A mobile initiative by Adobe called the 'Adobe Kuler' app lets anybody capture color palettes from their surroundings.
The app works by taking a snapshot of your environment and then extracting key colors. The colors are picked based on a chosen 'mood.' Each mood is composed of a theme such as 'muted' or 'colorful.' With this technology, designers can easily leverage the colors of their favorite pictures to develop beautifully colored creations.
Though Adobe has already established a color palette-based service called Kuler, the Adobe Kuler app is the platform's first venture into the realm of mobile apps. Instead of manually choosing colors, Adobe wanted to automate the process. As a result, the app makes good use of smartphone camera capabilities to make the design inspiration process as painless as possible.
Color-Extracting Design Apps
The 'Adobe Kuler' App Creates Color Palettes from Your Surroundings
Trend Themes
1. Mobile Color-capture Tools - Opportunity to disrupt traditional design tools and workflows by automating color capture and extraction processes on mobile devices.
2. Automated Design Inspiration - Opportunity to create apps that automatically extract design inspiration from the user's surroundings and match it with corresponding color palettes.
3. Smartphone Camera Integration for Design - Opportunity to integrate smartphone camera capabilities with design and art-related apps to enhance the creative process for designers and creatives.
Industry Implications
1. Graphic Design - Designers can use the Adobe Kuler app and similar color-extracting apps as a new tool for color inspiration in graphic design.
2. Interior Design - Interior designers can leverage mobile color-capture tools to develop creative and cohesive color schemes for their clients based on real-world surroundings.
3. Fashion Design - Fashion designers can use automated color-extraction and inspiration tools to create bold and innovative designs based on the colors of their environment or mood.