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Lyft built and released a similar tool recently for picking accessible colors, there was a HN post about it last month https://www.colorbox.io https://www.colo
by hokumguru 7y ago
Lyft built and released a similar tool recently for picking accessible colors, there was a HN post about it last month
https://www.colorbox.io https://www.colorbox.io
- jacobolus 7y agoUnfortunately the Lyft one is based on a much weaker understanding of color science and a much lazier implementation based on poor choice of basic color model, which results in poor output. Kudos to Wilson Miner and Daryl Koopersmith for one of the few non-bullshit color picker articles to pop up here.
- jacobolus 7y agoEdit: Sorry to any Lyft folks reading. “Lazier” is not really a fair or kind description. I was in a somewhat grumpy mood earlier. In more neutral language: using non-perceptually-relevant color spaces leads to dramatic distortion of color relationships, and ends up misleading humans trying to interpret them. It’s great to see the Stripe team here recognizing the problem and attacking it in a more principled way. Let me echo calls for publishing the tool if possible. I’ve wanted to use a similar tool since at least 2006, but all the tools along these lines I have built for myself have been very hacky and not suitable for public consumption.
- Vinnl 7y agoA bit off-topic, but thanks for getting back to this post with this follow-up. We (myself included) do this too often online, assuming the people we're talking about are not reading along, even though that does happen. (I'm not from Lyft by the way, to clarify. Just a random reader.)