Color Wheel

Spin ten real color swatches and copy the winning hex code.

About this tool

About the Color Wheel

On the Color Wheel, each segment is painted in the color it represents, so what you see spinning is an actual palette, not a list of words. It ships with ten swatches spanning the spectrum plus brown and gray, and when the wheel stops you can copy the winner's hex code, like #2E5BFF for blue, straight into your design tool.

Random color picks are surprisingly useful as constraints. Artists spin to set the dominant color of a daily sketch, designers spin to escape their habit of reaching for the same blue, and teachers spin to assign team colors without debate. Because the constraint comes from outside your own taste, it pushes work somewhere you would not have chosen deliberately.

Four quick steps

How to use it

  1. Spin the wheel and watch it land on a painted segment.
  2. Copy the hex code of the winning color if you need it digitally.
  3. Apply the color as your constraint: paint with it, design around it, or wear it.
  4. Spin twice for a two-color palette challenge.

Useful moments

Good for

  • Daily drawing prompts where the spin sets the dominant color
  • Breaking design habits by forcing an unfamiliar accent color
  • Assigning team colors for games and sports days
  • Choosing a nail polish, sticky-note, or bullet-journal color

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