This Spectrimage palette extractor started as a sidecar to image color analysis, but grew into its own feature.

Amanda HintonMay 1, 2026color, code, creative

Generating a Color Spectrum for an Image

Walkthrough of building the Chromaculture Spectrimage analyzer that extracts and displays the color composition of an uploaded image.

Amanda HintonApril 14, 2026color, code, creative

Color Mixing: Salmon and Sage

Building a versatile limited palette with quin magenta, quin orange, and phthalo blue.

Amanda HintonNovember 29, 2018color

Ultramarine Blue

History of my favorite natural pigment.

Amanda HintonFebruary 14, 2018color

Caput Mortuum

History of my favorite natural pigment.

Amanda HintonJune 29, 2017color

Cadmium Red

Fun facts on the color red and the cadmium pigment.

Amanda HintonMay 26, 2017color

Ivory Black and Iron Oxide Black

Background on a pair of natural and synthetic black pigments.

Amanda HintonDecember 30, 2016color