Today I want to quickly share a free color scheme generating tool made by the good folks at Adobe. It’s called Kuler and it’s extremely helpful when you want to find a color scheme for a project you’re working on.
You’ll be able to browse and search for existing color palettes or create your own. And, you don’t have to be an expert in color theory. All that stuff is programmed into the site.
You’ll be able to create a color scheme two different ways: From a Base Color and From an Image.
Creating schemes from a Base Color
When you use the Base Color method, you’ll be able to create schemes based on the following theories/rules
- Analogous
- Monochromatic
- Triad
- Complementary
- Compound
- Shades
- Custom
Just pick your color and a rule and Kuler will figure everything out for you.
Creating schemes from an Image
Kuler will let you upload one of your own images or you can browse Flickr to find photographs with colors that catch your eye. Once you’ve found an image, Kuler will pull colors from the image and create schemes with the following moods:
- Colorful
- Bright
- Muted
- Deep
- Dark
- Custom
Adobe has thrown together a pretty good introduction video on how to use Kuler. So rather than me blabbing on and on about it, just check out the Kuler Tutorial Video.
