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This is a great tool! I have also recently started using a divergent color palette[1] when designing figures for publication, it's amazing how much nicer it loo

This is a great tool! I have also recently started using a divergent color palette[1] when designing figures for publication, it's amazing how much nicer it looks than, for example, default color schemes in most graphing software... Definitely going to bookmark this for future use. [1] https://learnui.design/tools/data-color-picker.html#divergent https://learnui.design/tools/data-color-picker.html#divergen...

michaelmior 7y ago
I've used ColorBrewer[0] in the past for this purpose. It's got some great options for ensuring the colors are distinguishable by people with varying forms of colour blindness as well as in black and white. That last one is a big one because it's a pet peeve of mine when figures are unreadable in a printed paper. http://colorbrewer2.org/#type=sequential&scheme=BuGn&n=3 http://colorbrewer2.org/#type=sequential&scheme=BuGn&n=3
- jessaustin 7y ago
  I've used the method described here [0] of simply incrementing hue by the golden ratio. You can generate dozens of colors that go well together yet are quite distinguishable. [0] https://martin.ankerl.com/2009/12/09/how-to-create-random-colors-programmatically/ https://martin.ankerl.com/2009/12/09/how-to-create-random-co...
  - michaelmior 7y ago
    I haven't tried this, but it seems like just incrementing the hue would mean colours would be difficult to distinguish when printed in black and white.
    - jessaustin 7y ago
      D'oh! I think you're right. In B&W these would be identical. I think one could use the same trick with lightness in this case, rather than hue. Still, colors generated that way are going to look like ass on a screen. It seems like you're already doing media queries, though, so doing two variations of this technique wouldn't be too bad...
porzingisfan20 7y ago
This is super cool, what are good ways to distinguish between using a different color vs just changing opacity of a primary color?
thelittleone 7y ago
I'm a novice in color theory yet I understand the importance of colour palettes for my projects. I've used a bunch of palette generators over the years. With my basic skill level I can typically create a decent 'original' palette in around ten minutes. I just tried Colorbox and I managed to produce several good palettes and very few bad ones. Perhaps the UX and algorithm is nicely geared to users like me. But I'm sold.

michaelmior 7y ago

I've used ColorBrewer[0] in the past for this purpose. It's got some great options for ensuring the colors are distinguishable by people with varying forms of colour blindness as well as in black and white. That last one is a big one because it's a pet peeve of mine when figures are unreadable in a printed paper. http://colorbrewer2.org/#type=sequential&scheme=BuGn&n=3 http://colorbrewer2.org/#type=sequential&scheme=BuGn&n=3

jessaustin 7y ago
I've used the method described here [0] of simply incrementing hue by the golden ratio. You can generate dozens of colors that go well together yet are quite distinguishable. [0] https://martin.ankerl.com/2009/12/09/how-to-create-random-colors-programmatically/ https://martin.ankerl.com/2009/12/09/how-to-create-random-co...
- michaelmior 7y ago
  I haven't tried this, but it seems like just incrementing the hue would mean colours would be difficult to distinguish when printed in black and white.
  - jessaustin 7y ago
    D'oh! I think you're right. In B&W these would be identical. I think one could use the same trick with lightness in this case, rather than hue. Still, colors generated that way are going to look like ass on a screen. It seems like you're already doing media queries, though, so doing two variations of this technique wouldn't be too bad...

porzingisfan20 7y ago

This is super cool, what are good ways to distinguish between using a different color vs just changing opacity of a primary color?

thelittleone 7y ago

I'm a novice in color theory yet I understand the importance of colour palettes for my projects. I've used a bunch of palette generators over the years. With my basic skill level I can typically create a decent 'original' palette in around ten minutes. I just tried Colorbox and I managed to produce several good palettes and very few bad ones. Perhaps the UX and algorithm is nicely geared to users like me. But I'm sold.