# Can we get Mixbox on Krita? **URL:** \ **Category:** Develop\ **Created:** [April 25, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-we-get-mixbox-on-krita/64201 "2023-04-25T19:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annika](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/annika/32/114552_2.png) [@Annika](https://krita-artists.org/u/Annika)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-we-get-mixbox-on-krita/64201/1 "2023-04-25T19:11:52Z")
I saw a software called Mixbox that make pigments behave like their real life paint counterparts and I would love to have this in Krita. However, the developers of the software claim the only way to implement this new blend mode is if the developers of Krita themselves add it in. I’m not a programmer and I’m sure other artists other than myself would love to have this, so could this ever be done? Is there a better place or platform to suggest this? “add-on” in question: > **[Mixbox - Natural Color Mixing Based on Real Pigments](https://scrtwpns.com/mixbox/)** > > Mixbox is a new blending method for natural color mixing. It produces saturated gradients with hue shifts and natural secondary colors during blending. Yellow and blue make green. ---
**Author:** ![Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/takiro/32/209381_2.png) [@Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/u/Takiro)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-we-get-mixbox-on-krita/64201/2 "2023-04-25T19:19:12Z")
tl;dr: No, at least not officially because it’s licence is incompatible with Krita’s. > [@Implementing MixBox mixing for Krita](https://krita-artists.org/t/implementing-mixbox-mixing-for-krita/36330/34): > > Okay, the answer was pretty clear: as long as we have Krita in any stores, we cannot use Mixbox. They offered two suggestions, one was we create a closed-source plugin for Krita that would only be available in the stores, or they would fork part of Krita and create a plugin that links to mixbox and distribute that themselves. Both would violate the GPLv3. So, yes, [GitHub - joeedh/pigment-painter](https://github.com/joeedh/pigment-painter) is probably the only way forward for anyone who wants to implement this in Krita. ---
**Author:** ![Annika](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/annika/32/114552_2.png) [@Annika](https://krita-artists.org/u/Annika)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-we-get-mixbox-on-krita/64201/3 "2023-04-25T19:21:49Z")
aw that’s too bad ☹ but thank you anyway for the prompt response! Are there any other plugins that have the same effect that are available to krita users though? ---
**Author:** ![Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/takiro/32/209381_2.png) [@Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/u/Takiro)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-we-get-mixbox-on-krita/64201/4 "2023-04-25T19:59:15Z")
A few people wanted to reimplement the mixbox algorithms with a compatible license but I don’t know if that actually went anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![YRH](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/yrh/32/232547_2.png) [@YRH](https://krita-artists.org/u/YRH)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-we-get-mixbox-on-krita/64201/5 "2023-04-25T20:00:49Z")
There’s a MR opened that adds spectral mixing, as far as I can tell it’s still WIP: > **[Add spectral blending mode (!1783) · Merge requests · Graphics / Krita · GitLab](https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/merge_requests/1783)** > > If it is possible to find spectral data with a smaller number of channels it... ---
**Author:** ![tiar](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/tiar/32/22_2.png) [@tiar](https://krita-artists.org/u/tiar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/can-we-get-mixbox-on-krita/64201/6 "2023-04-25T20:24:42Z")
There are now two people working on including the `Spectral.js` plugin into Krita, @urzeye (who started and did lots of work) and @rvanwijnen (who is the original author of the Spectral.js code) (both are volunteers). It’s not MixBox, but the expected results are similar (more “real-life” mixing and blue and yellow resulting in green).