Color Generation

Based on this excellent explanation of color theory, and using these formulas for color generation, this page provides online generation of full and sample palettes for color schemes, such as monochromatic and double-complementary.

Above each of the generated colors is the RGB value (as hex), and the saturation and brightness (AKA value), represented in the range of 0 through 100%.

This program can also be downloaded.

Input

Comments

Scheme Type

The scheme is the relationship of the hues to each other.

Monochromatic colors are all of the same hue.
Complementary colors are of two hues in direct (180°) contrast with each other.
Split-complementary colors are of one hue, and two hues in nearly-direct contrast with it.
Double-complementary colors are of two pairs of hues in direct (180°) contrast with each other.
Analogous colors are of one hue and two similar hues.
Triadic colors are of three equidistant hues (that is, 120° from each other).

Hues
Hue 0	background?
Hue/Deg

A hue is a degree (0 through 360) around the color wheel. RGB values (in the form RRGGBB) can also be used in these fields. The first hue can be set as the background color. If left blank, hues values will be randomly generated.
The second field is either the second hue or the degree, as per the color scheme specified.

Selection Type
Sample	number of colors
Total	number of colors
Full

Instead of a full range of colors for each hue, output can be reduced to a sample size, either per hue, or for a total number of colors (which will be distributed evenly across the hues).

Saturation
Start
End
Step

Saturation is the richness (vibrancy) of a color. Zero saturation is gray, and 100% is the pure color. Each of these values should be specified as an integer from 0 through 100.

Brightness
Start
End
Step

Brightness is specified in integers in the range of 0 (black) through 100 (white).