Eight-Bit Color Picker
Dev tools
color picker component
SHOW HN2014
35points
5comments
#887of 2,272 in 2014
Top 40%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Pixel art use case
From 1 comment
I can use it to help me with my fledgling pixel art!
_superposition_ on HN
Objections
Default palette has poor color distribution compared to a curated hue set
From 1 comment
Unfortunately the colors of the web-safe color palette that we all know[1] (and hopefully hate) that results from combining 00, 33, 66, 99, CC and FF into triplet permutations…
chavesn on HN
Questions
What is the use case for the picker
From 1 comment
What is this for? I'm not being snarky; I can't figure out what the use case is and I'm curious.
PhasmaFelis on HN
Alternatives named
Google Docs color picker
From 1 comment
Unfortunately the colors of the web-safe color palette that we all know[1] (and hopefully hate) that results from combining 00, 33, 66, 99, CC and FF into triplet permutations…
chavesn on HN