Adobe Labs - Kuler
Adobe Labs web application known as Kuler is kind of like a color wheel on steroids. I first heard about Kuler from the Adobe Edge newsletter shortly after I had just finished pointing a colleague to an online color wheel as a good way to pick out colors for a color-coded table. After reading Adobe Edge I told the colleague to forget about what I had sent him earlier to go check out Kuler instead. Very awesome looking indeed and I cannot wait for my first opportunity to use it to create a new color scheme.
One thing I take issue with:
According to Mark Hilton, vice president of the Creative Solutions business unit at Adobe, “You don’t need to understand color theory to use kuler; we created the program for experienced designers as well as anyone who wants to be creative.”
So even the average joe could use kuler to do anything from, say, picking out paint for their house to choosing the interior colors for the old hot rod they are restoring. I have no problem with that part. The part that I do take issue with is the idea that a slick piece of software can take the place of the need to understand color theory. That type of thinking usually leads to sentences like “I have (insert software title here), what do I need to hire a designer for?” Just because I can download CAD does not make me an engineer. Oh well, though, I am sure that it will most likely be creative professionals rather than the hobbyist that uses Kuler.
January 29th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Nice. Wouldn’t you know I have a use for this today. I’m going to give that wheel a whirl. A client thanks you.