Color help
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- fugged
So I'm colorblind, so I pretty much suck at colors.
I'm looking for any tools or sites that can take a few colors and then suggest other colors that would fit into that scheme.
I've Googled and googled, but having a hard time find something that will suggest colors based on a number of existing colors.
Any help appreciated. Thanks :)
- FredMcWoozy0
you can find actions that do your color schemes for photoshop.
or you can go here http://colorschemedesigner.com/
- fugged0
cool. kuler is perfect. Thank you!
- d_rek0
I have a close friend, also a very talented fine artist, who is colorblind. I think it is reds and some blues he cannot see.
Anyway, whenever he makes a print, drawing or painting he'll say something like "Yeah i really wanted the reds to just jump right off the page." When in reality there is no red anywhere to be found on the page, instead some totally unexpected and often magical color combination that seems to work even better than he intended.
We usually just go, "Yeah, they sure do jump off the page Scott."
- Miguex0
fugged, with all due respect.
what do you see when you look at colors? I'm asking because I don't know, I understand that technically a color blind person wouldn't be able to see what's written on the image above.But do you only see a specific color? no color at all? hard to distinguish between shades? I'm amazed that you are a designer if you can't see color..
Please don't think I'm pulling your leg, this is just intriguing to me.
- Morning_star0
This site is great. You can download AI swatches and all sorts.
http://www.colourlovers.com/
- pango0
i also know a friend who is colour blind. he does the most amazing black and white painting ever.
- flashbender0
Miguex, if you want to see what colorblind viewers see, you can check out http://www.colblindor.com/coblis…
I'm not colorblind so I have no idea how accurate it is.
- fugged0
Miguex,
I still see colors, and for some, I can even tell you almost what color it is. I just can't tell the difference between colors when they are close on the color spectrum. It also depends on their saturation and brightness. Blues/purples, darker reds/greens/browns, and yellow/green (#FFFF00 and #00FF00) look very similar to me.
What's interesting is there's a product called ChromaGen which is a corrective contact that supposedly can help not only with colorblindness, but also dyslexia. Makes me wonder if there is a link between the two.
http://www.dyslexia-help.co.uk/a…