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color palettes
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How HN took it
13 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Idea: 6 for, 3 againstDesign: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Funny, witty color names and a clean UX.
From 5 comments
Hilarious! A good friend is a color designer (selects palettes for major product lines) and she will love this.
code_duck on HN"Lousy Watermelon" Thanks for this laugh! :D
runxel on HNLove the clean UX. Obligatory reminder/request to add wide-color support for colors-focused apps/services (where it makes sense):…
Razengan on HNgreat resource with a sense of humor. loving the "contributable black"
teslademigod1 on HNThis is awesome. Bookmarked. Thank you
salimmadjd on HN
Useful for designers and CSS color naming.
From 3 comments
This is great stuff. I make video games and its some times hard to find what colors would go good with others. This is a nice collection I think. Also, it looks like it would be…
CodiePetersen on HNI've been using this resource: http://chir.ag/projects/name-that-color/ in naming CSS colour variables for years. It can often help with that gray-700/800/900 or…
parkersweb on HNThis great. I can't wait to see if I can sneak some of these names into my next project. In the past I've used zeke's color-namer[0] package to nail down color names. But,…
dragonshed on HN
Objections
Some palettes are indistinguishable for colorblind users.
From 1 comment
Some of these palettes aren't accessible to the colorblind. For example, "gorgeous light lavender" and "endothermic neon blue" are identical to me.
ebeip90 on HN
Same colors have multiple different names.
From 1 comment
I like the color names, but am a bit disappointed there are multiple names for the same color, e.g. #000000 is 'divorced black' in one palette, and 'contributable black' in…
soonix on HN
Requests
Add wide-color gamut support.
From 1 comment
Love the clean UX. Obligatory reminder/request to add wide-color support for colors-focused apps/services (where it makes sense):…
Razengan on HN
Show palette names, not just individual color names.
From 1 comment
Lol, but I was a bit disappointed to find only the individual colours named. I was expecting to see overly pretentious names for the palettes themselves.
hanoz on HN
Questions
Are the palettes auto-generated?
From 1 comment
Even aside from the color names, these color combinations are fantastic! Are they auto-generated?
foobarian on HN
Alternatives named
Werner's Nomenclature of Colours and xkcd color survey.
From 2 comments
By any Chance: Werner's Nomenclature of Colours ?
moiriad on HNNot palettes, but for the authoritative "name" of a given color, I turn to the results of xkcd's color survey: https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ and the list…
Amorymeltzer on HN
Colourlovers, Adobe Kuler, and name-that-color.
From 3 comments
Is it different from https://www.colourlovers.com/ ?
reffaelwallen on HNAnother good palette-hunting tool is Adobe Kuler. It's interactive so you can lock down parameters you like and continue searching the possibility space
aaanotherhnfolk on HNI've been using this resource: http://chir.ag/projects/name-that-color/ in naming CSS colour variables for years. It can often help with that gray-700/800/900 or…
parkersweb on HN