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AT:LA reader Eve sent us this question:

A while back (maybe over a year ago even...) on AT:LA, you guys had a posting on a blog where this girl created nothing but color palettes from everything - I think you had a photo of a landscape which she had made a palette from - I am trying to find it again and having been searching through your site but could not find it! please help! It is haunting me...

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Hi Eva, the post I think you're referring to was one we did last November, and we highlighted Kris's Color Stripes website. Kris, who lives in Itally, creates beautiful color palettes from things she sees in her daily life. It's a great reminder that the best inspiration and ideas come by just opening your eyes and looking at what's around you. Check out all her "color stripes" at her website here.

Do you guys have any other recommendations for color inspirational driven websites? Share in the comments!

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You should also check out the great site wear paletts: LINK
A similar process of breaking down the palette of individual's clothing! Fun stuff!

posted by SQ Forester on February 27th 2008 at 9:28am
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this isn't the website you were talking about, but it's a great resource for colors and color palettes: http://www.colourlovers.com/

posted by mansfield on February 27th 2008 at 9:35am
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for color inspiration, i use http://kuler.adobe.com/

posted by aspw on February 27th 2008 at 9:47am
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try this one: http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/

it chooses the main colours from any image, and gives you both a dull and a vibrant palette.

btw, these were my own results: http://maybemaven.blogspot.com/2007/04/gathering-colour-and-pattern.html

posted by apt11 on February 27th 2008 at 10:00am
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adobe kuler is great. you can save them as palettes to use in photoshop, illustrator, etc.

posted by antimatt on February 27th 2008 at 10:10am
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There's also this color palette generator: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/colors.php

Seems like a popular thing these days.

posted by jennifer in sf on February 27th 2008 at 10:47am
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Try colourlovers. I think Pantone has a section on colour palettes as well.

posted by siongchinchan on February 27th 2008 at 10:59am
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-- whatever's in that bowl looks yummy! --

you might like this site:
http://www.colorassociation.com/site/colortrends.html

posted by *heather leaf* on February 27th 2008 at 11:36am
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If you are looking to create a palette from an image, check out: http://www.colr.org/

posted by lonnstrom on February 27th 2008 at 3:13pm
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This rules:

http://jrm.cc/color-palette-generator/?image=&steps=5

It will create a palette of predominate colours for you based on an image

posted by jenny! on February 27th 2008 at 6:50pm
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Sorry, I have nothing of value to offer. But what's in that dish? and is it rancid??

posted by orangejuce on February 28th 2008 at 9:01am
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Itally? cool i live there too, wherever it is
hehe :P just being childish

posted by sarahjam on March 31st 2008 at 12:50pm
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