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thomasisthomas
thomasisthomas
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July 7, 2023
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Is there a plugin etc. for identifying and naming colours?

  • July 7, 2023
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I am slightly colour blind and it would be really helful to me if there was a way to identify and name colours automatically in illustrator. Some tones make me uncertain, like some purples look a bit like blue to me.

It could already be a feature, because After Effects manage to to do it. When I use the colour picker in the solids panel, it identifies any colour I hover over on my screen, naming them "medium royal blue", "dark grey red" or what not. Through the years I have not found anything like this in Illustrator, but maybe there is a plugin or such?

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Egor Chistyakov
Egor Chistyakov
Inspiring
July 7, 2023

There is an exact request about this I made 5 years ago: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/32403946-add-auto-naming-swatches

Please upvote!

    thomasisthomas
    thomasisthomasAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 7, 2023

    I mean,  After Effects already does this flawelessly if you use the colour picker inside the solids settings panel. So Adobe has it covered in one place at least.

    Monika Gause
    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    July 7, 2023
    @thomasisthomas  schrieb:

    I mean,  After Effects already does this flawelessly

     

    Basically all the Adobe apps have different codebases. You cannot just copy and paste the code. 

    Monika Gause
    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    July 7, 2023

    I haven't come accross a plugin that does this. You can post this as a feature request in https://illustrator.uservoice.com 

     

    You know that there are devices for blind people that can tell colors?

    thomasisthomas
    thomasisthomasAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 7, 2023

    I see, thank you:)

    No, I didn't know that. I have the mild protan colourblindness, so most of the time I get by. Even in my work, it's rarely a problem. It's only some times, like when there is little red in a purple and it just looks blue too me, or when som green, brown, yellow colours have low saturation and they get a bit confusing to me.
    This is why the way the colour picker in after effects solids is so helpful and I don't understand why it can't be like that in all adobe softwares...

    Monika Gause
    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    July 7, 2023

    Windows or Mac? 

    I searched for system extensions: https://www.hikarun.com/e/  (Windows)

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