Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to blackbird
The sharpest color scheme this side of the galaxy
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. blackbird launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2020 · anfractuosity.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m Emil, the maker behind Palette. I’ve been tinkering with AI and colorization for about five years. This is my latest colorization model. It’s a text-based AI colorizer, so you can edit the colorizations with natural language. To make it easier to use, I also automatically create captions and generate filters. Let me know what you think. You can see some of my results on my reddit page: https://www.reddit.com/user/emilwallner/?sort=top
2022 · palette.fm · its alternatives →
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Generates six color schemes based on one selected base color
2017 · donesmart.com · its alternatives →
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Stark▲290The color-blind simulator and contrast checker for Sketch.
2017 · getstark.co · its alternatives →
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Code Blue▲159A carefully concocted dark theme for VS Code.
2018 · sujansundareswaran.com · its alternatives →
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Dimidium is a standard-looking terminal color scheme. All colors have been adjusted to have fine visibility. Crafted with Color Appearance Model, it considers the perceptual aspects(lightness, hue) of human color vision. It aims to be a decent default for terminals. Preview, Download: https://github.com/dofuuz/dimidium Detailed explaination how I made the color scheme: https://dofuuz.github.io/color/2024/03/17/dimidium-terminal-... The code used to make color scheme is also present in the repository.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Help color blind individuals distinguish between colors
2016 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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Skala Color▲189An extraordinary color picker for designers and developers
2015 · bjango.com · its alternatives →
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Most color palettes collapse if you've got a strong redshift/nightshift color filter actively suppressing green and blue channels. I made one that doesn't. Ember has terminal, chart, heatmap, and UI palettes designed and tested to be as distinguishable as possible under both the redshift & non-redshift condition... so no more duplicate color appearances (or worse yet, disappearing colors!).
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ColorMagic▲175Generate ideal color palettes with the power of AI
2023 · colormagic.app · its alternatives →
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A theme that will brighten your env and not strain your eyes
2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Scheme Color▲122The quick, simple and easiest way to browse color schemes.
2018 · schemecolor.com · its alternatives →
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This is a personal project I've been working on for a long time now. I stumbled upon the color quantization problem while doing something related for work. I then found an interesting paper for which I could find no implementations online, and the thing went from "let's implement this paper" to getting pretty obsessed with the whole thing. It's at an early, eaaaarly stage. There's a lot of work to be done, and it's a memory hog, but generally speaking works quite well, and the output is for the most part very high quality, so I'm happy to share it as beta.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Create accessible designs that everyone can appreciate.
2023 · venngage.com · its alternatives →
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