What It Does
Color Llama is a plugin for Premiere Pro and After Effects that lets you define pairs of colors, a source swatch and a target color, and transforms matching pixels in your footage accordingly. Think of it as a more approachable, fuzzier take on Colorama-style color remapping. You can use up to 5 swatch pairs per effect, and the result can be baked into a Cube LUT file for use outside of Adobe apps.
Common applications include matching footage from different cameras, aligning brand colors, stylizing video with posterized color shifts, keying out green or blue screen, and remapping colors in 2D animation.
Key Features
Color pairing with up to 5 swatches. Define source colors by clicking directly on your footage, then set target colors using HSL sliders or the color picker. Multiple swatches can work together in a single pass.
Three blend modes. Smooth creates a gradual falloff, useful for natural-looking color grades. Sharp reduces color bleed and is better suited for keying and green screen work. Posterized applies abrupt changes, which works well for stylized or graphic looks.
LUT export. The plugin generates a 65x65x65 Cube LUT from your swatch configuration. This lets you reuse the grade in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, or any other app that accepts .cube files. Note that LUTs do not carry alpha information or keyframed values, which is a limitation of the format itself.
HDR support. Brightness range extends from -100 to +300, with an option to clamp negative color values to zero in exported LUTs.
Dock mode. Press Shift+D to move swatches to the left side of the screen for a cleaner view while working. A sort-by-luminance option helps align swatch and target colors consistently across shots.
Expressions-compatible swatch targeting. Swatches can be keyframed, allowing color transforms to change over time within a composition.
Who It’s For
Colorists and editors who need quick color matching across multi-camera shoots will find the most immediate use here. It is also worth exploring for motion graphics artists doing 2D animation recoloring, or anyone who wants to build a custom LUT from a visual, click-based interface rather than writing color math manually.
Students and hobbyists working on personal projects can use the full plugin for free throughout 2026 by downloading the trial version.
Pricing
Color Llama is free for non-commercial use throughout 2026 via the trial download, with no feature restrictions beyond commercial licensing. For paid work, a license is required.
- Single User License $49.99 one-time, covers up to 2 computers (not simultaneously)
- Floating Server License and Render-Only License available for studios or render nodes at additional cost
No subscription is involved. All licenses are one-time purchases.