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Ease of use of multiple palettes
New Colorpicker with HEX Value Input
Select from 147 Color Names
Pick Color From Existing Palettes
Saturated Color Mode
Undo/Redo Last 20 Steps
and much more…

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Many popular image-editing tools allow you to determine the average color of a small section of an image, but we couldn't find any that could calculate the average color of an entire photograph. Enter, the Average Color Tool.

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I've never satisfactorily solved the colour matching problem while working on the print jobs I do every few months or so. A few years back I wrote up some colour tips I've learned, but it doesn't exactly mean I've gotten any better at it in the mean time.

Browsing through the local specialty art book store the other day, I came across the Process Color Manual, a colour guide for CMYK that nicely fills a gap in my collection. It's basically a formula guide of printed swatches and their specific CMYK values. It doesn't cover every combination in existence, but at 24,000 possible values, it's good enough for my needs.

Sure I could have gone the Pantone route as well and paid a bunch more, but, compare: 24,000 colour selections on one type of paper, vs. 1,114 colour selections on three types of paper. Given my modest print needs, I'll save the extra money for some other rainy day.

So after discovering this book, I'm curious now — does anyone know if there's a (legal) equivalent for spot colour? I'm guessing Pantone's system is all sorts of proprietary and anyone trying to release their own book of the same would be sued out of existence, but, maybe not.

[via Dave Shea's mezzoblue]

ColorJack allows you to visualize color theory with the sphere.

This reminds us of Kuler, the user generated color app from Adobe Labs. It is pretty amazing that so many people are sharing color groups.

[via Ajaxian]

In the mood for a nice long tutorial on color theory fundamentals for digital photography? I thought so, and I've got just the thing — a good comprehensive piece by Chris Rutter from the graphics.com site. (posted by Jennifer Apple)
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Color Schemer Studio is a professional color matching application for anyone from hobbyists to advanced professionals.

Work with a dynamic visual color wheel, instantly explore harmony relationships and even let Color Schemer Studio intelligently suggest color schemes for you!

http://www.colorschemer.com/

Gradients: a nutritious part of your Web 2.0 breakfast. Wouldn't it be swell if you could get all that goodness without opening Photoshop every time you needed a little gradient bliss? Matthew O'Neill explains how you can.

[via A List Apart]

Details are emerging about the forthcoming Adobe CS3 suite. Big news today: the icons were announced!

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Yet another color picker.

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