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Paletton

Color-theory wheel with harmony schemes.

About

Paletton.com is a designer color tool designed for creating color combinations that work together well. It uses classical color theory with ancient artistic RYB color wheel to design color palettes of one to four hues, each of five different shades. Various preview style can be chosen to test and view the colors in combinations, many examples are available to see the palette used in web site design, UI design or in a randomly drawn picture. Tartan fabric preview is alos available for those interested in textile and interior design.

Paletton is the successor of the previous Color Scheme Designer 3 application, used by almost 20 milion visitors since 2009 (while the first version was published in 2002), both professional designers and amateurs interested in design, mobile or desktop application design or web design, interior design, fashion or home improvement and make-overs. Complete Paletton history in Colorpedia .

Whether you’re a professional designer , a starting artist or just a curious beginner in the world of art and design, Paletton is here to help you with all your color palette needs.

You don’t need to know the ins and outs of color theory in order to use Paletton’s unique and easy color wheel . All you need to do is choose the basic color you are interested in exploring, and get inspired.

Features

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Pricing
Free
Pricing detail
Free web tool
Platforms
Web
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