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Color Hunt – Color Palettes for Designers and Artists

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Re: Color Hunt – Color Palettes for Designers and Artists

#11
post #7

Are the palettes Free? I did not see a license, for instance under About.

This is from About page: "Each palette is a public property and not owned by a specific creator, nor by Color Hunt."

The phrase,

"Each [object] is a public property and not owned by a specific creator, nor by [organization]"

is closely derived from my own original intellectual property and I will now proceed to sue Color Hunt for appropriating it.

Re: Color Hunt – Color Palettes for Designers and Artists

#12
post #7

Are the palettes Free? I did not see a license, for instance under About.

This is from About page: "Each palette is a public property and not owned by a specific creator, nor by Color Hunt."

Thank you, I missed it

Re: Color Hunt – Color Palettes for Designers and Artists

#13

I used to like these sites, but after doing a bit more design work I've realised they're never enough. You need a bunch of different shades for each colour, a set of neutrals, and set of complimentary colours too (and that's just the colours). Give me a 30 colour generator then I might be interested

Here's your ticket:

http://www.0to255.com/b4d355

0to255 + whichever Color Palette Website of Choice = A great starting point.

Re: Color Hunt – Color Palettes for Designers and Artists

#14
post #6

I'm not being difficult, but how is this different / better than the other similar sites? I'm not seeing / feeling anything compelling. Is it because I'm in a small screen device?

I feel comfortable with simplicity and minimality in the interface.

Well as one of the principals, you should ;)

Re: Color Hunt – Color Palettes for Designers and Artists

#17

I used to like these sites, but after doing a bit more design work I've realised they're never enough. You need a bunch of different shades for each colour, a set of neutrals, and set of complimentary colours too (and that's just the colours). Give me a 30 colour generator then I might be interested

30 may be out of range again, but your point is exactly right.

None of these color palette sites & service ever work for actual interface or brand design work. They encourage picking harmonic sets of 4-5 colors, which is only a secondary parameter when actually designing - you need contrast & workable combinations first and foremost, while you seldomly really want more than two different hues (unless you know what you're doing with them).

I consider offers like this a nice starting point, get an impression of different ranges. But even if I end up picking a set from there, I'll seldom be using all of the suggested colors in a set to build my palette.

Re: Color Hunt – Color Palettes for Designers and Artists

#19
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is from About page: "Each palette is a public property and not owned by a specific creator, nor by Color Hunt."

The phrase, "Each [object] is a public property and not owned by a specific creator, nor by [organization]" is closely derived from my own original intellectual property and I will now proceed to sue Color Hunt for appropriating it.

Really?! Is it possible for you to provide any reference?
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