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ARCHIVE
2010
aug days
• greener, whiter, redder vegetables
jun days
• french & american recycled colored plastic
may days
• gray walk through sunny oakland
apr days
• color
concept &
theory widgets and apps
mar days
• red:
a portrait of a artist rothko
feb days
• talking
heads as figure/ground
jan days
• tanja's
black light dance party
dec days
• tootsie roll pop wrappers colors & flavors
nov days
• stephen vitiello's four color sound
oct days
• atmospheric perspective
sept days
• a rainbow
of antioxidants
colors
aug days
• floor stain colorants
jul days
• minimal colors
jun days
• wildflowers cataloged by color
may days
• tennis court colors
apr days
• morandi's neutral colors
mar days
• grid colorists
feb days
• black as
film noir
jan days
• flood of toxic minerals used in paints
ARCHIVE
2008
dec days
• comple-mentary
colors
nov days
• kettle korn
packaging color change
oct days
• green fluorescent protein
sept days
• red palms - not green
aug days
• blue tunes
jul days
• “blue” - textile museum
jun days
• “fiesta- ware”
colorants
may days
• “blue alchemy” hive gallery
sample above: Adobe® Kuler™ — is the king of web-hosted applications: “for generating color themes that can inspire any project”. This screenshot is the full version and is not for portable devices. link: http://kuler.adobe.com/
sample below:
kuler widget for Mac OS X's Dashboard
Kuler is a small tool focusing on color schemes and hex values.
This app can be downloaded
from many sources. just google kuler widget
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color concept
widgets and apps
below are just a few of the multitude of color concept and theory widgets and apps available for computers, cell phones and other portable devices.
read excerpts from article below on:
Widgets vs. Apps -- What’s The Difference? by david rogers - 8/7/08
“So is an app just a renamed widget? A bit of clever branding from the marketing geniuses in Cupertino?
No. According to Keay, there is a technical difference, although it’s mainly seen on the programmer’s side. A widget is web based, running on javascript and XML, languages of the Web that are read by browsers. An app is compiled code residing on your device written in a programming language that is read by operating systems -- like the Objective-C language (for Apple products) or Java (for Google’s Android phone project).”
click to read full article
the colorjack widget is a mini-version of the sphere application. It can help you design your website, redecorate your home, or choose your outfit in the morning. sphere uses color theory in order to provide you with visually appealing colors.
click here for widget version
click here for full version
sample on left: colorjack widget sphere: color theory.
still in beta testing, color galaxy is a online color library visualize. colorjack amassed a collection of 27 color databases. Everything from Crayola’s historical set of standard crayons, to Munsell’s scientific renotational data. Huge collection of named colors!
click here for widget version
sample of left: colorjack
create a palette of colors you like, and then convert the finished product between RGB, HSB, Grayscale as well as integer and floating point scales. . . . extract colors from pictures taken with the iPhone, email palettes . . . generate full-screen color previews and . . . more. $2.99
click here for details color galaxy widget
sample on left: cliq cliq colors for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
sample on left: color expert
color expert allows you to search through . . . Pantone color selections, web safe colors, HTML colors and more. . . . email palettes in Adobe Swatch Exchange format, pick colors from photos, add custom colors and more. $9.99
click here for details
sample on left: ColorSutra:
ColorSutra is the perfect tool for people who have a difficult time figuring out what colors go with others. Pick a color yourself or from a photo and the application will suggest other colors that match i$1.99
sample on left: ColorPicker
ColorPicker: a simple color picker that allows you to use sliders to dial in a color you like and then see the RGB and HEX codes for it. $0.99
sample on left: Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap® for iPhone
ColorSnap® match real-world colors with paint colors. get coordinating colors or create custom palettes, search, browse, adjust, save and even share. free
click here for details
sample on left: Benjamin Moore Ben Color capture, an iPhone application
Ben® Color Capture™: snap a picture of any color, instantly match it to one of the more than 3,300 hues (Benjamin Moore’s color system) save, coordinate and compare. free
link
sample on left: Dash of Color app
Dash of Color allows selective coloring to give black and white photos a Dash of Color. intuitive, to give users exactly what they wanted when giving their images a little spunk. Choose your brush size and paint in either color or black & white to edit your photos in detail. free
click for more details
sample on left: COLORSTROLOGY™ Dashboard Widget for Mac OS 10.4 and later only.
COLORSTROLOGY Widget combines astrology and numerology with intuitive wisdom and the spiritual power of color to create a personal color for every day and month of the year. free
sample on left: Color&Draw for iPad. An interactive artistic springboard for children ages 3-10+. 4 apps in 1
Color&Draw for iPad invites kids to draw, color, and decorate drawings or photographs . . . anywhere you go.
click for more details