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Life & fun · March 7, 2012

Using a color pattern to let a user 'recognise' their password

This is just a concept I made that allows a user to discern whether they have typed a password correctly before submitting. The user never sees their password, but should be able to recognise it's pattern. Thoughts?

Using a color pattern to let a user 'recognise' their password launched on March 7, 2012 with 95 votes, #16 of 340 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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In plain words

JavaScript RGB Password is a concept tool that converts passwords into unique RGB color patterns using JavaScript. Users can verify they've typed their password correctly by recognizing the generated color sequence, without ever seeing the actual text. Designed for anyone seeking an alternative password verification method, this tool offers a visual recognition approach to password entry validation.

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From the sources

Generates a simple RGB colour pattern generated from a password using pure JavaScript. - codeincontext/JavaScript-RGB-Password

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