Where I find color palette inspiration
Five sources to jumpstart your design
Pantone Connect
We all know Pantone, the leaders in color trends, so this was an obvious pick. But I recently found out about Pantone Connect. A website, along with a mobile app, to help you create color palettes by working with premade or creating your own. The benefit of using the app is the ability to take a photo and extract colors right from there! And if you are also a nerd about color theory, they have a cool option to “analyze” the palette.
Coolors
Coolors is probably the most popular palette generator right now. Like Pantone Connect, you can make your own, explore premade palettes or upload a photo to extract colors. One useful function is the Color Contrast Checker. You enter your background color and text color and it will give you a grade on how accessible the combination is.
Designspiration
This site is similar to Pinterest except there is an emphasis on color! When you click on a photo you like on Designspiration, it will show you a coordinating color palette. From there you can either…
