PaletteInspiration
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PaletteInspiration
Explore color palettes inspired by 3000 master painter artworks
paletteinspiration.com#color palette#master painters#color harmony#art palettes#color inspiration
How HN took it
10 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 13 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 6 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful concept and site design
From 3 comments
This is a gorgeous site and beautiful concept. I'm interested to learn what inspired you to create this contribution? I look forward to exploring it more especially as I decide…
anthonycoslett on HNIt's wonderful. Thank you for building this.
yubblegum on HNLove it. I'll be using this on a weekly basis in my art practice. Let me know if you ever create an API endpoint.
afolkest on HN
Useful for artists and designers
From 3 comments
Love it. I'll be using this on a weekly basis in my art practice. Let me know if you ever create an API endpoint.
afolkest on HNThis is great! Love the idea. You should send to some art programs, sure they would get a kick out of it. Also gives another use case outside of just digital design.
BlueRock-Jake on HNAs a designer and creative director, I use Adobe Color and Pinterest for client branding/re-brand inspiration, or just straight to the pantone books. This is interesting to me as…
saltypixel on HN
Objections
Oxidized varnish and faded pigments mean palettes don't show the original colors
From 3 comments
As an "expert viewer" of Baumgartner Restoration, this site usefulness is questionable. If you look at those color palettes, most of them brownish that is because of dirty & old…
S0und on HNAgreed. I absolutely adore the idea of it! But all the brownish colours tell the same story. For some additional context; many old pigments were not stable at all.…
molf on HN> is because of dirty & old oxidised varnish And the pigments fade. And even worse, they fade at various rates and some are almost completely gone.
KevinMS on HN
Palettes from averaging across several paintings lose the key colors
From 2 comments
An additional problem is that it looks like the colors are from the intersection of 3 random paintings. The masters already picked their colors on one painting. If you randomly…
senexex on HNouli, I feel like the algorithm fails to capture the essential colors and their roles. For example, for Mondrian I expect to find a palette with white, black, red, blue, yellow.…
khazhoux on HN
Suspected AI-generated or vibecoded site
From 2 comments
It‘s vibecoded slop that turned an idea that should have stayed a bad idea into poor execution, convincing the vibecoder that the idea is validated. The vibe coder has absolutely…
camillomiller on HNSo... ummm... the website and all the submitter's comments here seem very Claude generated, no? Spam filters are going to have to get a lot more sophisticated. "Slop" filters,…
austinjp on HN
Requests
Add OKLCH color output
From 1 comment
I am currently looking for colour palettes and this website is of interest to me. Small snag, some UTF8 things are going on with some colour names, I am sure you know and have…
Theodores on HN
Add RYB color wheel option
From 1 comment
Great points! 1. I'll try to add RYB option for color harmony wheel 2. You are absolutely correct, there are no consistent palettes across genres, but I thought it will be…
ouli on HN
Add modern or pop art painters
From 2 comments
Why no contemporary/modern painters? First looked for Basquiat then Lichtenstein , nothing
realitysballs on HNAs a designer and creative director, I use Adobe Color and Pinterest for client branding/re-brand inspiration, or just straight to the pantone books. This is interesting to me as…
saltypixel on HN
Provide an API endpoint
From 1 comment
Love it. I'll be using this on a weekly basis in my art practice. Let me know if you ever create an API endpoint.
afolkest on HN
Questions
Can original pigment colors be recovered from faded paintings?
From 2 comments
so is there a formula that can be automatically applied to restore the original colors? at least some reasonable approximation, based on the painting's age?
pzoln on HNIs there enough color data left in the brown to correct it? Or do you need to infer it based on location, budget, time, climate etc?
basch on HN
Alternatives named
Adobe Color
From 1 comment
As a designer and creative director, I use Adobe Color and Pinterest for client branding/re-brand inspiration, or just straight to the pantone books. This is interesting to me as…
saltypixel on HN
Coolors and Colorhunt
From 1 comment
The intention of this site is to showcase time tested palettes (with empirical evidence) of greatest visual artists instead of listing endless sea of neon bright color palettes…
ouli on HN