Retro is always a fun way to go when the right project comes along. This article shows you how to take a color scheme and “retro-fit” it. Har dee har har!

Click here to read the full article on the Six Revisions web site.

Vintage design is always a source of inspiration for modern designers. Who wouldn’t love those color choices and the simplicity of the design? Check out this nice collection of old matchbook covers, complete with color palettes.

Click here to view the full article on the ColourLovers web site.

This is one of the coolest things we’ve seen in a while. Enter the URL of an image and ColorSuckr will pull the 12 most common colors from the image to create a custom color palette that can be used in your art or design projects. Your spanking-new palette is presented with corresponding Hex, Web-Safe and RGB values and is downloadable as an Adobe ASE swatch file. Friggin’ suh-weet!

Click here to visit the ColorSuckr web site.

ColourLovers is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. The site gives the people who use color – whether for ad campaigns, product design, or in architectural specification – a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.

Click here to visit the ColourLovers web site.