webcolourdata.com
Dev tools
web design colour extraction
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Design is clean and attractive
From 2 comments
Design is fantastic. I actually will try using this site! I saved a bookmark for when your bandwidth isn't on fire ;)
ChikkaChiChi on HNbeautiful
bflbfl on HN
Useful interactive take on brand colour sites
From 2 comments
This is like an interactive version of www.brandcolors.net. Very nice!
samweinberg on HNThis is great! Are you planning on exposing an API? Would love to add this to https://starthq.com
olegp on HN
Objections
Ignores white and black, which matter for site looks
From 1 comment
Hm, it is dismissing white (and black?) while I find those colours often very important to a site's look. Think Facebook, it is white and blue.
aw3c2 on HN
Picks up background and gradient colours inaccurately
From 2 comments
Is it ignore background-colors? Firefox is primarily green on this but of course the large button is there but the overall theme of the site seems to be that shade of blue…
HaloZero on HNIt seem to pick up gradients too: http://webcolourdata.com/profile/816
pepijndevos on HN
Server overloaded or returning errors
From 3 comments
Interal Server Error :(
wasd on HNKeep trying... the Heroku app seems to be getting hammered
bjeanes on HNseems to be getting the mobile version of our site (http://webcolourdata.com/profile/4170). It's done on viewport width, not UA sniffing.
user24 on HN
Requests
Open source the code
From 2 comments
Very neat. Bookmarked it! Now keep it up and going. Github link?
darwindeeds on HNAny chance of open sourcing? I'm interested in the algorithm. Is it quantizing to a more limited bit depth and taking say, top 5ish via mode?
apineda on HN
Expose an API
From 1 comment
This is great! Are you planning on exposing an API? Would love to add this to https://starthq.com
olegp on HN
Add duplicate checking
From 1 comment
Planning on adding duplicate checking!
riblah on HN
Questions
How does the colour extraction algorithm work
From 1 comment
Any chance of open sourcing? I'm interested in the algorithm. Is it quantizing to a more limited bit depth and taking say, top 5ish via mode?
apineda on HN
Alternatives named
brandcolors.net
From 1 comment
This is like an interactive version of www.brandcolors.net. Very nice!
samweinberg on HN