Determining the core color for a web project could be easy but finding the right alternatives to match the core can sometimes be difficult. That’s where the color tools play its roles. Color tools help you determine matching color or even suggest sets of matching color palette when you are totally clueless. Amongst are some of the best color tools web service on the internet any web designers should bookmark, or at least know. Full list after jump.
Updates:
18 Color tools now.
Adobe Kuler
Colr.org
Colour Lovers
4096 Color Wheels
Color Schemer
Color Palette Generator
Web 2.0 Color Palette
Color Scheme Generator
ColorJack
Color Harmony
Color Blender
Color Schemer Online v2
ColorDB
Accessibility Color Wheel
Color Hunter
GenoPal
Pic2Color
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Posted by hongkiat in Tools , at 01.11.08
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Comments
danny January 11th, 2008
Thanks, very handy.
ReplyWing Loon January 12th, 2008
Great findings, thank you. :)
ReplyPaul Sanderson January 13th, 2008
Best Color Tools For Web Designers linked by http://www.wscoop.com
ReplyPost: http://www.wscoop.com/Design/Best-Color-Tools-For-Web-Designers
sivam January 13th, 2008
Wonder if you have had a look at http://genopal.com/online.php and http://www.pic2color.com ?
Replyhongkiat January 13th, 2008
Sivam: Not that I’m aware of. Thanks for the mention, I’ll have them add to my list. :-)
ReplyTPN WEB DESIGN INC. January 14th, 2008
Nice Post
ReplyBold Lentil January 14th, 2008
The Online Color Thesaurus is also pretty useful:
http://h20325.www2.hp.com/blogs/color/archive/2007/10/29/4914.html
ReplySangesh January 14th, 2008
Well, this is a great article. I’ve used most of the online tools before and will happily recommend it to others as well.
Cheers.
ReplyiPanic January 14th, 2008
I’m sorry but as a designer i don’t need to be told what colours to use together. I am creative enough and know a thing or two about colours and design.
So I would not class these tools as designers tools but rather for people with no design knowledge who want to pretend to be a designer, or someone working on their own site who has not done any design before.
ReplyBryan Migliorisi January 15th, 2008
This list of resources is great, but what I would really love to get is a book of color schemes and palettes.
I cant seem to find any (good ones) online. Does anyone have any suggestions?
ReplyLawrence the Photographer January 15th, 2008
Very nice list of color charts. It is almost like wedding photography where color matters a lot.
ReplyBOB January 15th, 2008
nice post, I use the ColorZilla extension for firefox.
ReplyBenny January 15th, 2008
Terrific list. Thank you.
Replymacromediax January 15th, 2008
really great post . i love colourlovers.com more than others .
Replyits something special .
thanks for this post
Kishore Blog February 12th, 2008
Most of the designers aware about these. But you mentined something new which i was not aware. Thanks.
http://www.kishoreblog.com
ReplyInverted Reality Designworks March 2nd, 2008
Nice post. I have used a couple of these before, specifically colour lovers, but some of these were a great addition to the arsenal. Thanks alot for the post.
ReplyWelcome to Paradise March 15th, 2008
The links are quite good and very useful too. My favourites are 4096 Color Wheels and Colorlovers.
ReplySyokkahwin.com March 22nd, 2008
dear HK with such skills..do u take orders for graphic designs?
Replyhongkiat March 22nd, 2008
fayz: yeah, i do take design work.
ReplyAnnicedda May 21st, 2008
You listed all my favorites with the exception of the color thesaurus: http://www.hp.com/idealab/us/en/colorimage.html. Its an extremely useful tool when discussing and selecting colors.
ReplyWendy May 22nd, 2008
Wow, very nice list! How often is it updated?
Here’s some of my favorite color tool gadgets:
Color Chooser: http://googlemodules.com/module/2122/
Color Box: http://googlemodules.com/module/6177/
Color Picker: http://googlemodules.com/module/4157/
ReplyLeap Year Photography June 5th, 2008
I wish we had come across this sooner! We just updated our web site http://leapyearphoto.com and selecting colors that fit a wedding theme and did not look like ever other wedding photographer was not easy!!
Thanks so much for the resources and this site! It is great!
Replybob June 16th, 2008
what are 4 descriptions of the best colour to use on a website??
ReplyElpie June 23rd, 2008
I had recently published a similar article, promoting some of the same tools. When I was searching to see if my article had been picked up yet by search engines I came across your post.
The problem is, I also came across this:
Replyhttp://ploncux.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/best-color-tools-for-web-designers/
It appears to be a duplicate copy of your work so I thought you might like to know about it.
Elpie June 23rd, 2008
Please note – just in case my comment was not clear. I found your post and the copied post when I was searching on Google for a different article.
The Google results clearly showed that both hongkiat.com and that other blog have the same description snippet. So I went and looked. When I came here I could see that your content was published before the content on that other site.
That is the reason I reported this to you – because I thought you would want to know. I hate it when people steal my content and assumed you would want to know if someone has stolen your content. I did not expect the kind of email you sent to me.
Do you seriously think that I would create a badly-written blog just to steal content, then post a comment to tell you about it? And that I would provide my real name, real email address, real IP, real website, and my photograph to you if I was the kind of low-life thief you have accused me of being?
I was simply trying to be helpful to you, that is all.
Replypesho July 21st, 2008
it is very good
Replybagredletter July 25th, 2008
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ReplyOoty Blog August 12th, 2008
Thanks for put all together. I will visit here again & again for new things.
http://ootyblog.blogspot.com
ReplyOoty Tour August 12th, 2008
I like color lovers much. Thanks for the post
http://www.ootytour.com
ReplyMin Thu August 14th, 2008
Very useful for web design. thanks!
ReplyEfren September 3rd, 2008
Tools are to be use, our senses apricciate being expanded. So,a keyboard is an interface as programs do the same…
Is not the creative your are, is the smartest!
Good page, good links, god job!
ReplyShane wilder October 4th, 2008
This is awesome! Thanks for posting.
ReplyDelhi City Inda October 4th, 2008
Great Job………..
Replyit’s very good for both, web design and web designers.
ApV December 12th, 2008
very helpful list, thanks
Replymodern February 18th, 2009
thanks,please more teach
ReplyMDiogo February 20th, 2009
Great Collection.
Replywazime February 23rd, 2009
Bookmarked. One of the handiest posts I’ve read on color.
ReplyRalph February 26th, 2009
They are a great selection of colours but do they sell the products on the website?
Replyjai February 28th, 2009
the page is soo colorfull :):)
Replysubi March 17th, 2009
great color tool list………
ReplyBeny April 19th, 2009
very useful tool
ReplyBeny April 19th, 2009
Nice
ReplyRiley April 27th, 2009
Excellent post. All of those tools seem very helpful. In the past I have used 45colors.com which has done a nice job of randomizing colors.
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ReplyNader June 16th, 2009
Very useful resources , great post
Replyjasa web desain murah July 2nd, 2009
great color tool list………
Replystop dreaming start action July 2nd, 2009
Nice color picker
ReplyComo criar um blog August 3rd, 2009
Hi
Thank you so much
ReplyWeb Design New York August 10th, 2009
Nice…..thanks so much
Replyaddkosana August 27th, 2009
Thanks so much for the resources and this site! It is great!
ReplyKate September 2nd, 2009
cool tools, actually. Especially genopal :) Will use for sure, thanx
ReplyAnnemieke September 3rd, 2009
Wow, fantastic list!
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