a manamana of light

June 6, 2006 1:43 PM

ColorWhore. A directory of nice colors.
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket (21 comments total)

When did "whore" come to mean "enthusiast," anyway?

(Also, some of those are wayyyy miscategorized, cf. #d9ff39 clearly not being purple.
posted by kittyprecious at 1:50 PM on June 6, 2006

"crackenthusiast" doesn't quite sound right.
posted by zenzizi at 2:06 PM on June 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

When did "whore" come to mean "enthusiast," anyway

Right about the time "pimp" became "to improve"...
posted by SweetJesus at 2:07 PM on June 6, 2006

My prefered colour tool!
posted by homodigitalis at 2:08 PM on June 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

Fuck you, fred.
posted by docgonzo at 2:10 PM on June 6, 2006

Why does searching for orange come up with greens?
posted by Orange Goblin at 2:13 PM on June 6, 2006

ha. Slight digression, this segment from WNYC's Leonard Lopate show discusses the transition of the word "pimp" to mean "to improve."
posted by jrb223 at 2:13 PM on June 6, 2006

that flickr mash-up is much cooler. thanks homodig!
posted by ClanvidHorse at 2:19 PM on June 6, 2006

"...nice colors"
Says you - some of those pages, I'm sure, are going to result in me needing surgery on my retinas.
posted by TheDonF at 3:24 PM on June 6, 2006

Wasn't there some software that would create a color wheel based on whatever color you gave it, so that you could create color schemes that "made sense" from a single color?
posted by illovich at 4:08 PM on June 6, 2006

www.colorschemer.com will do that for you. I've tried more recent versions and I think I prefer the older builds.

also check out http://gmazzocato.altervista.org/colorwheel/wheel.php and www.colourlovers.com
posted by diggum at 4:29 PM on June 6, 2006

"Pimp" means improve? I thought it meant "to crap something up with unnecessary features".
posted by Artw at 4:51 PM on June 6, 2006

When did "whore" come to mean "enthusiast," anyway

Roughly around the time "diva" became synonymous with "bitch".
posted by Wylie Kyoto at 4:59 PM on June 6, 2006

Thanks for all the nice links. I love new "toys." :)
posted by bim at 5:24 PM on June 6, 2006

Also, this.
posted by sigma7 at 6:40 PM on June 6, 2006

Teal is prolly my fave or 2nd fave colour. I like how it goes with orange.

Sorry, not a US citizen so forgive me if I'm wrong... off the top of my head: teal+orange = Florida Gators and Miami Dolphins?

Nice colour combo.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:24 PM on June 6, 2006

Orange Goblin writes "Why does searching for orange come up with greens?"

Why tf does searching for blue come up with YELLOW?
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:04 PM on June 6, 2006

This is good.
posted by JPowers at 8:07 PM on June 6, 2006

Where's that color site where you lay out a swatch in the middle of the page, then click-drag it and leave a trail of new colorswatches related in hue or saturation?

The whole thing was very wide-open, used the whole browser as your workarea.
posted by odinsdream at 8:58 PM on June 6, 2006

color whore sucks
posted by celerystick at 9:01 PM on June 6, 2006

..for colors?
posted by econous at 8:35 AM on June 8, 2006