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4 items tagged “colour”

2024

Okay, Color Spaces (via) Fantastic interactive explanation of how color spaces work by Eric Portis. # 22nd February 2024, 11:38 pm

2010

Crayola Crayon Colors Multiply Like Rabits. “In 1903, Crayola had eight colors in its standard package. Today, there are 120”—and here’s a brilliantly designed infographic showing how it happened. # 19th January 2010, 2:44 pm

2007

In rainbows. Dopplr generates a unique colour for each city using an MD5 hash. The colours are then used in subtle but intelligent ways throughout the design—right down to the favicon. # 23rd October 2007, 10:39 pm

White- (or green, or blue, or yellow) label Dabble. DabbleDB can pick a colour scheme based on a logo that you upload. Pure class. # 4th April 2007, 11:43 pm