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24 alternatives to Color Library

Automated color separation

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Color Library launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Hello Color▲209

   Color contrast generator

   2016 · jxnblk.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Adaptive Backgrounds▲231

   Extract dominant colours from images

   2014 · briangonzalez.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Color▲80

   A color matching game

   2015 · color.method.ac · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Color Brewer▲63

   Color Palettes for Cartography

   2015 · colorbrewer2.org · its alternatives →

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   RGB - 9: Not the Prettiest Colour▲57

   Nerding out on the influentials gadgets and a Mac collection

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Palette For Mac▲205

   A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

   2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →

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   Color▲131

   A minimal swatch picker

   2014 · color.hailpixel.com · its alternatives →

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   PLTTS▲196

   Easily find a matching color palette.

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Color▲5

   a generator of contrasting colors

   2016 · shamdasani.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Chroma▲210

    The definitive color picker

    2016 · chroma.spencerhamm.com · its alternatives →

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    Culrs▲244

    A simple, smart approach to choose color palettes

    2016 · culrs.com · its alternatives →

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    An Algorithm to Generate Beautiful Color Palettes▲8

    2018 · chris.de · its alternatives →

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    Colrd▲4

    A color palette generator and discovery tool

    2016 · colrd.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Colour Lovers▲90

    Create and share color palettes

    2015 · colourlovers.com · its alternatives →

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    Color Contrast▲6

    An iOS tool to verify Color Contrast

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Sweep.js▲68

    A JavaScript library for smoother color transitions

    2014 · rileyjshaw.com · its alternatives →

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    Color Wander▲131

    Computer generated art

    2016 · color-wander.surge.sh · its alternatives →

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    Colourness▲57

    A catalogue of RAL colours with their HEX relatives

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    A tool for creating cohesive color palettes▲5

    Create more cohesive color palettes

    2015 · javierbyte.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Open color▲7

    A color scheme for UI design

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Subtle Patterns▲53

    A plethora of background patterns for Photoshop

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Additional color palettes for the Mac OS X color picker▲5

    2014 · midwinter-dg.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CA
    Colordrop – advanced color analysis app▲5

    2019 · getcolordrop.com · its alternatives →

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    Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium▲60

    An excellent pixel art book

    2016 · bitmapbooks.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →