Random Color Palette and Gradient Generator

Generate Color Palettes and color gradients

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Random Color Palette Generator

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Gradient Colors from Palette

Create color gradients by selecting from palette

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How to Generate a Color Palette?

A color palette generator is a tool that generates a set of colors that are related in some way. These palettes can be used in art work, web design, hobbies, personal project, color selections, newsletters, media and branding
You can select a base color or just let the tool decide on any color base. Click on the button 'Generate Color Palette' to view the set of colors
This tool generates a set of 5 colors in a palette with list of RGB and hex code with names of color wherever it is known.
You can download or copy the palette in json format. The json contains hsl, hsv and cmyk values additionally
To generate a fresh palette of colors, click on the Refresh icon

How to Generate Random Gradient Colors?

Gradients are formed by combining more than 1 color in different ways

A random gradient generator is a tool that generates gradient colors
To generate gradient colors using this tool, first generate colors and then select 2 or more of the generated colors for the gradient. You can also specify a base color to generate colors of a particular shade. Click on 'Generate Random Color Palette' button to generate colors
You can select Linear Gradient with options like To Left, To Right, To Top, To Bottom
Linear gradients are the most common type of gradient. It creates a smooth transition between two or more colors in a straight line.
To select Angle gradient, click on the 'Angle' checkbox and specify the angle in degrees.
In Angle gradient , transitions between two or more colors is along a line at the specified angle. For example, a gradient with an angle of 60 degrees would transition between two colors along a diagonal line.
Select the option Radial or Circle to combine two or more colors in an elliptical or circular fashion, starting from a central point.
Once you have generated a gradient that you like, you can copy the CSS code and paste it into your HTML code.
Click on 'Generate Random Color Palette' or Refresh icon to get new set of colors for the gradient.
Gradients can be used in menu, buttons, headings or section backgrounds, borders.

Frequently Asked Questions on Random Color Palette Generator

A color is a combination of Red, Green and Blue color values each ranging from 0 to 255. for eg RGB for White is 255, 255, 255 and RGB for Black is 0, 0, 0.
All other colors are in between these two.
Random color is created using Random number generators which takes an input with minimum as 0 and maximum as 255.

Hex code is hexadecimal representation of RGB code. It expresses the same color in hex format.
Hexadecimal system uses 0-9 , A-F to represent the binary digits.
255 is FF in hexadecimal and 0 is 0 in hexadecimal.

In RGB, for each of the R,G and B, we can have values ranging from 0 to 255.
So total no of possible colors are 256 to the power of 3 which is 16,777,216.

Red, Yellow, Blue are the 3 primary colors.

Orange (Red-Yellow), Green (Blue-Yellow), Purple (Red-Blue) are the secondary colors.

Combining Primary and Secondary gives tertiary colors
Vermilion (orange - red),
Magenta (red - purple),
Violet (purple - blue),
Teal (blue - green),
Chartreuse (green - yellow),
Amber (yellow - orange).

Colors arranged in a circular way showing relationships between colors and how they are formed.
The 12 primary, secondary and tertiary colors form the basis of the color wheel.
There are 2 types - RYB and RGB color wheels.

Random Color Palette and Gradient Generator

Generate Color Palettes and color gradients

Generated Color Palette

Gradient Colors from Palette

How to Generate a Color Palette?

How to Generate Random Gradient Colors?

Frequently Asked Questions on Random Color Palette Generator

Hex code is hexadecimal representation of RGB code. It expresses the same color in hex format.
Hexadecimal system uses 0-9 , A-F to represent the binary digits.
255 is FF in hexadecimal and 0 is 0 in hexadecimal.

In RGB, for each of the R,G and B, we can have values ranging from 0 to 255.
So total no of possible colors are 256 to the power of 3 which is 16,777,216.

Red, Yellow, Blue are the 3 primary colors.

Orange (Red-Yellow), Green (Blue-Yellow), Purple (Red-Blue) are the secondary colors.

Combining Primary and Secondary gives tertiary colors
Vermilion (orange - red),
Magenta (red - purple),
Violet (purple - blue),
Teal (blue - green),
Chartreuse (green - yellow),
Amber (yellow - orange).

Colors arranged in a circular way showing relationships between colors and how they are formed.
The 12 primary, secondary and tertiary colors form the basis of the color wheel.
There are 2 types - RYB and RGB color wheels.

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colors are referred as Hues or Pure Colors.

Adding black to the hue is shade . The original color is same, it's just darkened with black.

Adding white to the hue is tint. The original color is not changed, but it's lightened with white.

Adding grey (black and white in equal mixture) to the hue is toning. Its effect is to make the hue dull.

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