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My little online color tool. Hope this is helpful.

40 points by kevinl 19y ago

eibrahim 19y ago
very cool.. you consider adding features to let me download a stylesheet and maybe some preconfigured "skins"/"themes" instead of hacing to reconfigure 5 colors, just select one skin and have it being configured to set all 5 colors.
- kevinl 19y ago
  Your suggestion has been added to my feature requests list:) And thanks for your kind words.
deathbyzen 19y ago
I think it would be nice to have some sample text in the Test Pattern layout that you could change the color of. Otherwise, nifty tool.
bmaier 19y ago
I think the best part about this is the fact that it lets you see the apparent color when displayed on the page not just the color by itself.
edw519 19y ago
Nice. I found it a little easier by starting on the Home page.
iamwil 19y ago
neat. Actually, I was fooling around with color layouts today. Just in case you haven't heard of it, I ran across Munsell color pickers, which lays out colors according to how people perceive color. http://www.triplecode.com/munsell/ http://www.triplecode.com/munsell/ Maybe you can add munsell later too. What I recognized as an itch is that color pictures and theme generators would actually be better as a FF plugin, so you can adjust entire color palettes and see it take effect right on the page you're working on.
- kevinl 19y ago
  wow, it's cool. thanks for your link.
iamwil 19y ago
And oh, being able to change web layouts in your sample would be nice. It doesn't work on FF3, fyi.
- kevinl 19y ago
  It's strange I have no problem here with FF3 beta 4.
  - bmj 19y ago
    Yeah, no problem here either. And I have FlashBlock installed.
    - iamwil 19y ago
      then it's just me. It's probably an old version of flash on ff3 for ubuntu.
mhb 19y ago
Very nice. Suggestion: clicking an area in the Test Pattern should change the selection to that in the Color Palette. Or at least identify the Test Pattern swatches as corresponding to one of the numbers 1-5 in the Color Palette.
raghus 19y ago
I like this - I agree w/bmaier that the visualization is great. Often what looks light at 20px square looks very dark on a full page. One suggestion - right now I need to click around a lot to make changes. To change the bg, I click on the #1 box then head over to the slider, then to change the header, click on the #2 box and again head over to the slider... can you get that slider control to appear right on the page layout. That way I can go the section I want, see the slider, move it and then keep going...
Chriswalkr 19y ago
That's a pretty nice useful tool. I'll use it next time i need to design.
hernan7 19y ago
A "reset" button would be a good idea, for when you click the "<<" link too many times.
- kevinl 19y ago
  nice idea.
natch 19y ago
Can't see the flash preview thingy on the lower right. Can see the other ones. I've seen this before with flash in Firefox. Might be an interaction with the AdBlock extension, which can be uninstalled over my dead body. ;-) When this happens on other sites, I just scroll down until the top of the flash item reaches the top of the browser, and then it displays. Can't use this workaround on your site, because there isn't any more content to scroll down to after that. BTW I don't mean to complain! Nice looking site. I'm just assuming you were hoping for feedback, so there it is.
- kevinl 19y ago
  Update: I did not encounter this problem after installing adblock. maybe some other reason... I have not installed firefox adblock extension. I will install it later and see if I encounter this problem. Thanks!

40 points by kevinl 19y ago

very cool.. you consider adding features to let me download a stylesheet and maybe some preconfigured "skins"/"themes" instead of hacing to reconfigure 5 colors, just select one skin and have it being configured to set all 5 colors.

kevinl 19y ago
Your suggestion has been added to my feature requests list:) And thanks for your kind words.

deathbyzen 19y ago

I think it would be nice to have some sample text in the Test Pattern layout that you could change the color of. Otherwise, nifty tool.

bmaier 19y ago

I think the best part about this is the fact that it lets you see the apparent color when displayed on the page not just the color by itself.

edw519 19y ago

Nice. I found it a little easier by starting on the Home page.

iamwil 19y ago

neat. Actually, I was fooling around with color layouts today. Just in case you haven't heard of it, I ran across Munsell color pickers, which lays out colors according to how people perceive color. http://www.triplecode.com/munsell/ http://www.triplecode.com/munsell/ Maybe you can add munsell later too. What I recognized as an itch is that color pictures and theme generators would actually be better as a FF plugin, so you can adjust entire color palettes and see it take effect right on the page you're working on.

kevinl 19y ago
wow, it's cool. thanks for your link.

iamwil 19y ago

And oh, being able to change web layouts in your sample would be nice. It doesn't work on FF3, fyi.

kevinl 19y ago
It's strange I have no problem here with FF3 beta 4.
- bmj 19y ago
  Yeah, no problem here either. And I have FlashBlock installed.
  - iamwil 19y ago
    then it's just me. It's probably an old version of flash on ff3 for ubuntu.

mhb 19y ago

Very nice. Suggestion: clicking an area in the Test Pattern should change the selection to that in the Color Palette. Or at least identify the Test Pattern swatches as corresponding to one of the numbers 1-5 in the Color Palette.

raghus 19y ago

I like this - I agree w/bmaier that the visualization is great. Often what looks light at 20px square looks very dark on a full page. One suggestion - right now I need to click around a lot to make changes. To change the bg, I click on the #1 box then head over to the slider, then to change the header, click on the #2 box and again head over to the slider... can you get that slider control to appear right on the page layout. That way I can go the section I want, see the slider, move it and then keep going...

Chriswalkr 19y ago

That's a pretty nice useful tool. I'll use it next time i need to design.

hernan7 19y ago

A "reset" button would be a good idea, for when you click the "<<" link too many times.

kevinl 19y ago
nice idea.

natch 19y ago

Can't see the flash preview thingy on the lower right. Can see the other ones. I've seen this before with flash in Firefox. Might be an interaction with the AdBlock extension, which can be uninstalled over my dead body. ;-) When this happens on other sites, I just scroll down until the top of the flash item reaches the top of the browser, and then it displays. Can't use this workaround on your site, because there isn't any more content to scroll down to after that. BTW I don't mean to complain! Nice looking site. I'm just assuming you were hoping for feedback, so there it is.

kevinl 19y ago
Update: I did not encounter this problem after installing adblock. maybe some other reason... I have not installed firefox adblock extension. I will install it later and see if I encounter this problem. Thanks!