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Color Galaxy (beta)
Color Galaxy is a online color library visualizer. We’ve amassed a collection of 27 color databases. There is a lot of variety in the data, everything from Crayola’s historical set of standard crayons, to Munsell’s scientific renotational data. Requires a <canvas> enabled browser: Firefox, Opera, or Safari.

Here’s a list of what’s included: CNE, Crayola Crayons (since 1903), NBS/ISCC (Dye Colors, Colour Terminology in Biology, Centroids of the NBS/ISCC catalog, Colors for Ready-Mixed Paints, Horticultural Colour Charts, Dictionary of Color, Plochere Color System, Color Standards and Color Nomenclature, Rock-Color Chart, Postage-Stamp Color Names, Soil Color Charts, Standard Color Card of America), Resene (2001 & 2007 catalog’s from Resene paint company), Munsell 1929 (Colors physically appearing in the 1929 Munsell Book of Color), Munsell 1943 (Colors listed the original 1943 renotation article, lying inside the Macadam limits), Standards (Named colors in Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape, SVG, Windows, & X11), Tango Color Palette & finally the VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code. Special thanks to Robert Krimen, MCSL, Jaffer, and Wikipedia for providing the data for this project!
 
Color Blindness Matrix
Introducing the Javascript Color Matrix Library. It’s a very simple example of the most basic ColorMatrix formulas — partially inspired by Quasimondo’s wonderful Flash 8 ColorMatrix Class. Today, we’ll be combining the Color Blindness library along with a <canvas> implementation of ColorMatrix. So now, just like in Actionscript, you can apply photoshop-like filters in Javascript. Requires <canvas>’s getImageData() & putImageData() support — Firefox (2.0+), Opera (9.5+), and Webkit.  more »
 
DHTML Color Picker v2.0
Today, we have a few new updates for you. First off, the Color Conversion Library has been expanded to include HEX, RGB, HSV, CMYK, XYZ, Lab color spaces. On the same note, I’d like to introduce the DHTML Color Picker v2.0 — another Open Source product (GPL & CC) by the ColorJack crew. This color picker was developed for one of our upcoming products: an online vector editing package.
 
Articles on Color Theory
An articles section has been added to the website. This area will be devoted to providing interesting, easy to read, information on color theory. There are currently three articles available: Color Blindness, Color Formulas, and Color Models. These initial articles help describe what’s going on in our color scheming applications. Have an idea for an article? Feel free to contact me.
 
Sphere (gamma R2)
Sphere now works in Internet Explorer! Converted all the Canvas tags into Flash. It’s a bit slower, but still cool none-the-less... if you’re stuck on a machine without <canvas> support.
 
Sphere (gamma R1)
I’ve released a new version of Sphere which addresses a few bugs, and incorperates some useful features. One of the nicest things is that the new version will scheme tints as well as hues. One of the most apparent changes is you have full control over your base color now, via HSV + RGB sliders. Let me know what you think of the changes :)
 
DHTML Color Sphere v1.0
I’ve prepared a new DHTML plugin, licencened under Creative Commons. It works perfectly on all Macintosh browsers, however, I haven’t had the opportunity to test on Windows… If there are bugs there, it would be great if someone could submit the fix’s… otherwise, you’ll have to wait for me to get around to finding a spare PC to test on.

The new plugin is based on our popular Sphere color chooser. The coolest part is that it’s resizable, you can make this thing as big as you want. Check it out here.
 
Sphere Widget (beta)
Did you like ColorJack Sphere? Want it on your desktop? Download the Mac Widget!


 
Sphere (beta)
Ever wonder what a computer programmer does while on vacation? The same thing we do every night. Check out the newest release from ColorJack Labs (developed in Mexico). Sphere allows you to visualize the theory behind color schemes. Try messing around with “Custom” function on the color blindness menu for more advanced options.
 
DHTML Color Picker v1.0
I finally got all the ColorJack code into a little widget for your websites! It’s surprisingly small… the entire package weighs in at only 24.5k :) To give you an idea for comparison, it’s nearest competitor is 72.3k. Feel free to use the widget on any of your projects.

Want to learn more, or perhaps you want to download the code.
 
Studio (gamma)
This new release greatly increases compatibility. While ColorJack has extended into new browser markets (we now supports all major browsers!), it has also multiplied its language base thirteen-fold. Currently supported languages: Arabic, Chinese, Deutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, and Japanese. Special thanks to Logos / Google / Babel :)

Other changes include a simplified user interface, better color blindness support, and del.icio.us colorscheme export… speaking of which, check out this great article on “Del.ico.us as a color tool”… It seems like a fairly undiscovered feature, and very handy as well… and finally, the new version with some features turned on.

Lol, alright, well, that was kinda fun :)
 
Blindness Simulation
Ever wonder what it would look like to be color blind? I’ve created a diagram comparing the various types of color blindness. This diagram was created by piping the color blindness module (courtesy of WellStyled) through a simple Javascript function in order to display the adjusted hue spectrums. Each of these spectrums are futher processed through websmart and websafe functions. View the Blindness Simulation.
 
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