Color Hints can assist you in finding coordinating colors. There are several well known matching schemes that are provided by Color Hints. Color matching topics include:
From elsewhere in Color Hints, choose a color to match with a tap or long press on that color. You will be presented with a large display of that single color.
A Color Sample
Tapping
The color matching scheme is a shape (triangle, rectangle, etc.) drawn on the color wheel. Choose a matching scheme by double tapping the color wheel. Choose a matching scheme from the list of schemes that appears. The new matching scheme will appear with its base point (represented by a square) at the same point on the color wheel as the previous matching scheme. Currently Color Hints provides eleven (11) matching schemes.
Choosing a Matching Scheme
Use the
Saving the Color Match as a Palette
Color matching is achieved by first finding the selected color on the color wheel. Finding neutral colors - white, black and grays will not work. In general, most colors will coordinate with a neutral color. If you try to color match a neutral, Color Hints will note that and present a bit of text describing this fact.
A color wheel presents a very limited sample of the colors that exist in the world. An obvious example is the lack of browns showing on a standard color wheel. To match colors Color Hints will bias the color wheel until a spot on the color wheel is equal to the sample color. The biasing occurs by adding (or subtracting) red, green and blues. Color Hints limits this biasing to +/- 30%. In some cases, a bias of more than 30% is required to match colors. In these cases, the matching colors may not be accurate.
The bias values used can be seen by editing palettes saved from color matching.