Colormind
Creative
color palette generator
SHOW HN2017
399points
52comments
#35of 2,242 in 2017
Top 2%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
5 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.01.
Idea: 4 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simpler and more user friendly than alternatives
From 1 comment
Colormind interface is simpler and more user friendly I think, I was able to start generating color schemes right away, in coolors tho I had to watch a tutorial to learn what…
usaphp on HN
Good results and useful tool
From 3 comments
Damn, this has become my new tool for palette generation. Good work! Have you considered using fine art as training data, perhaps broken down into movements/motifs? In your blog…
SuperPaintMan on HNI can see a lot of utility in this. Great job! Is this limited to generating palettes of 5 colors? Sometimes all 5 won't be needed, wouldn't that make the output a little less…
vtange on HNReally great idea, and very practically useful! Thanks for sharing.
mgalka on HN
Objections
Hard to apply palettes to real UI design
From 1 comment
sorry for the stupid question, but how do you "apply" color palettes? i mean, sure they look great as colorful columns, but how do you put them into UI? let say Bootstrap. i…
wiradikusuma on HN
Color theory or simple algorithms would suffice; GAN is overkill
From 3 comments
Using deepmind for generating color palettes is somewhat of an overkill. It is really not that hard a problem. It is very easy to programatically generate several color palettes…
maxmcorp on HNMy question as well. There are several other great implementations of a color pallet generator which use color theory rules. My bet is that the GAN, in this instance, boils down…
jcoffland on HNBut all of this can be easily modeled statically and has been. If you desire randomized results, consult a PRNG. This is more, "ML is really cool, what can we apply it to," than…
jcoffland on HN
Colors do not encode context
From 1 comment
currently the colors don't encode context, so you have to be a bit creative in applying them. I am working on something that does encode context though.
Jack000 on HN
Requests
Colorblind-friendly palettes
From 1 comment
If you take into account various forms of colourblindness, could this be used to create colourblind friendly palettes that are still easy on the eye for everyone?
vanderZwan on HN
Palette context such as background or button roles
From 2 comments
This is what I'd want as well. Bootstrap is a good example of color application as they define SASS variables to action states: By default: primary == dark blue success == green…
michaelbuckbee on HNcurrently the colors don't encode context, so you have to be a bit creative in applying them. I am working on something that does encode context though.
Jack000 on HN
More than five colors per palette
From 1 comment
These look cool! Is there a way to get.. more colors? Eg, i'd like to use this for some themes editor themes, but i need a couple backgrounds, foregrounds, etcetc. Maybe 10…
notheguyouthink on HN
Open source release
From 1 comment
This looks great! Did you have any thoughts with regards to releasing it as open source so that we could run our own instances with the various training sets? I note that you…
chias on HN
Image color locking and upload
From 1 comment
I'd be nice if I could use the color locking thing on an uploaded image. I'd like to start with some base colors from a movie/game/etc and start exploring the color range with…
kr0 on HN
Questions
Why use a GAN for this
From 1 comment
Why GANs for this?
imh on HN
How to get hex values or use via API
From 2 comments
Really good results! Is there a quick way to copy and paste the hex values for the palette?
r0muald on HNCan you get a suggested color palette by API call?
fgGAMI on HN
Alternatives named
Coolors
From 1 comment
I personally love color palettes generated by Coolors https://coolors.co/.
forlorn on HN
Adobe Color
From 1 comment
I think color theory alone isn't enough to produce good color palettes. eg. try going to https://color.adobe.com and choose one of the color rules, then go to…
Jack000 on HN
Bootstrap theme colors
From 1 comment
This is what I'd want as well. Bootstrap is a good example of color application as they define SASS variables to action states: By default: primary == dark blue success == green…
michaelbuckbee on HN