Toolkit, Links and More: Colours

4096 Color Wheel

4096 Color Wheel Version 2.1 by Jemima Pereira. Shows the closest web-safe, web-smart and unsafe colours. Gives the hexadecimal code for colours.

The web-smart colours are those 4096 colours composed of any three pairs of identical hexadeximal digits (0-9 and a-f), such as #dd1188.

Comment: Free for any use, excellent.

ColorPicker

ColorPicker 3.0 by Joe Barta. Select from 4096 web-safe and web-smart colours. Generate style sheet code for background, text and link states.

Comment: Free, good tool to preview colour combinations.

ColorBlender

The ColorBlender creates a set of six colours that blend well in a palette. Gives both hexadecimal and RGB colour values. Blends can be saved for future use.

Comment: Free, an excellent tool for colour matching and palette design.

Color Schemer

Color Schemer Online v2 creates a set of twelve colours that blend well in a palette. Gives both hexadecimal and RGB colour values. Can lighten or darken the selected scheme.

Comment: Free, very good tool for colour matching and palette design.

Color Scheme Generator

Color Scheme Generator 2 generates triad or tetrad colour schemes. Can select from web'safe colours only, or from all colours. Gives hexadecimal colour values. Offers different variations on each selected colour scheme.

Comment: Free, an excellent and very sophisticated tool.