3 Useful Tools to Pick the Perfect Color Palette
Starting out with any design project can be difficult, especially when choosing a color scheme. You might be thinking, “What colors should I use?” “What colors go well with it?” or “I’ve tried some colors, but it’s just doesn’t look right.” Well, look no more. There are 3 different color palette sources that you can choose from for FREE!
1. Paletton
Paletton — formerly known as Color Scheme Designer — is great, when you want to find out what colors work well together. There’s an option to select monochromatic (1 color), adjacent (3 colors), triad (3 colors), or tetrad (4 colors). You can visually see how Paletton picks different hues from the color wheel. No guesswork needed! The only downside is that both the background and text are very dark, which makes it hard to find where the settings and hex codes are located.
2. COLOURLovers
This is my favorite color palette source. You can search through color schemes by using the keyword, hex, or RGB option. If a keyword is typed in, such as “coral” — since that’s the 2019 Pantone Color of the Year — voila! Your options that meet the coral criteria will appear. When you scroll through the palettes, it also displays how many people “loved” it, showing its popularity. After selecting a color scheme, it’ll display all the colors in the row, with both RGB and hex codes conveniently available.
3. Coolors
Coolors is very user-friendly and has plenty of customization options. You can look through existing color palettes, start a new one, or upload an image to get the colors you want. From there, you can adjust the hue and saturation or choose from alternative shades. Once you’re happy with your color scheme, you can either download it or save it to the website. Additionally, Coolors has an app available for both Apple and Android, that only costs $1.99.
After going through these color palette options, you now have the tools for selecting colors that’ll work well for your next project. Follow me for more articles on design.
UPDATE: Coolors also has a feature to address different types of color blindness.
