Free websites for color palettes

Ever wondered what colors go well together? Wonder no more, because there are a variety of free websites that will do the hard work for you. These websites will give you a variety of color palettes that are guaranteed to look good in the same image. All you need to do is copy the hex values and paste them into your design program to replicate the very same colors.

The Canva Color Palette Generator is another interesting tool. If you upload an image, it will give you a harmonious color palette based on the colors in the image.

How to Copy & Paste Hex Values

When working with color digitally, each color is assigned a specific value so that the computer knows what color to display at any given time. There are a number of ways to do this, but among the most common ways is to assign a hexadecimal value or hex code. A hex code starts with the # sign and is followed by 6 characters that could be letters or numbers.

For instance, #FFFFFF represents white and #000000 represents black. Other colors are represented by a mix of characters like #00AA55. Watch the video below to see how you can use hex codes in your designs.

How to Find the Hex Code for Any Color

Sometimes you will be browsing online and see some great color combinations that are perfect for a digital design you are working on. So, if you are looking to match the colors on your school website, or you found a website with a particular shade of blue that you simply have to have, you can use a browser extension to do just that.

These extensions will let you copy the hex code of any color that can be displayed inside a web browser. You can then paste those hex codes into Canva or another design tool and have a perfect match. Here are a few extensions you could experiment with and a video that demonstrates how they work.

ColorZilla (Chrome)
ColorZilla (Firefox)
ColorNote (Mac)