Color Tools

A fool for color, I’ve mangled and discarded more WordPress designs than I can count. Every time my mood shifts so does the need for a different palette. Which is why I like my current template: lots of different hues soothe my need for change.

This is a list of the tools I use for color. One never knows when one may need color help, heck, even scrapbooks are going digital!

ColorSchemer
Definitely the first site I hit for color.

ColorToy
Flash based, it generates color schemes based on your values or randomly.

4096 Color Wheel
This can be used in different ways, by hovering or inputting values.

VisiBone Color Lab
Click on a web-safe color in the palette on the left and choices come up on the right.

ColorJack Sphere
Visualizer that works much a couple of the others, but I like the schemes.

Web safe and named color chart at Mandarin.
Sometimes you just need to see them, ya know?

9rules Daily Color Scheme
Check out the archived schemes!

kuler
Adobe’s awesome color schemer.

TrayColor
This handy little utility has proved invaluable over the years. The only tool on the list that must be downloaded to use, it ‘grabs’ a color. Any color on the screen. The code is never updated because it’s perfect as is.

Have a color tool? Fuel my addiction and send me a link, k?