I don’t know about anyone else, but sometimes I find it really hard to match colours. Or, once I’ve chosen colours, I find it hard to then arrange them in a nice way. I find it particularly hard to arrange things so they look random. For example, I was trying to lay out my granny squares for my big crochet blanket but was having trouble. I solve this by using a random number generator, giving each pile of the same colours a number, and then putting them in that order. A couple looked out of place, so I swapped them round, but overall it made the job much easier.

Here is a roundup of tools that I’ve found that make creating colour schemes or arranging colours a much simpler task. I use them for all sorts of crafting this as well as web design, so they’re useful for many different purposes. Hopefully you’ll find them useful too.

Colour Schemes

Color Scheme Designer – Allows you a lot of control over colour schemes, and as well as main colours gives you matching shades

– Allows you a lot of control over colour schemes, and as well as main colours gives you matching shades Design Seeds – Uses inspirational pictures, and takes the main colours from them

Arranging Colour

Granny Square Color Pattern Generator – Put in the width, height and number of colours in each square. Pick the colours, and it will generate a complete layout for you

– Put in the width, height and number of colours in each square. Pick the colours, and it will generate a complete layout for you Random Stripe Generator – Select your colours, widths allowed and number of stripes and it will generate a completely random layout for you

– Select your colours, widths allowed and number of stripes and it will generate a completely random layout for you Stripe Generator – A more advanced stripe generator which gives you more choice than the previous option

If you have any other useful tools please comment and I’ll add them to the list.