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As a designer with years of experience under my belt, working with and integrating color schemes into both print and web pages has always been a bit of a challenge, and it’s not something I take lightly. Color plays such a vital role in anything designed — it sets the mood and tone of the work, targets market appeal, brand and market position and even implication of the work (which identical Mercedes Benz ‘looks’ more expensive — a black one or a green one? I’ll quote Wesley Snipes: “Always bet on black”).
Enter ColorSchemer Studio. I used to use color theory books galore, and still rely on my own sense and experience with color, but ColorSchemer Studio ($49.99) is now officially in my arsenal. It’s a powerful little app that isn’t overly complicated, and does the job very, very well. And that is — speeds up the process of color selection, down to the nuances, and gives you a nice, simpatico color palette to work with. You can even work ‘backward’ by taking an image, picking a few key colors letting the ColorSchemer generate a palette from those.
When finished, export your palette in a number of compatible file types for the development program you’re working in. For casual users ColorSchemer offers less expensive version that retains the core application but without some of the bells and whistles.
I highly recommend this app for designers — web, print or other. It makes what could be a frustrating and painful job a whole lot easier. Enjoy!
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