Color (software)
{{Short description|Color-grading application for Mac OS}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox Software
| name = Color
| logo = Color (software).png
| screenshot =
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| developer = Apple Inc.
| latest_release_version = 1.5.2
| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2010|03|24}}
| operating_system = Mac OS X
| genre = Video editing/color grading
| license = Proprietary
| website =
| discontinued = yes
}}
Color is a professional color-grading application developed by Apple for its Mac OS X operating system. It was one of the major applications included as part of the Final Cut Studio video-production suite. The application was originally called FinalTouch and was developed by Silicon Color, until the company was acquired by Apple in October 2006.{{cite news |title=Apple acquires Silicon Color |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/181998/silicon-3.html |access-date=November 13, 2021 |work=Macworld |date=October 15, 2006}}
Color was launched on April 15, 2007, as part of the USD$1,299 Final Cut Studio suite, with Apple proclaiming it was "democratizing" color correction and video editing by offering professional-level tools at a consumer price (at the time a color grading system could cost up to $100,000).{{cite news |last1=Giardina |first1=Carolyn |title=Apple adding Color to prod’n software tools |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/apple-adding-color-prodn-software-134079/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 16, 2007}} The standalone Final Cut Pro application contained basic color grading tools, but Color allowed professional techniques such as Bezier-based masking and single and multipoint optical tracking. FinalTouch and Color used the Digital Picture Exchange (DPX) format commonly used in commercial video and feature film production.{{cite news |title=Review: Apple Color 1.0.1 |url=https://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2007/September-1-2007/REVIEW-APPLE-COLOR-1-0-1.aspx |access-date=November 13, 2021 |work=Post Magazine |date=September 1, 2007}}
Color 1.5 was introduced on July 23, 2009, along with the new Final Cut Studio 2009, which featured support for 4K video, full-quality compatibility with the Red One camera, and the ability to copy grades to multiple clips.{{cite news |last1=Seff |first1=Jonathan |title=Apple releases new Final Cut Studio |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/199253/finalcutstudio.html |access-date=November 13, 2021 |work=Macworld |date=July 22, 2009}}
Color and the other Final Cut Studio applications were discontinued with the release of Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, and Compressor 4 in 2011.{{cite book |last1=Stump |first1=David |title=Digital cinematography: fundamentals, tools, techniques, and workflows |date=2014 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=1136040412 |location=Burlington, MA}}