Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

COLOURlovers™ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color – whether for ad campaigns, product design, or even in architectural specification – a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.

The COLOURlovers™ community is regularly updated with information and examples of the way colors are used in the real world — along with news articles on color trends and interviews with top creative professionals.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.colourlovers.com
License: License Free

Do you want to build your own color schemer? Do you want to put a color picker in your web application? ColorJack DHTML Color Picker is the best choice. Users can simply click on the color picker to choose their favourite color. Also, users can drag the color picker to where they want it to be. They can even close it easily by clicking on the “X” symbol at the top right hand corner. It’s licenced under Creative Commons, so you are free to use or modify the DHTML Color Picker on your own project.

If you like this, you might want to use ColorJack Sphere Color Picker as well. However, this version is not compatiable with Internet Explorer at the moment. Therefore, there is no download-able package at the moment.

Requirements: Any Modern Browsers with Javascript Enabled
Demo: http://www.colorjack.com/plugin/
License: Creative Commons

Kuler let us create and share themes easily. You can also get some feedback from other users. Kuler has a desktop version as well which is developed by using Apollo, that means you can browse the color themes while you are offline as well. Get in and feel the power of Kuler.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://kuler.adobe.com
License: License Free

Color Schemer has created a Scheme Gallery which let us browse for new color scheme ideas, search for schemes containing a particular color. It is great for when a client gives you a color and you need a matching scheme in a hurry. We can have our FREE account to upload, manage and share your color schemes. Build your own color scheme database and show your schemes to clients or collegues to make deciding on a color scheme a breeze. You can also add your favorite schemes in the Gallery to your personalized color scheme Favorites list.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes
License: License Free