miscellaneous
November 26, 2022

Harmonious Color Palettes

Color palettes are one of the domains where science meets art. Here is a collection of color swatches for different projects.

colors

Solarized

Via: https://ethanschoonover.com/solarized/

Solarized creator Ethan Schoonover sought colors that would look good together, have the same apparent brightness, and work on light and dark backgrounds.

The Very Mathematical History of a Perfect Color Combination

Pico-8

Via: https://romanzolotarev.com/pico-8-color-palette/

Every pixel on PICO-8 is stored as a 4-bit value in memory. Because a 4-bit value can only hold the values 0-15, this means pixels can only choose from a list of 16 colors. This list is referred to as the palette.

Pico-8 Wiki

The 12-bit rainbow palette

Via: https://iamkate.com/data/12-bit-rainbow/

I designed the 12-bit rainbow palette for use in my data visualisations. It consists of twelve colours chosen with consideration for how we perceive hue, chroma, and luminance […] The palette uses a 12-bit colour depth, so each colour requires only four characters when specified as a hexadecimal colour code in a css or svg file:

Dracula (Pro)

Via: https://draculatheme.com/pro

Dracula PRO is a color scheme and UI theme tailored for programming.
Made for terminal emulators, code editors, and syntax highlighters. Designed to be aesthetically pleasing while keeping you focused.

YouGov

Via: https://blog.datawrapper.de/colors-for-data-vis-style-guides/

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Lego Bricks 2021

Via: https://lospec.com/palette-list/lego-colours-2021

Tools

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