Cymbolism: Colors And Words

September 5th, 2008

Cymbolism ListingIf you've ever spent time looking at the names on crayons instead of using them, you know that there is a relationship between words and color. Cymbolism, the color tool, brings that association to the fore with a community driven voting model. Read More »

Multicolr: Searching Photos By Color

September 4th, 2008

Multicolr ListingEver wonder what would happen if you took 3 million of Flickr's most interesting photos and searched them by color? Idee Labs has, and has made the tool free and fun. Multicolr is one of Idee Labs' visual search tools that allows users to search photographs by color. For designers, photographers, and decorators this an excellent way to sample colors in a variety of backgrounds, and for everyone else it's a great way to enjoy color. Read More »

Colorjack: Finding Value In A Color Suite

September 3rd, 2008

ColorJack ListingFor designers and anyone looking to bring a bit of color into their lives, web 2.0 color tools are a fun, exact way of finding colors and complementary hues. One color tool is ColorJack, but don't think that the line of color tiles you see when you arrive are all you get - the long lines of tiles are just the surface of the palette. Read More »

Kuler: Color Swatches, Color Tools, Color Fun

September 2nd, 2008

Kuler ListingWeb 2.0 has given us some wondrous things, making our lives easier through any number of webware, but often overlooked are design related applications, some of which have a greater impact than you may think. For designers and anyone looking to bring a bit of color into their lives, web 2.0 color tools are a fun, exact way of finding colors and complementary hues. Kuler is one of these applications, an Adobe Flash application for generating color schemes that can be used in any area of life, from scrapbooks to graphic design. Read More »

Comparing Desktop Twitter Tools: TweetDeck, Twhirl, Spaz and Twitterific

August 29th, 2008

Microblogging platforms such as Twitter are becoming more plentiful every day, but for each person won over by the simplicity of their interface and function, there is another that has wanted more. Such is the case with Twitter, which has thrilled users with a simple microblog platform yet has users (and sometimes developers) turning to new tools to enhance their Twitter experience. Read More »

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