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Rickrack – color palette generator

Rickrack (Real-time Color Kit) is a user-friendly color editor. It is designed to generate a set of harmonious colors from the color wheel or other places. You can share these colors with your friends, or apply them into your creative works.

The software lets you export them into individual files and import them into other software such as Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Krita, Pencil 2D and Clip Studio Paint.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • A strong and free color editor.
  • Create a set of colors from the color wheel.
  • Pick-up a set of colors from an image.
  • Generate a color board from the color set.
  • Attach the color set and color board into the depot.
  • Import colors from elsewhere and manage them in depot.
  • Export colors and import them into other image processors.
  • Obtain colors through the Python module in real-time.
  • Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: github.com/eigenmiao/Rickrack
Support:
Developer: Eigenmiao
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Rickrack in action
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Rickrack is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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