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24 alternatives to Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium

An excellent pixel art book

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

1. 1
   Color Library▲116

   Automated color separation

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pixel Perfect Handbook▲176

   A comprehensive handbook on digital design

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Silk▲92

   An Interactive web canvas for "Light Painting"

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Magnus▲270

   Shazam for art

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5KA
   Kubist, a little web app to make cubism-like images▲231

   2015 · williamngan.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Panchromatic▲65

   An original take on retro photography

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Speculo▲81

   Colour palette visualisation

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8LA
   Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?▲192

   2015 · littlebox.cabmaddux.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Spectrum▲98

   Intuitively design beautiful color schemes

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Color Wander▲131

    Computer generated art

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11PA
    Poxi – A Hackable Pixel Art Editor▲144

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12CO
    Collection of CSS Creations▲165

    2012 · cssdeck.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AC
    A Color Palette Generator I Built For My Senior Thesis▲109

    2014 · colormoo.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Sketchbook Project▲87

    A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    RGB - 9: Not the Prettiest Colour▲57

    Nerding out on the influentials gadgets and a Mac collection

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Pixel Hours▲81

    Curated visual bookmarks for designers & developers

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17CA
    Colors – A data-driven collection of beautiful color palettes▲89

    2017 · klart.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Depict 2.0▲117

    Art collections for your digital canvas

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19AA
    An ASCII z-depth world (view source)▲44

    2018 · burrow.jollo.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Anicons▲112

    A customisable icon library for motion designers

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21CA
    CSS3 art book for babies▲92

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22IW
    Interactive Wallpaper animated art tool (symmetry groups)▲64

    2018 · coloring-book.co · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Working with Pictures▲66

    A tiny book on how to draw at work

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Icebergs▲80

    Visual organization for creative minds

    2014 · its alternatives →

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