Show HN: Hue.tools – open-source toolbox for colors

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hue.tools

#Design Tools #Productivity #Developer Tools

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Paletton

This is really pleasant to use. For years I've used https://paletton.com/ to similar effect, but I actually like the interface here a lot better. It's a bit simpler, and more straightforward. Great work!

#Design Tools #Color Tools #Color Gradients 53 social mentions

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Observable

It looks like this is interpolating in HCL or HSV space— that tends to produce unexpected results, including intermediate colors with unrelated hues (pink between orange and blue?), or sharp discontinuities if one of the endpoints changes slightly (try mixing orange and blue, and then shifting the blue towards teal until suddenly the intermediate pink pops to green). This document[1] also illustrates pretty well. Interpolating in RGB space has its own issues (more so if gamma is not handled correctly) due to the human visual system's differing sensitivity to different colors— the result is often that two bright colors will have an intermediate color which is darker than either endpoint. There's a known solution, thankfully: Mix colors in a perceptual color space like Lab or Oklab[2]. The behavior is very predictable and aesthetically pleasing. [1] https://observablehq.com/@zanarmstrong/comparing-interpolating-in-different-color-spaces.

#Data Visualization #Data Dashboard #Data Science Notebooks 288 social mentions

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iWantHue

Looks really good. I would love to be able to generate HCL palettes like https://medialab.github.io/iwanthue/.

#Design Tools #Color Tools #Color Gradients 12 social mentions