Paint Color Palette Generator
Pick a color and generate coordinated paint palettes matched to real colors.
How the palettes are built
The generator starts from your chosen color and uses standard color-wheel relationships to produce five palette types:
Complementary — the color directly opposite yours on the wheel. High contrast; works well for an accent wall against a neutral main color.
Analogous — colors adjacent to yours. Lower contrast, unified feel. Common in bedrooms and living rooms where you want calm.
Triadic — three colors evenly spaced around the wheel. Energetic, but needs careful balance — one dominant color, two supporting, not equal thirds.
Split-complementary — your color plus the two adjacent to its complement. Softer than pure complementary while still high-interest.
Monochromatic — tints and shades of a single hue. Sophisticated but can feel flat without careful variation in LRV.
Each generated color is matched to the nearest real paint from the catalog, so palettes are purchasable rather than abstract. Roles are assigned by LRV and chroma: Walls get the mid-LRV anchor, Trim gets the lightest value, Accent gets the second-darkest, and Pop gets the most saturated color for use on pillows, art, or a statement piece.