Ever wondered how artists effortlessly choose stunning color combinations? Here’s a tip: You don’t need to be a color expert to create a masterpiece!
The trick? Draw inspiration from art, photos, interior design, nature, and your surroundings. Even better, many creators have curated beautiful color palettes ready for you to use. Just match them with your pencils and start coloring!
To make it easier, I’ve compiled a list of 10 excellent sources where you can find pre-assembled color palettes. Whether you’re aiming for a specific theme, mood, or style, these resources offer endless options to enhance your coloring experience.
- Coolors: A fantastic tool for exploring new color combinations. Check out their daily color palettes on Instagram for endless inspiration!
- Adobe Color: Perfect for generating color schemes based on color theory. Explore the community’s submissions and tweak them to suit your needs. You can set “color rules” to limit the selection to analogous, complementary, triad colors, and more.
- Color Hunt: An open collection of color palettes where you can save, manage, and copy color codes. A great resource for finding the perfect palette.
- Material Palette: Create custom color palettes based on two chosen colors and experiment with various combinations to find the right one for your projects.
- Design Seeds: A beautifully organized website with color palettes based on specific colors or themes.
- Khroma: An AI-powered tool that suggests colors and combinations tailored to your preferences, making it easier to find harmonious color schemes.
- Colormind generates color palettes inspired by styles from media such as film, photography, art, and architecture. It is perfect for creative inspiration.
- Color Palettes: Meticulously crafted by designer, colorist, and photographer Alex Romanuke.
- COLOURlovers: A vibrant community where members share color palettes and patterns and discuss trends. With over four million palettes, it’s an inspiring place to explore new ideas.
- Color Lisa: Features curated color palettes inspired by masterpieces from artists, designers, museum curators, and color theory experts—a treasure trove of artistic inspiration.
Now it’s your turn to explore these resources and find the perfect color palette for your next project!
Happy coloring!
