Tools

A selection of our favourite resources for exploring, testing, generating, and adapting colour, supporting everything from creative experimentation to accessibility and real-world implementation.

  • Jitter

     

    Jitter is a browser‑based motion design tool that for animations without complex software, offering an intuitive timeline, reusable presets, text and vector animation, Figma integration, real‑time collaboration, and export to video, GIF, or Lottie.

  • Wada Sanzo Colors

    by Paul Ungerer

    A digital platform showcasing a digital version of 1930s Dictionary of Colour Combinations from Japanese artist and theorist Sanzo Wada. Users can browse classic, seasonal, and design-inspired palettes, view individual colour values (RGB/HEX/LAB), save favourites, and use a colour picker to find matching hues for creative projects.

  • Coolors

     

    A robust and easy web-based colour palette generator allowing designers to create, refine, and export colour schemes in multiple formats or directly into design tools. It also offers contrast checker, Tailwind CSS, palette preview in designs, colour meanings, palette extractor and some AI tools.

  • Endless tools

     

    Endless Tools is a browser-based, no-code platform to generate 3D visuals, animations, effects and other graphic assets without heavy software or coding, using features like AI object creation, vector-to-3D conversion, material libraries, shaders and embed-ready interactive elements.

  • Gradientor

    by Afterimage

    A simple and fun tool for drawing with gradients.

  • Marbling

    by Afterimage

    In-browser marbling simulator. Marble your pictures!

  • Color Wheel

    by Adobe

    Browse and create colour themes based on colour theory with the palette generator. Extract themes from images, generate gradients and recolour vector artworks.

  • Dither Tool

    by Razi Ansari

    A web-based creative utility built with Three.js and Figma Make, designed to let users upload and transform 3D models (OBJ, GLTF/GLB formats), videos (MP4, MOV, WebM), and raster images (PNG, JPEG, etc.) into stunning dithered and ASCII art visuals.

  • Ouroborus

    by Dia.TV

    Researching the possibilities of self-referential shaders. A playground for exploring the effects of recursive feedback loops in real time.

  • Contrast Checker

    by WebAim

    The OG online tool to evaluate the accessibility of colour combinations by calculating contrast ratios between foreground and background colours. Users can input HEX values to see whether they meet WCAG standards for normal, large, and enhanced text.

  • Contrast Checker

    by Coolors

    A simpler and pretier contrast checker (but not as complete as WebAim's).

  • Contrast Grid

    by Michael Herchel

    Visualise the contrast ratios of multiple colour pairings at once by generating an easy‑to‑read grid of foreground and background combinations and their WCAG accessibility results.

  • Coloring for Colorblindness

    by David Nichols

    Certain colours that look different to people with normal vision may appear identical to someone who is colourblind, following predictable “confusion lines” in colour space. This website simulates that effect, showing how your chosen palette would appear to viewers with protanopia, deuteranopia, or tritanopia.

  • Who Can use

    by Corey Ginnivan

    A tool that simulates how colour contrast can affect people with different visual impairments.

  • Typeflow

    by Algo.tv

    This free tool runs on Cavalry, a popular animation software — it's meant to showcase how Cavalry can be used to build tailor-made, branded creative tools. The preview runs on the Cavalry WebPlayer. Most of these scenes are available for download for free from Scenery, a community of artists sharing open files.

  • BlobSketch

    by Colin Reid

    BlobSketch is a realtime, browser-native soft-body laboratory where drawing becomes a dialogue with physics. Built in under 150KB of pure HTML, CSS, and WebGL, it reframes physics engines as creative instruments, demonstrating how embodied soft-matter interfaces can support both scientific insight and artistic exploration.

  • Video2Vision

    By Vera Vasas, Daniel Hanley

    An open source image processing toolkit for using multispectral videos to approximate the vision of animals. Created by biology researchers, to be used in conjunction with a 3D printed open source device called Multispectrum Beamsplitter.

  • Colour Names

    by Coolors

    A library of more than 500 colour names and Hexcodes.

  • RGB to Pantone

    by DNS Checker

    RGB to Pantone converter is a free browser-based online color converter tool to quickly convert your RGB color’s coded value to Pantone color value. The Pantone color converter provides the best possible outcomes ranging up to 96 variants depending on your selection.

  • Cosmos.so

    by Cosmos

    This free tool runs on Cavalry, a popular animation software — it's meant to showcase how Cavalry can be used to build tailor-made, branded creative tools. The preview runs on the Cavalry WebPlayer. Video creation runs via the Algo cloud rendering infra. Most of these scenes are available for you to download for free from Scenery, a community of artists sharing open files.

Tools

A selection of our favourite resources for exploring, testing, generating, and adapting colour, supporting everything from creative experimentation to accessibility and real-world implementation.

  • Jitter

     

    Jitter is a browser‑based motion design tool that for animations without complex software, offering an intuitive timeline, reusable presets, text and vector animation, Figma integration, real‑time collaboration, and export to video, GIF, or Lottie.

  • Wada Sanzo Colors

    by Paul Ungerer

    A digital platform showcasing a digital version of 1930s Dictionary of Colour Combinations from Japanese artist and theorist Sanzo Wada. Users can browse classic, seasonal, and design-inspired palettes, view individual colour values (RGB/HEX/LAB), save favourites, and use a colour picker to find matching hues for creative projects.

  • Coolors

     

    A robust and easy web-based colour palette generator allowing designers to create, refine, and export colour schemes in multiple formats or directly into design tools. It also offers contrast checker, Tailwind CSS, palette preview in designs, colour meanings, palette extractor and some AI tools.

  • Endless tools

     

    Endless Tools is a browser-based, no-code platform to generate 3D visuals, animations, effects and other graphic assets without heavy software or coding, using features like AI object creation, vector-to-3D conversion, material libraries, shaders and embed-ready interactive elements.

  • Gradientor

    by Afterimage

    A simple and fun tool for drawing with gradients.

  • Marbling

    by Afterimage

    In-browser marbling simulator. Marble your pictures!

  • Color Wheel

    by Adobe

    Browse and create colour themes based on colour theory with the palette generator. Extract themes from images, generate gradients and recolour vector artworks.

  • Dither Tool

    by Razi Ansari

    A web-based creative utility built with Three.js and Figma Make, designed to let users upload and transform 3D models (OBJ, GLTF/GLB formats), videos (MP4, MOV, WebM), and raster images (PNG, JPEG, etc.) into stunning dithered and ASCII art visuals.

  • Ouroborus

    by Dia.TV

    Researching the possibilities of self-referential shaders. A playground for exploring the effects of recursive feedback loops in real time.

  • Contrast Checker

    by WebAim

    The OG online tool to evaluate the accessibility of colour combinations by calculating contrast ratios between foreground and background colours. Users can input HEX values to see whether they meet WCAG standards for normal, large, and enhanced text.

  • Contrast Checker

    by Coolors

    A simpler and pretier contrast checker (but not as complete as WebAim's).

  • Contrast Grid

    by Michael Herchel

    Visualise the contrast ratios of multiple colour pairings at once by generating an easy‑to‑read grid of foreground and background combinations and their WCAG accessibility results.

  • Coloring for Colorblindness

    by David Nichols

    Certain colours that look different to people with normal vision may appear identical to someone who is colourblind, following predictable “confusion lines” in colour space. This website simulates that effect, showing how your chosen palette would appear to viewers with protanopia, deuteranopia, or tritanopia.

  • Who Can use

    by Corey Ginnivan

    A tool that simulates how colour contrast can affect people with different visual impairments.

  • Typeflow

    by Algo.tv

    This free tool runs on Cavalry, a popular animation software — it's meant to showcase how Cavalry can be used to build tailor-made, branded creative tools. The preview runs on the Cavalry WebPlayer. Most of these scenes are available for download for free from Scenery, a community of artists sharing open files.

  • BlobSketch

    by Colin Reid

    BlobSketch is a realtime, browser-native soft-body laboratory where drawing becomes a dialogue with physics. Built in under 150KB of pure HTML, CSS, and WebGL, it reframes physics engines as creative instruments, demonstrating how embodied soft-matter interfaces can support both scientific insight and artistic exploration.

  • Video2Vision

    By Vera Vasas, Daniel Hanley

    An open source image processing toolkit for using multispectral videos to approximate the vision of animals. Created by biology researchers, to be used in conjunction with a 3D printed open source device called Multispectrum Beamsplitter.

  • Colour Names

    by Coolors

    A library of more than 500 colour names and Hexcodes.

  • RGB to Pantone

    by DNS Checker

    RGB to Pantone converter is a free browser-based online color converter tool to quickly convert your RGB color’s coded value to Pantone color value. The Pantone color converter provides the best possible outcomes ranging up to 96 variants depending on your selection.

  • Cosmos.so

    by Cosmos

    A digital platform with AI-powered tagging and search (plus a nice colour search) for collecting and organizing visual inspiration. It lets users save images, videos, links, and notes into curated collections called clusters, which can be private or public, without ads or social-media metrics.

Tools

A selection of our favourite resources for exploring, testing, generating, and adapting colour, supporting everything from creative experimentation to accessibility and real-world implementation.

  • Jitter

     

    Jitter is a browser‑based motion design tool that for animations without complex software, offering an intuitive timeline, reusable presets, text and vector animation, Figma integration, real‑time collaboration, and export to video, GIF, or Lottie.

  • Wada Sanzo Colors

    by Paul Ungerer

    A digital platform showcasing a digital version of 1930s Dictionary of Colour Combinations from Japanese artist and theorist Sanzo Wada. Users can browse classic, seasonal, and design-inspired palettes, view individual colour values (RGB/HEX/LAB), save favourites, and use a colour picker to find matching hues for creative projects.

  • Coolors

     

    A robust and easy web-based colour palette generator allowing designers to create, refine, and export colour schemes in multiple formats or directly into design tools. It also offers contrast checker, Tailwind CSS, palette preview in designs, colour meanings, palette extractor and some AI tools.

  • Endless tools

     

    Endless Tools is a browser-based, no-code platform to generate 3D visuals, animations, effects and other graphic assets without heavy software or coding, using features like AI object creation, vector-to-3D conversion, material libraries, shaders and embed-ready interactive elements.

  • Gradientor

    by Afterimage

    A simple and fun tool for drawing with gradients.

  • Marbling

    by Afterimage

    In-browser marbling simulator. Marble your pictures!

  • Color Wheel

    by Adobe

    Browse and create colour themes based on colour theory with the palette generator. Extract themes from images, generate gradients and recolour vector artworks.

  • Dither Tool

    by Razi Ansari

    A web-based creative utility built with Three.js and Figma Make, designed to let users upload and transform 3D models (OBJ, GLTF/GLB formats), videos (MP4, MOV, WebM), and raster images (PNG, JPEG, etc.) into stunning dithered and ASCII art visuals.

  • Ouroborus

    by Dia.TV

    Researching the possibilities of self-referential shaders. A playground for exploring the effects of recursive feedback loops in real time.

  • Contrast Checker

    by WebAim

    The OG online tool to evaluate the accessibility of colour combinations by calculating contrast ratios between foreground and background colours. Users can input HEX values to see whether they meet WCAG standards for normal, large, and enhanced text.

  • Contrast Checker

    by Coolors

    A simpler and pretier contrast checker (but not as complete as WebAim's).

  • Contrast Grid

    by Michael Herchel

    Visualise the contrast ratios of multiple colour pairings at once by generating an easy‑to‑read grid of foreground and background combinations and their WCAG accessibility results.

  • Coloring for Colorblindness

    by David Nichols

    Certain colours that look different to people with normal vision may appear identical to someone who is colourblind, following predictable “confusion lines” in colour space. This website simulates that effect, showing how your chosen palette would appear to viewers with protanopia, deuteranopia, or tritanopia.

  • Who Can use

    by Corey Ginnivan

    A tool that simulates how colour contrast can affect people with different visual impairments.

  • Typeflow

    by Algo.tv

    This free tool runs on Cavalry, a popular animation software — it's meant to showcase how Cavalry can be used to build tailor-made, branded creative tools. The preview runs on the Cavalry WebPlayer. Most of these scenes are available for download for free from Scenery, a community of artists sharing open files.

  • BlobSketch

    by Colin Reid

    BlobSketch is a realtime, browser-native soft-body laboratory where drawing becomes a dialogue with physics. Built in under 150KB of pure HTML, CSS, and WebGL, it reframes physics engines as creative instruments, demonstrating how embodied soft-matter interfaces can support both scientific insight and artistic exploration.

  • Video2Vision

    By Vera Vasas, Daniel Hanley

    An open source image processing toolkit for using multispectral videos to approximate the vision of animals. Created by biology researchers, to be used in conjunction with a 3D printed open source device called Multispectrum Beamsplitter.

  • Colour Names

    by Coolors

    A library of more than 500 colour names and Hexcodes.

  • RGB to Pantone

    by DNS Checker

    RGB to Pantone converter is a free browser-based online color converter tool to quickly convert your RGB color’s coded value to Pantone color value. The Pantone color converter provides the best possible outcomes ranging up to 96 variants depending on your selection.

  • Cosmos.so

    by Cosmos

    A digital platform with AI-powered tagging and search (plus a nice colour search) for collecting and organizing visual inspiration. It lets users save images, videos, links, and notes into curated collections called clusters, which can be private or public, without ads or social-media metrics.