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color palette generator
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
3 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Palettes look good and effective
From 3 comments
It's effective, for one. I was surprised how good it looks. Color matching is a lot harder than it seems when you're generating palettes. "AI" may seem cheesy, but you have to…
sillysaurusx on HNThis works really well, I'll be using it on my upcoming projects :)
jack_riminton on HNi've added it to my list of color palette generation tools - sharing in case it helps someone else https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy/blob/master/README.md#color-picking
swyx on HN
Objections
Not really AI; it is a simple algorithm or curve fit
From 2 comments
So what exactly is AI about it? It just looks like a common algorithm that matches colors together and not some AI that has been trained to find matching color palettes.
hackerman123469 on HNYeah but if you look at the code it doesn't really predict anything on trained data etc. It's not really a neural network either. It will always return the same output for the…
hackerman123469 on HN
Missing gray scale; default Tailwind grays are blue
From 1 comment
This is a lovely app but it really needs to generate grays as well. You just can't randomly drop in a color palette without changing the default TW grays. (they are pretty blue)
rutierut on HN
Original color not included in generated palette
From 1 comment
Why doesn't the generated palette include the original color? Makes me lose faith.
RocketSyntax on HN
Bright yellows and perceptual brightness are hard to normalize
From 2 comments
These kind of palettes always struggle with brighter yellows like #ffe400 because of the necessary normalization across hues to make it a full palette in first place, which of…
deltron3030 on HNHSLuv is a sphere: https://www.hsluv.org/ They took the CIELUV/LCH/HCL solid and compressed it into a sphere, similar to HSL on top of RGB. The L* (perceptual luminance) value is…
deltron3030 on HN
Requests
Add gray colors to the palette
From 2 comments
This is a lovely app but it really needs to generate grays as well. You just can't randomly drop in a color palette without changing the default TW grays. (they are pretty blue)
rutierut on HNYou could also try training from other palettes but it does look really good! Adding a grays would be key.
pspeter3 on HN
Train on additional or other palettes
From 1 comment
You could also try training from other palettes but it does look really good! Adding a grays would be key.
pspeter3 on HN
Questions
Where is AI used and how are palettes applied in the page
From 2 comments
So what exactly is AI about it? It just looks like a common algorithm that matches colors together and not some AI that has been trained to find matching color palettes.
hackerman123469 on HNThis does pick some pleasing palettes but I’m not clear how they are utilized in the page. A quick scan of Tailwindscss docs shows a bit of discussion about naming colors and…
zxcvbn4038 on HN
Alternatives named
Sip app for storing palettes
From 1 comment
These kind of palettes always struggle with brighter yellows like #ffe400 because of the necessary normalization across hues to make it a full palette in first place, which of…
deltron3030 on HN
HSLuv color space
From 1 comment
HSLuv is a sphere: https://www.hsluv.org/ They took the CIELUV/LCH/HCL solid and compressed it into a sphere, similar to HSL on top of RGB. The L* (perceptual luminance) value is…
deltron3030 on HN
Tailwind UI updated palette
From 1 comment
> You just can't randomly drop in a color palette without changing the default TW grays. (they are pretty blue) reply The Tailwind UI updated color palette at…
nickjj on HN