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ouli

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    Comment #48044162

    I love the website about color pigment history - it explains a lot about some of the color choices artists made in different time periods. Thank you for sharing the link.

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    Comment #48044111

    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 interest…

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    Comment #48040486

    Thank you for kind words! The loading next palette feature is fixed also. You can check it whenever you have free time.

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    Comment #48036564

    Actually I group artworks based on artist/ganre/style similar color palette and showcase up to 3 images from that group.

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    Comment #48036510

    I still need to access and download such copyrighted images in order to derive palette colors and showcase sample images for those palettes.

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    Comment #48036475

    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 we …

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    Comment #48032387

    Most contemporary artists works are still under copyrght laws.

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    Comment #48032212

    Both issues are fixed now. Yes "Modernism" and "Modernismo" are the same, only some Latin American artists have art style as Modernismo instead just Modernism.

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    Comment #48032189

    I fixed it. Thank you for helping to correct such an obvious error!

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    Comment #48032173

    As you suggested OKLCH colour option is added now to the site. Thanks again.

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    Comment #48032161

    I fix it. hope the new version provides better user experience

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    Comment #48031477

    [flagged]

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    Comment #48030689

    Great observation. Thank you for pointing to an obvious error. I will fix it as soon as possible. it is not acceptable to order artists by their first name.

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    Comment #48030104

    Thank you for your kind words!

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    Comment #48030093

    coming soon

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    Comment #48029946

    I would like to know that formula also. this can be an interesting tool to reveal true colors of paintings as the painters intended...

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    Comment #48029885

    You are absolutely right, I did not realize how similar some of these palettes are to Commodore 64 palette see this palette for example: https://paletteinspiration.com/fauvism-pale…

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    Comment #48029809

    Great suggestion, thank you! I'll try reaching out to some art schools to see if they'd find the site useful.

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    Comment #48029779

    It is puzzling for me why you see these colors as Claude UI colors, since I carefully choose these colors as my main brand colors across all other art related sites (eg https://oul…

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    Comment #48029697

    I am planning to add a section where people can re-color their portraits, landscape images or even interior rooms using carefully curated palettes based on master painters palettes…

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    Comment #48029634

    Adding visual clues for automatic scrolling is something I really need to rethink in order to make this feature work as intended. Thank you for the hint!

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    Comment #48029588

    Adding OKLCH color codes will be a great addition. Thank you for your suggestion! There are 2 art style pages namely Advertising and Posters styles: https://paletteinspiration.com/…

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    Comment #48027615

    This is a very interesting perspective. I'd thought the muted, brownish colors in these paintings had to do with the quality and availability of pigments during that period.

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    Comment #48027477

    Sorry for the inconvenience. The email works now. Regarding the article - I use similar ideas to extract colors form artwork images, only difference is I added color prevalence sca…

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    Comment #48027424

    Thank you for the kind words and insightful feedback. My intention with page-switching on scroll was to offer more color palettes without requiring extra clicks. I had some reserva…