Color Scheme and Gradient Generator
From Ultrafractal Wiki
Theresa Ford wrote:
Newton's Wheel is a Javascript color scheme generator that also creates Ultra Fractal [Gradient]s. As a website, there are no downloads and it's free.
Aside from some minor cosmetic changes, I've added a "Flame" color scheme that mimics light, as it moves from lighter, to a different hue, to darker and more saturated. Play with the Flame H, Flame V, and Flame S values to see how the flame is affected.
I have not had a chance to upgrade to the newest Ultra Fractal so I don't know if the gradient format has changed, but it works in my older versions.
Enjoy!
T
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To zoo:
"I had a look at the page but still cannot figure out what it's all about - is it a cross-indexer of colours for different palettes?"
It's a digital color wheel, like the colorful cardboard circles you can buy, so yes, a cross-indexer of colors based on your "main" color.
I actually use it for grabbing colors for many things. The Decimal number is what MS Access uses to define its colors. The Hex goes in HTML. HSV turns up in Cocoa's Objective C (along with RGB, but it's easier to calculate the color sets using HSV). I've used it to pick colors for Illustrator and Photoshop projects and a variety of other things.
It works very well for me as I have no real sense of what colors "go together", and it gives me whatever numbers the computer program of choice is providing or looking for.
"I thought I was getting a computed gradient by following the steps but ended up getting code for just a single swatch"
The gradient text for all the color sets is in the big text box underneath the others. Copy it and put it in a text document, then save it with the gradient extension (.ugr) and put it in the correct folder (mine is My Documents\Ultra Fractal 4\Gradients\). When you use file/open and change the type to gradients in Ultra Fractal, it should turn up there and then you can copy/paste the gradient set you want into your fractal.
" I definitely think it could be a good tool for artists wanting to cross-index particular hues between digital and trad media though!"
That's why I did it originally. At the time (I've not searched recently), all the color-scheme generators were using the RGB color wheel layout, because it's how the math works. Sir Isaac Newton's color wheel is based on nature, and the color results are more traditional.
Have fun!
T
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Here's how to make gradients using Theresa's web page.
1. According to the directions near the bottom of the page, fiddle around at the top or leave in the default condition for the time being.
2. Next, on the colored horizontal bars, click on blocks of color until you like the color scheme one of the horizontal bars. Note the name (such as "Complement," "Triad," etc.) of the color scheme you prefer.
3. Now click in the tiny white box with that name. *While in the tiny box,* press control-A and then control-C. (Don't do anything with the large block of text.)
4. Move to an Ultra Fractal window and click on any open color gradient. Press control-V. Then click control -L making the gradient the way you like it regarding "Link Color and Opacity."
5. Click "File-Save As" and then double-click, "Standard" to place your gradient into your gradient folder. Change the title of your gradient as desired. (I usually give them a name according to the number and predominant colors such as, "3 y-bl-pnk."
6. Click on the "Save" button.
Diane
