Storyset
Focus: illustrations, animations and svg. Shares design resources with Adobe Color. A website, not a web app. Rated 4.5 (Adobe Color: 4.6).
WebsiteFreeWeb
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Adobe Color
A free colour wheel and palette tool for building colour schemes.
Built with love by Shushant Lakhyani. Building bestproductivityresources.com
What is Adobe Color?
Adobe Color is a free web tool for creating colour palettes with a colour wheel and harmony rules such as complementary, analogous and triadic. You can extract themes from images, check contrast and colour-blind safety, and browse trending palettes, with a free Adobe account needed to save them.
Pros
- Colour harmony rules built in
- Contrast and colour-blind checks
- Extract palettes from photos
Cons
- Saving palettes needs an Adobe account
- Best features tie into Adobe apps
Who should use Adobe Color
Designers and creators choosing colours for brands, websites or social posts.
Who may not need it
People who already use a fixed brand palette.
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Focus: fonts, typefaces and free fonts. Shares design resources with Adobe Color. A website, not a web app. Rated 4.4 (Adobe Color: 4.6).
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Figma
Focus: Design, Prototyping and Teamwork. Also in Brainstorming, like Adobe Color. Freemium (Adobe Color: Free). Adds macOS and Windows. Rated 4.8 (Adobe Color: 4.6).
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draw.io
Focus: diagrams, flowcharts and uml. Also in Brainstorming, like Adobe Color. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Adobe Color: 4.6).
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Free alternatives to Adobe Color
Free resources that cover similar ground.
Haikei
Focus: svg generator, backgrounds and shapes. Also in Brainstorming, like Adobe Color. Same 4.6 rating.
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Realtime Colors
Focus: colour palettes, typography and web design. Also in Brainstorming, like Adobe Color. Same 4.6 rating.
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tldraw
Focus: whiteboard, diagrams and sketching. Also in Brainstorming, like Adobe Color. Same 4.6 rating.
Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit
Markmap
Focus: mind map, markdown and visual notes. Also in Brainstorming, like Adobe Color. Rated 4.5 (Adobe Color: 4.6).
Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
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ASCII Magic
Focus: ascii art, image effects and video effects. Also in Brainstorming, like Adobe Color. Rated 4.4 (Adobe Color: 4.6).
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ASCIInator
Focus: ascii art, generator and images. Also in Brainstorming, like Adobe Color. Rated 4.4 (Adobe Color: 4.6).
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