I don't know why there is hate in the comments. Just because the word "color" is involved, doesn't mean these guys don't actually deserve the -- much more reasonable -- funding.
As a non-designer, I can testify that colourlovers is solving a problem for me. If they give me an even better crutch when it comes to design, I can easily see paying for it.
Somebody mentioned Kuler. Kuler is actually not very good. It's flash based, lacks the polish, and I find myself incredibly frustrated every time I sit down to use it. Colourlovers, on the other hand, leaves me with positive emotions every single time. In my mind, the two are not comparable.
As a developer who is semi-color-blind but still likes to dabble in graphic design, I'm a fan of colourlovers. I can't pick a palette to save my life, so I just pick one off of there. :)
> (if you’re interested they’re targeting hires in Portland — Monsef describes the hiring market in San Francisco as “pretty nutty”...
A bit unrelated but does anybody else feel frustrated when a closing bracket is omitted in an article? Perhaps it is too much lisp exposure but I always keep scanning the text for that closing braket looking to find the end of the "scope" of the bracketed sentence.
Both Colourlovers and Adobe Kuler have non-commercial palette API´s. I know, because I thought about supporting them in this - http://teppefall.com/products/colorspace
So they must be totally paranoid about traffic numbers, social hooks and brand dillution. And it seems to be a winning formula. Impressive.
Colourlovers is a cool site. I'm not a colour geek, but I can appreciate what darius has achieved (and congrats) with cultivating such a large community and I'm glad it has worked out financially well for the team.
I'm just as curious as anyone how CL will monetize this since I'm not the target audience but whatever it is, it will be interesting to watch.
I was looking for an app like that.
Ideas for monetization:
- license technology to interior designers
- sell trends data to paint retailers
- build a deviant art community where people sell their pattern
kind of hard to guess frankly ... more usage will help! definitely solves a good problem I had.
Congrats! I use Colourlovers a lot and I think it's a great service. My application requires a lot of palettes (I can "themes"), over 200 of them, all of which come from Colourlovers. I tried to use Kuler, but it's just not as good.
[+] [-] pacemkr|15 years ago|reply
As a non-designer, I can testify that colourlovers is solving a problem for me. If they give me an even better crutch when it comes to design, I can easily see paying for it.
Somebody mentioned Kuler. Kuler is actually not very good. It's flash based, lacks the polish, and I find myself incredibly frustrated every time I sit down to use it. Colourlovers, on the other hand, leaves me with positive emotions every single time. In my mind, the two are not comparable.
[+] [-] fuzionmonkey|15 years ago|reply
I use Colourlovers all the time for color inspiration and palettes. Its a wonderful site.
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[+] [-] matdwyer|15 years ago|reply
Amazing to see how much it grew in those 7 years.
Congrats to everyone involved!!!!
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[+] [-] aepstein|15 years ago|reply
(edit: original title referenced "YC W11")
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[+] [-] mitjak|15 years ago|reply
A bit unrelated but does anybody else feel frustrated when a closing bracket is omitted in an article? Perhaps it is too much lisp exposure but I always keep scanning the text for that closing braket looking to find the end of the "scope" of the bracketed sentence.
[+] [-] jp|15 years ago|reply
So they must be totally paranoid about traffic numbers, social hooks and brand dillution. And it seems to be a winning formula. Impressive.
[+] [-] kilian|15 years ago|reply
[+] [-] teyc|15 years ago|reply
I'm just as curious as anyone how CL will monetize this since I'm not the target audience but whatever it is, it will be interesting to watch.
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[+] [-] MPiccinato|15 years ago|reply
I use this site all the time to get inspiration from the color palettes.
Congrats!
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[+] [-] pmikal|15 years ago|reply
http://kuler.adobe.com
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