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July 3, 2024 10:53 AM Subscribe
Magic Color Picker understands Metafilter is blue, at least, although it didn't pick the right shade. Need some inspiration (#5A4FCF) for repainting (#B8B8B8)?
"Random colour generator" might be a more accurate name, seeing as the same word produces different colours when the page is refreshed.
posted by senor biggles at 11:13 AM on July 3 [2 favorites]
posted by senor biggles at 11:13 AM on July 3 [2 favorites]
I paint and draw, and I also worked as a colour matcher for years in the silk screen industry, where I had to eyeball colour samples then match them for printing.
So, this is a pretty cool toy, but it depends on one's monitor as well though I think it would be useful for an artist spit balling a specific hue of paint for their work.
I imagine there are industrial versions of this that show how to make the actual colour, which I would be interested in seeing.
Thanks for posting this.
posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 11:36 AM on July 3 [1 favorite]
So, this is a pretty cool toy, but it depends on one's monitor as well though I think it would be useful for an artist spit balling a specific hue of paint for their work.
I imagine there are industrial versions of this that show how to make the actual colour, which I would be interested in seeing.
Thanks for posting this.
posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 11:36 AM on July 3 [1 favorite]
It seems to know metafilter is blue, though - I got #2d17cf, #4d11a5 (okay, this was a little more purple), #2d4f8c, #2d4761 on successive tries.
posted by madcaptenor at 11:43 AM on July 3
posted by madcaptenor at 11:43 AM on July 3
I started typing in random brand names (kelloggs, exxon, bayer, etc) and didn't get anything that resembled the colors I associate with their brand identities (so sorry for saying that). Like, bayer was a brownish purple instead of yellow or brown. It must do something like an image search for $thing and come back with an average of all the color values.
posted by slogger at 12:01 PM on July 3
posted by slogger at 12:01 PM on July 3
Apparently "paint color" is a pinkish lavender (#F3DAF0).
posted by aubilenon at 12:48 PM on July 3 [2 favorites]
posted by aubilenon at 12:48 PM on July 3 [2 favorites]
I'm partial to Pika—feels like magic in my workflow. It says MetaFilter blue is 045a8f "dark denim." It amuses me that it gives the color a name. MF green 9cc754 is named "Lone Hunter," LOL.
posted by Bunglegirl at 1:32 PM on July 3 [1 favorite]
posted by Bunglegirl at 1:32 PM on July 3 [1 favorite]
It did not do so well with "television, tuned to a dead channel" or "the sky above the port".
posted by bashos_frog at 3:01 PM on July 3 [2 favorites]
posted by bashos_frog at 3:01 PM on July 3 [2 favorites]
It did do well with "barf", "green highlighter pen", and a few others. But it is indeed racist as usual when it comes to the word "skin".
Still, a fun internet toy, possibly useful if I don't know what color mauve is. (I don't, offhand.)
(now I do.)
posted by not_on_display at 9:46 PM on July 3
Still, a fun internet toy, possibly useful if I don't know what color mauve is. (I don't, offhand.)
(now I do.)
posted by not_on_display at 9:46 PM on July 3
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