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The Colors of Dribbble

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Re: The Colors of Dribbble

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Post by rjvin »

sp332 wrote: post #4

A bit off topic, but I hope this isn't true: Additionally, there won’t be any new colors years from now. The color spectrum of the future will be exactly the same as it is today. It’s neat to think we already have access to the color palettes of the year 3000. The usual sRGB colorspace used by most of the web is a small fraction of visible colors. Don't get me wrong, it covers most use cases just fine, but it would b…

related: Here's an illusion that lets you see true cyan. http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/eclipse-of-mars-illusion....

Your eyes can see the color, but your monitor can't represent it.

Re: The Colors of Dribbble

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Post by JeremyKolb »

You should make it possible for people to explore it a bit more organically, say I click on a color, it should show other pallets with that color. It would also be nice to have an easy save image feature if someone finds a color they really like.

Re: The Colors of Dribbble

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Post by nyan_sandwich »

sp332 wrote: post #4

A bit off topic, but I hope this isn't true: Additionally, there won’t be any new colors years from now. The color spectrum of the future will be exactly the same as it is today. It’s neat to think we already have access to the color palettes of the year 3000. The usual sRGB colorspace used by most of the web is a small fraction of visible colors. Don't get me wrong, it covers most use cases just fine, but it would b…

That (quoted) statement is probably wrong (with the uncertainty focused on how the future goes).

The Mantis shrimp[1] can see colors in up to 12 dimensions, instead of the pathetic three that we can see.

Further, a study done with mice which I can't find now involved implanting mice with the genes for a third type of color receptor, and they grew up being able to distinguish colors in three dimensions instead of two. In other words, if you add a few genes for more color dimensions, the brain adapts.

To advance the human capability to perceive color, it is probably just a matter of adding a few genes. This kind of stuff is within a century for sure. Our descendants could grow up being able to see visual subtleties we can't even imagine, if we choose to go that way.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp

Re: The Colors of Dribbble

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Post by sp332 »

nyan_sandwich wrote: post #13
sp332 wrote: post #4

A bit off topic, but I hope this isn't true: Additionally, there won’t be any new colors years from now. The color spectrum of the future will be exactly the same as it is today. It’s neat to think we already have access to the color palettes of the year 3000. The usual sRGB colorspace used by most of the web is a small fraction of visible colors. Don't get me wrong, it covers most use cases just fine, but it would b…

That (quoted) statement is probably wrong (with the uncertainty focused on how the future goes). The Mantis shrimp[1] can see colors in up to 12 dimensions, instead of the pathetic three that we can see. Further, a study done with mice which I can't find now involved implanting mice with the genes for a third type of color receptor, and they grew up being able to distinguish colors in three dimensions instead of two.…

Oh yeah, I was avoiding augmented vision like Steve Mann's headgear, which enables HDR vision as well as making some IR and UV visible. http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/steve-mann-my-au... New cell types would be awesome, but you can already (very faintly) see polarization of light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidinger%27s_brush

Re: The Colors of Dribbble

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Post by dpham »

I'm glad people are toying around with client-side color algorithms and coming up with ways for people to dynamically choose aesthetically nice colors. I worked on this project http://dph.am/projects/ImageEyeDropper/ about a year ago to let people grab colors off an image, find the color range with the highest frequency, and perform some of these color theory functions.

Re: The Colors of Dribbble

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Post by danenania »

mnicole wrote: post #10

Some more palette creation tools/resources: http://www.colourlovers.com/ http://colllor.com/ http://tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr/iwanthue/ http://www.eigenlogik.com/spectrum/ (OS X 10.7+ app)

I just bought Spectrum and I'm really impressed. I've always wanted a tool like this.
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