Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones
A developer has released a simple algorithm and color space designed to help digital artists and character creators generate diverse skin tones. The project includes Python and JavaScript implementations to ensure inclusive color representation in software.
Why it matters
It provides a technical solution for improving diversity and representation in digital art and character design tools.
If you're just looking for the results, below is a custom color picker based on the color space written in Javascript and a sample procedural generation algorithm in Python (Javascript equivalents are in the page source) - feel free to take this math and go have fun depicting our diverse world!
The goal of this project was to define a color space that makes it easier to build inclusive color tools for a variety of contexts - such as character creators or digital art. If you see something here that sparks your curiosity, I would love for you to stick around and read below this section to learn more!
What is each direction on the picker adjusting? Jump to that explanation here .
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