ColoRotate: 3D color palette creator and CS4 plugin

There are a lot of different interfaces for creating and using color palettes, but ColoRotate may be the one with the coolest visuals. It plots your colors on a 3D diamond as you blend, tint and change hues to form a palette. More experienced designers may not find it useful, and may prefer something more straightforward. Beginners, on the other hand, might dig how easily you can make a decent palette with this tool.

There's also an entire "learn about color" section of the site, giving a good overview of the theory and science behind color and color combinations. Adobe CS4 users will be interested to know that a ColoRotate plugin is coming in the fall, and it will allow you to use ColoRotate as your color picker in Creative Suite apps. It will also sync with your saved palettes on the ColoRotate site, but that's slated to cost you $2.50/month.

Tags: adobe-cs4, color-palette, colorotate, colors, design, palettes