Color palette generators
The following sites generate a color palette for you to use on your website. Take a look at these clever sites.
Color Scheme Designer
http://colorschemedesigner.com/
It has a sophisticated user interaction; also shows color schemes as seen by people who are color blind. You are able to see the color scheme applied to a mock web page.
Color lovers
Color combos
- http://www.colorcombos.com/
- Has a color grabber tool
Build a color palette from an image
- http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/
- Uses an image to key colors for a palette
- Find an image on the Internet with colors you like
- Right-click on the image and choose the command to open the image in its own window
- Copy the URL
- Paste the URL into the Color Palette Generator
Build a palette from a color wheel
- http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
- Allows you to try out many color combinations
- Shows how colors look to people who are color blind
kuler.adobe.com
Use the kuler.adobe.com page to either choose a color scheme already created or use their CREATE command to generate color schemes yourself. Try the CREATE command. It is very interesting how it works; it is very interactive.
Easy RBG
- http://www.easyrgb.com/index.php?X=HARM
- Builds harmonies of a base color you supply
- Site also has a lot of information on color for decorating and printing
Last update: December 2, 2010
