{"id":810,"date":"2020-01-22T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blindemanwebsites.com\/today-i-learned\/?p=810"},"modified":"2020-01-22T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:58:09","slug":"more-on-color-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindemanwebsites.com\/today-i-learned\/2020\/more-on-color-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Color Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently wrote about the disappearance of 0to255 and what to replace it with<\/a> and today I found another very versatile tool for color: calcolor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Most common tools to create palettes, I don’t really like. The color combinations that apparently are scientifically sound, I often find depressing, so usually I use coolors<\/a>, where I can mix and match with my space bar until I’m happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

calcolor also has a palette function but it’s mostly of the kind that depresses me. An example: Recently I had to do a redesign of a website, one of the things I had to keep of the existing site was the color #A4CFA1, a soft green. This is what calcolor’s palette function does with that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A color palette I can’t imagine using on a live website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I probably just don’t know how to use palette creators like calcolor to my advantage but for situations like this, coolors is perfect for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I love very much about calcolor and makes me think I will use it often, is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The blend mode doesn’t just blend in equal steps to black or white, you can blend in equal steps between any two colors.<\/li>
  2. You can pick a random color and play with it. <\/li>
  3. It gives interesting color information.<\/li>
  4. It looks pretty.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Blending in 10 equal steps from one color to another.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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