> Ever used one of those fancy color palette generators? You know, the ones where you pick a starting color, tweak some options that probably include some musical jargon like "triad" or "major fourth", and are then bestowed the five perfect color swatches you should use to build your website?
> This calculated and scientific approach to picking the perfect color scheme is extremely seductive, but not very useful.
Just recently I wondered if there is any scientific basis behind these approaches.
I skimmed all research papers that I could find but not a single one of them provided serious data based support. All justification for these methods I found were historical, i. e. artists used color wheels and different methods of color selection on the wheels for a long time.
My conclusion so far is: There is no science what so ever behind these color palette generators.
I only spent about a day on this research and I'm not an expert, so if anyone has some pointers to serious research in that direction I'd be happy to know.
> This calculated and scientific approach to picking the perfect color scheme is extremely seductive, but not very useful.
Just recently I wondered if there is any scientific basis behind these approaches. I skimmed all research papers that I could find but not a single one of them provided serious data based support. All justification for these methods I found were historical, i. e. artists used color wheels and different methods of color selection on the wheels for a long time.
My conclusion so far is: There is no science what so ever behind these color palette generators.
I only spent about a day on this research and I'm not an expert, so if anyone has some pointers to serious research in that direction I'd be happy to know.