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I chose to do so because its not based in actual color science, its just made to look good. I thought I might just run with the "hey its just made to look good

by meodai 4y ago

I chose to do so because its not based in actual color science, its just made to look good. I thought I might just run with the "hey its just made to look good and its not very accurate" but I might have overdone it a bit :D

dahart 4y ago
It did become clear quickly the that the unexplainable was being explained. ;) The theme is fun and endearing, so keep it even if you add hints that it is art and neither science nor magic. This demo explanation is just beautifully executed, great job, and the palettes do look good. Your page doesn’t talk about it, but there is something about using a straight-ish line through a color space that tends to generate good palettes. Do you have a working artistic theory? I don’t know why it works but I’ve used that idea for many years. It may be about reducing the dimensionality, or may be because it imposes an average hue to the entire image, I don’t know. I’m wondering if you’ve thought about adding thoughts from an artistic perspective on what makes a good color palette, and how to best get one out of Poline, given various color goals one might have. A super interesting problem IMO is generating good looking color palettes of maximally distinct colors. “Good looking” tends to require color proximity, and “maximally distinct” tends to require the opposite: distance. How can I get both? :)
michael-ax 4y ago
stand tall, you did great wordsmithing in that intro!
mostlysimilar 4y ago
I think it's lovely. Our modern software tools are far too sterile, I respect and appreciate your willingness to put some whimsy into the world.
anigbrowl 4y ago
No, it's great, stick with it. Intuition and feel are important when it comes to things like color spaces and math and the tendency to drain any fun or mystery out of it and reduce it to the smallest possible number of facts is misplaced. Boring methods tend to produce boring outcomes. I found this tool much more interesting to play with than conventional palette generators.
- meodai 4y ago
  thank so much for this comment!
sn9 4y ago
I found it really amusing and thought it was clear it was all a bit tongue in cheek.

by meodai 4y ago

dahart 4y ago

It did become clear quickly the that the unexplainable was being explained. ;) The theme is fun and endearing, so keep it even if you add hints that it is art and neither science nor magic. This demo explanation is just beautifully executed, great job, and the palettes do look good. Your page doesn’t talk about it, but there is something about using a straight-ish line through a color space that tends to generate good palettes. Do you have a working artistic theory? I don’t know why it works but I’ve used that idea for many years. It may be about reducing the dimensionality, or may be because it imposes an average hue to the entire image, I don’t know. I’m wondering if you’ve thought about adding thoughts from an artistic perspective on what makes a good color palette, and how to best get one out of Poline, given various color goals one might have. A super interesting problem IMO is generating good looking color palettes of maximally distinct colors. “Good looking” tends to require color proximity, and “maximally distinct” tends to require the opposite: distance. How can I get both? :)

michael-ax 4y ago

stand tall, you did great wordsmithing in that intro!

mostlysimilar 4y ago

I think it's lovely. Our modern software tools are far too sterile, I respect and appreciate your willingness to put some whimsy into the world.

anigbrowl 4y ago

No, it's great, stick with it. Intuition and feel are important when it comes to things like color spaces and math and the tendency to drain any fun or mystery out of it and reduce it to the smallest possible number of facts is misplaced. Boring methods tend to produce boring outcomes. I found this tool much more interesting to play with than conventional palette generators.

meodai 4y ago
thank so much for this comment!

sn9 4y ago

I found it really amusing and thought it was clear it was all a bit tongue in cheek.