kuler - Slick social color picker from Adobe

Posted Dec 12th 2006 3:00PM by Jordan Running
Filed under: Design, Web services, Adobe, Social Software

I'm not sure I've ever understood the web's obsession with color pickers, i.e. apps that help you build color schemes for whatever you're trying to design. Maybe that means I'm good at designing my own color schemes, or maybe it means that I'm really, really bad at it. At any rate, some of them are pretty cool, including kuler, a newish one from Adobe Labs. Characteristically, kuler is Flash-based and has a very slick interface. For creating color schemes you have a lot of help: there are analogous, monochromatic, triad, complementary, compound, shades, and custom modes, most of which are Greek to me but the little multiple-spoked color wheel is fun to play with. More interesting, though, is kuler's social aspect: If you create an account and log in you can save and share your color themes with other users, and rate the themes others have created. Though Flash interfaces aren't always my cup of tea, kuler is fun to use and great if you're looking for a little inspiration.

[Via Ned Batchelder]

Tags: adobe, adobe labs, AdobeLabs, color, color picker, ColorPicker, design, kuler, social software, SocialSoftware

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

2-19-2007 @ 11:45PM

Sami Iwata said...

Hi Jordan,
I am the community manager for kuler. Thanks for the post! If you'd like an update when we have a new release drop me an email.
Best,
Sami

Sami Iwata
kuler community manager
Adobe Systems Inc.

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