In my roam­ings, I have come across many a hexa­dec­i­mal color-picker on the Inter­net. Most of them let you choose one of the 214 “web-safe” col­ors, and as such, are about as use­ful to me as a box of rocks. (Thanks, Greyson, for mov­ing the box of rocks for me!) I stopped using the 214 col­ors when I got a color mon­i­tor that could show mil­lions of col­ors. Usu­ally, I just use the built-in color picker in what­ever I’m using to make web graph­ics, either Pho­to­shop, or Dreamweaver.

But lately, I have been return­ing to my roots and cod­ing a lot of my html and css by hand, with­out spe­cial soft­ware, and usu­ally remotely (with just a web browser). So I’ve been using a web-based tool that’s pretty good. It is the Medi­aGods RGB to HEX color picker and it works pretty well.

But the other day, I found the most awe­somest hex color picker on the Inter­net. These are the Hex Color Chips at december.com and with a good scroll wheel on your mouse, it’s the best way I’ve found to find dif­fer­ent shades of a sin­gle color that look good together. It is inspired, and has made some of my sites much prettier.

And as you know, that’s what I’m striv­ing for here.