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New Tool Suggestion: Color Harmony Tool

Dear Adobe Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing to propose the development of a new Color Harmony Tool for Adobe Illustrator. As a designer who frequently uses Illustrator for creating artwork, I believe such a tool would greatly enhance the creative process by facilitating better color combinations and harmonies.

Problem: Illustrators and designers often face challenges in selecting and maintaining color harmonies within Adobe Illustrator. While the existing color tools are robust, they could benefit from integrated features specifically tailored for creating and managing color harmonies.

Proposed Solution: Introduce a dedicated Color Harmony Tool that offers:

Predefined Color Schemes: Access to classic color harmony rules such as complementary, triadic, analogous, and more.
Customizable Harmonies: Ability to create and save custom color palettes based on user-defined harmony rules.
Real-time Preview: Instant visualization of how selected colors interact within the artwork.

Benefits:

Enhanced Creativity: Facilitates exploration and application of harmonious color schemes, fostering more aesthetically pleasing designs.
Improved Efficiency: Streamlines the color selection process with intuitive tools that save time and effort.
Consistency: Helps maintain color consistency across projects and ensures cohesive design outcomes.

Implementation Details:

The tool could be integrated into Illustrator's Color panel or as a standalone feature, accessible from the toolbar.
Compatibility with Illustrator's existing color management tools to ensure seamless integration and user familiarity.

Conclusion: By incorporating a Color Harmony Tool into Adobe Illustrator, you would provide designers with a powerful resource for creating visually compelling artwork while enhancing workflow efficiency.

Thank you for considering this proposal. I believe this tool would greatly benefit Illustrator users and contribute to Adobe's continued leadership in creative software innovation.

Best regards,

Christian Mulcahy

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  • AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Christian, Illustrator has a dedicated panel to work with harmonies — Window > Color Guide.
    The top dropdown offers a dozen and a half of harmony rules, and these get based on the currently chosen color.
    It does not offer to create a 'custom' harmony, but I can’t imagine a case when it’s that useful to define one.

    If you need to customize the way color interact though, you can use Recolor function, available form many places, one being Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork. This floating contextual panel offers some control over separate colors in your selection, and can offer Advanced option via the button at the bottom of it — in the larger dialog click Edit (next to Assign), and study the control below the color wheel (along with the rules dropdown above).

    Does these fit the intentions you have?

    P. S. This text feels sooo generated! If my guess is correct — please don’t, it’s rather dehumanizing.

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