This is "minimum viable" done perfectly. Well done.<p>Personally, I'll use this for color schemes.<p>Check out <a href="http://colorapi.com/#!q/plumb%20tree" rel="nofollow">http://colorapi.com/#!q/plumb%20tree</a> , <a href="http://colorapi.com/#!q/iceland" rel="nofollow">http://colorapi.com/#!q/iceland</a> , <a href="http://colorapi.com/#!q/alps" rel="nofollow">http://colorapi.com/#!q/alps</a> , <a href="http://colorapi.com/#!q/rainforest" rel="nofollow">http://colorapi.com/#!q/rainforest</a> .
This is really nice -- much easier for a photographer like me to use that Kuler or the alternatives.<p>I have a question though: is it cool to use "All Rights Reserved" images on Flickr for something like this? Clicking through some of the photos shows that they're marked as "All Rights Reserved".<p>I'm asking because I made the decision to not use those on <a href="http://viewfinder.io/" rel="nofollow">http://viewfinder.io/</a> based on the fact that I'm not a lawyer and prefer to err on the side of caution.<p>However, if it's not a legal problem to use copyrighted photos I could have much more data to play with, so I'm curious.
Great work. I did something like this and had it generate a sample website: a head, a content area, some tabbed navigation, a logo, and some headline colors.<p>I essentially quantized the image that was uploaded (I didnt use flickr) into 5 or 6 of the most obvious colours, then applied a little bit of math to determine which colours would work well together as well as adjusting the lightness (up/down) to help contrast.<p>It worked out okay. Maybe I should upload it? Your take on the flickr version is much, much cleaner than mine. Mine was a quick and dirty hack but was done as a learning experience.<p>Here's a screenshot using the UPS logo as an uploaded image:
<a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3731176/auto-ups-logo.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3731176/auto-ups-logo.jpg</a>
Some background on the application <a href="http://www.bermi.org/announcing-colorapi-search-for-colors-inspiration-on-flickr-photos" rel="nofollow">http://www.bermi.org/announcing-colorapi-search-for-colors-i...</a>
I have a couple of issues with the design.<p>1) <a href="http://i.imgur.com/uzsiH.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/uzsiH.png</a> - overlapping text/controls on the homepage. Tried it in a few browsers. Width issue?<p>2) On the swatch pages, I'd make the controls just a little less translucent. Right now they're a little hard to see, though I grant that when you're used to the layout it becomes much less of an issue.<p>Other than those two minor points it's very nice website & I hope to use it in the future.
Very well executed. My only question is whether you have any definite ideas for monetizing it, or just a project for learning and fun. Either way, awesome job.
Small suggestion: when viewing one picture and its color scheme, put the “Hex RGB HSL HSV” text next to the radio buttons inside <label for="the_radio_button_id"> tags. This will provide a bigger hit-box for each choice by making the text and the radio buttons, not just the radio buttons, switch the color representation mode.
Genuine question (if anyone knows): This isnt a mockery or complaint, i'm only an amateur DSLR photographer, but how does one actually take advantage of these color palettes. I mean, what can they actually do for me?
Very nice site. I've used colr.org in the past, which does basically the same thing. I have to say, though, the UI on colorapi.com is much better. Good job! This site is bookmarked for use on my next web design project.<p>One feature request: the ability to upload images directly to colorapi.com.<p>Uploading images directly would allow designers to build a color palette to match a corporate logo, use the same color palettes as movies (by uploading images from <a href="http://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">http://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/</a> ), etc.
this is really great, well done. Finding some interesting colours from surprising keywords. <a href="http://colorapi.com/#!q/chipotle" rel="nofollow">http://colorapi.com/#!q/chipotle</a> , <a href="http://colorapi.com/#!q/lapland" rel="nofollow">http://colorapi.com/#!q/lapland</a> (for some reason showing a quite nice scheme taken from a lego church), <a href="http://colorapi.com/#!q/athens" rel="nofollow">http://colorapi.com/#!q/athens</a><p>I've been playing around with node.js as well, lately. It really is very nice for trying new ideas.
Interesting idea, but I'm guessing the UI is severely broken on Firefox/Windows: all I'm seeing after a search is a long band of colours scrolling across a tiny part of my screen, with no apparent way to see what RGB values they are, which photo(s) they came from, or any of the other interesting-sounding things mentioned by other posters here. What <i>should</i> it look like?
It would be really nice if I could middle-click "details" to open palettes in new tabs, or favorite palettes to come back to or even compare in a grid view later.<p>I'm also really confused about the swatch download. It tries to download as "default," and even if I change the file type to aco, I can't load it as a swatch in Photoshop.
A nice, gorgeous app. Definitely added to my collection.
Interesting to see these different color schemes.<p>There's one particular thing which I liked was that, it stores previous search results. I wasn't expecting it in first place, But liked to see previous search results.<p>One more thing, will there be any API access to this service.
It looks great. I like how the settings controls are mostly invisible until the mouses over.<p>Here are some ideas for additional features:<p>1) Let a user load their favorites from Flickr and show the palette for each.<p>2) Create a bookmarklet than can be run on Flickr photo page to bring up the colorapi.com page for that photo.
This is honestly really cool. This reminds me of the Adobe Ideas iphone app that lets you import photos to get a color swatch (but still doesnt let you export them!!). I'm curious what you're using to host your app?
This is absolutely brilliant. The interface is very intuitive. Was node.js instrumental in making this work, or did you just want an excuse to learn it? (ie. rather than use a different server language)
Sorry if someone already asked this, but could you release the source code for this project if it was just a learning experience for you? We could all learn from this and would appreciate it.
A great product.<p>I've been doing web design since 1997 and this is one of the most useful online tools for colour inspiration I've seen.<p>Your naming structure for the downloadable swatches is a nice touch.