or logo without asking first.

14. Acceptable use

Use Chromilla the way it is built to be used. Do not try to break it, overload it, reverse engineer it, get around its limits or paywall, share one paid login between several people, or use it to build a competing product from our data. Do not use it for anything illegal. We can suspend or close an account that does any of this.

15. Availability and changes to the service

We work to keep Chromilla running and correct, but we do not promise it will be uninterrupted or error-free. We may add, change or remove features, including ones that are in beta. If we make a change that clearly reduces what a paying subscriber gets, we will give notice and you can cancel.

16. No warranties

To the extent the law allows, Chromilla is provided “as is” and “as available”. We do not give any promise, express or implied, that it will meet your needs, that recipes will match, or that the catalog data is complete or current, beyond what we say in these terms and what the law requires us to provide.

17. Limits on our liability

Please read this one. It sets out what we are and are not responsible for.

What the law will not let us limit. Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability for intent or gross negligence, for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for anything else that cannot be limited by law. If you are a consumer, your mandatory legal rights, including the right to a digital service that matches its description, are not affected by these terms.

Losses we are not responsible for. Subject to the above, and to the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, income, commissions or business, arising from your use of Chromilla. That includes wasted paint, canvases, materials and time, a project or commission that did not turn out as hoped, a color that did not match, harm from handling paint or solvents, and loss of saved data. Chromilla is a guide for your own judgment. The result of your painting is your responsibility.

The cap. Subject to the above, our total liability to you for all claims connected to Chromilla in any 12-month period is limited to the greater of (a) what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim arose and (b) 100 USD.

Third parties. We are not responsible for services we do not control, such as Stripe, Google sign-in, your internet or device, or a paint maker’s product.

18. If you use Chromilla for business

If you use Chromilla for a business purpose (for example Studio for paid classes, or as a professional painter or decorator), you are not a consumer for these terms. You are responsible for the work you deliver to your own clients. In addition to section 17, you agree to cover reasonable losses we suffer from claims by your clients or guests that arise from your breach of these terms or from your own work. Our cap in section 17 applies to you without the consumer protections described there.

19. Ending this agreement

You can stop using Chromilla and delete your account at any time from your account page, or by contacting us. We can suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, with notice where it is reasonable to give it. If we close an account without a breach on your side, we will refund the unused part of any prepaid period. If we ever discontinue Chromilla entirely, we will give notice and a chance to export your saved recipes first.

20. Changes to these terms, and to who runs Chromilla

If we change these terms in a way that matters, we will say so plainly on this page, update the date at the top, and email account holders about material changes at least 30 days ahead where they affect paid plans. If you keep using Chromilla after a change takes effect, that means you accept it. If you do not, you can cancel.

We may transfer Chromilla and these terms to a company we set up or sell the business to. If we do, we will tell you, and your rights under these terms stay the same.

21. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by Norwegian law. Disputes go to the Norwegian courts, with Stavanger tingrett as the venue. If you are a consumer, you can also bring a claim in the courts of the country where you live, and the mandatory consumer protection rules of that country still apply to you.

22. The small print

If a part of these terms turns out to be unenforceable, the rest stays in force and we will replace that part with the nearest valid wording. These terms and the Privacy page are the whole agreement between us about Chromilla. If we do not enforce a right straight away, that does not mean we have given it up. Neither of us is responsible for delays caused by things outside our control.

Questions?

If something here is unclear, get in touch on the Feedback page or at hey@chromilla.com and we will explain it plainly. Terms should not need a lawyer to read.