Many of us Addison Roadies work in the creative fields. Whether our pursuits are graphic design, filmmaking, or music, quite a few of our loyal readers and contributors pay ‘da billz by making something. Personally, I am a film/video editor and camera operator, and I have a pretty huge handicap when it comes to graphic design…I’m more than 50% colorblind. That doesn’t mean I race through red lights at intersections, (of which the Red/Yellow/Green are arranged in a consistent manner for freaks like me, in case you were wondering) since I have a relatively good grasp of what color I’m looking at. If you pointed at a color, and asked me to identify it, I’m correct about 65% of the time. It’s the more subtle palate that presents the biggest obstacle.
So you can imagine how thrilled I was when I found Colour Lovers. (Which should not be confused with this site) Colour Lovers is a community-based website that studies and monitors trends in color, from advertising and branding to product design. There are tons of great color palates to view, compare, and contrast. And it doesn’t just stop at colors, either. You can evaluate textures, patterns, and how color palates are used in the real world. Looking for a palate to produce a new website? Want to simply be inspired for your next layout? Check out the site. It’s pretty impressive.
Another color-based site to check out, is Adobe’s new Kuler. Yesterday, TUAW reported on the new Kuler site, and the comments were mostly of the “That’s a rip-off of ColourLovers.com” variety. While Kuler offers some very similar functionality, I really prefer Colour Lovers - it’s community-based, and they offer free downloadable versions of almost every color palate imaginable, in various formats - Photoshop, Illustrator, CS Stylesheets, etc. Some favorites….
i’ve been using kuler for a while. thanks much for this. it’s an upgrade over kuler in that it seems a little less corporate. the interface for kuler is a whole lotta hat and not enough cattle.
Hey, this is very cool. We are always struggling to find new paint colors and now we can just “mix” them here. Thanks you guys for keep me on the cutting edge (well, I can almost see the cutting edge)!
I have a very strong emotional attachment to certain number sequences (this extends to hex representations of numbers as well). I know that this is only one in a long list of things that make me geek. I know there are certain colors that come up over and over again in Road House designs - it’s not necessarily because I like the color, it’s usually because I love the hex number of the color.
That’s why I keep using both of these:
#ff9900
#336699
ha ha, you said “6699″.
dork.
Corey is a big dork.
That was one of those jokes where I thought it, and then typed it, and then hit submit, and then immediately thought to myself, “really? you just wrote that? people are going to think you’re serious. Oh, and stupid.”
The other day, Beth and I were in a heated discussion and I said something to the effect of, “no, I don’t do that!” Then she responded, “okay, maybe not, but what you DO do, is this!” Then before I could stop the train, I said, still angry and engaged in battle, “ha ha, you said do do.”
Seriously. I’m counting down the days until God takes me from this earth.
FUNNY!
Corey, dude. Come on. I LIKE that about you. Don’t ever stop the train.