Colorful  by Siddharth11
A curated list of awesome resources to choose your next color scheme
About Colorful 
From the project's README at github.com/Siddharth11/Colorful. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
A curated list of awesome resources to choose your next color scheme. Inspired by the awesome list. Please read the contribution guidelines before contributing. Table of Contents Tools Libraries Web App Color Palettes Articles Tools Libraries Chroma.js - JavaScript library for dealing with colors. pigment - Color information, conversion and manipulation library GradStop.js - Generate gradient color stops. Adaptive Backgrounds - Extract dominant colors from images and apply to its parent (jQuery Plugin). Coloor - Image preloading utility. Color Thief - Grab color palette from an image. Colorify.js - Simple, customizable, tiny JavaScript color extractor. Colofilter.css - Duotone filters made with CSS. [Polychrom
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 1.3k | github.com/Siddharth11/Colorful |
| GitHub forks | 54 | github.com/Siddharth11/Colorful |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.0 years | since Apr 2016 |
| Last commit | 1.2 years ago | Mar 13, 2025 |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Colorful ?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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