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Re:Show HN: A Color Palette Generator I Built For My Senior ... by Sweyla on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @03:02PM (#7561537)
Here is my immediate suggestion: Show only one palette at a time. By putting incompatible patterns so close, you get a matrix of colors that with high probability do not harmonize well.

I am assuming you have a slightly different algorithm for these three, since the middle one doesn't seem to match the root color's brightness, and they seem to match saturation differently too. Make a choice between these before you generate, and if you want to eliminate this choice, I would go with the one that tries to match brightness/saturation as much as possible.

This caught my eye because I developed my own algorithm for this a few years ago and applied it to syntax highlighting[1].

[1] http://sweyla.com/themes/

Re:Show HN: A Color Palette Generator I Built For My Senior ... by boronine on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @06:45PM (#7563023)
Hey, I saw your page a while ago! Actually, I ripped it off to demo a project of mine [1]

[1] http://www.boronine.com/husl/syntax/

Re:Show HN: A Color Palette Generator I Built For My Senior ... by micfok on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @05:43PM (#7562666)
FWIW, Web of Trust was blocking your site due to poor Trustworthiness and Child Safety Warnings. See here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ol9ad09qv13jk9/Screenshot%202014-...
Re:Show HN: A Color Palette Generator I Built For My Senior ... by pyrocat on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @05:06PM (#7562397)
That's pretty rad. Is the source available anywhere? I'd like to see something like this for Sublime.
Re:Show HN: A Color Palette Generator I Built For My Senior ... by Blahah on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @06:01PM (#7562765)
You can download the TextMate theme file for the colour scheme you generate. You can use the tm file directly in Sublime.
Re:Show HN: A Color Palette Generator I Built For My Senior ... by pyrocat on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @07:52PM (#7563335)
Oh nice, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks!