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You are here: Home / Reviews / Colorspark : Find the Unique Colors and Gradients for Your Next Design

Colorspark : Find the Unique Colors and Gradients for Your Next Design

September 10, 2018 by Swathi Kirthyvasan

Colorspark Review
  • 8/10
    Look and Feel - 8/10
  • 8/10
    Ease of Use - 8/10
5.3/10

Summary

Choosing ideal colors or gradients for a Web design and development project can be a complex science in the absence of relevant tools. However, with one such as ColorSpark, you can get all the inspiration you need and work your way through beautiful hues, gradients or patterns that express a designers objectives and speaks to the heart of target audience. It is particularly ideal in the preliminary phase of brainstorming about an idea because it cannot get any better with its working technique. So if you ever feel confused when it comes to picking the right colors or gradients for a brand logo or website background, the features availed by this tool could be just what you need to solve the puzzle. And now that it’s free there is no harm in sampling what it has to offer.

In almost every other sphere is life there is no doubt that colors arouse emotional and psychological sensations. And when it comes to utilizing different shades and associated gradients in web design, the story is no different. For those who have ever played part in designing a website, brand logo or the likes, the significance of color choices can never be stressed enough. Selecting the most suitable shade combinations goes a long way in meeting set objectives by clearly expressing the end product. In other words, colors not only reveal the quality and depth of a design but also act as a reliable reinforcement.

In the rush to nail the right mix, many creative individuals and enterprises currently favor different tools to fulfill their ambitions. Among the numerous alternatives online applications that continue to gain popularity in the market, ColorSpark stands out given simplicity of design and ability to expose users to exclusive colors and gradients.

What is ColorSpark?

ColorSpark is a simple web-based tool created to help designers access unique natural colors and catchy gradient combinations. It provides an incredibly seamless means to discover and experiment with automatic colors and gradations without time-consuming calculations and sketching. Brought to life by Luke Johnson a digital information design student, ColorSpark is one of a kind resource that can inspire your ideas and concepts, streamline your workflow as far as colors and gradients are concerned and as a result help you reach higher Web design heights.

Features of ColorSpark

Automatic color generation

The automatic color generation is the backbone of ColorSpark and by far works all the magic without demanding any input from the designer. Full of ambition, it offers a simple yet effective way of getting fitting shades and gradients for use in different web development or any other illustration-based projects. Most creative minds will at least to some level agree that the most challenging phase of building up anything is actually conceptualizing a fresh idea. ColorSpark takes this into account effectively helping user’s breakthrough the tough end when they are struggling to nail the ideal color-based inspiration for your work. It takes a simple click on the generate button and this tool could as well surprise you with a striking hue that you have literally scratched your head to create without success. In essence, ColorSpark changes completely the way designers work with colors and nuances.

Intuitive interface

ColorSpark’s UI is engineered to facilitate effortless and ‘accidental’ discovery of shades and gradients. As the name subtly suggests, this tool will simply spark out beautiful hues without involving any calculations. It is fun to use ColorSpark considering you can begin with what you know and work your way gradually to a well-paired color combination in the end. Whether you are experienced or new to this kind of platform or not it is to find your way around the page.

Hex color code

With every randomly generated colors and gradients, ColorSpark provides a unique code that identifies and allows designers to use them. In the case of gradients, you also have details telling the degree at which the given gradient is set.

Sketch integration

The plugin feature provides for integration between the two platforms and it is meant to allow users to generate and explore colors and nuances in Sketch directly. With ColorSpark, one can also easily adapt and implement content automatically on the project they are working in without any limitation. It means users have added access to diverse options that would otherwise be impossible if they go about it the manual way.

Pros:

  • Allows effortless access to multiple colors and gradations
  • Has a user-friendly interface
  • Available for free
  • Automatic working concept acts as a shortcut to getting the desirable color needs

Cons:

  • No real complaints

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About Swathi Kirthyvasan

Swathi is a UX Strategist, UI Designer, Content Writer and Editor and a little bit of Social Media Manager currently digging deep into Salesforce, UX Writing, AI and Psychology.
When not doing any of the above, she can be found in the middle of experimenting with multiple art styles and mediums to create vibrant, intricate artwork, teaching, mentoring and reading. She also dabbles with photography, is an amateur runner, occasionally binges on movies and TV shows, and loves her daily cup (or two) of herbal/green tea.

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