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title: "Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones"
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# Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones

Source: toneyalexander.github.io
Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49170165
Original source: https://toneyalexander.github.io/inclusive-color-space/

Hello HN!

I found that picking out plausible but diverse skin tones for my digital art and game development projects was kind of difficult, and I got curious about if there was a way to define a color space that made it easy.

I've built a color picker and procedural generation algorithm based on the space as well as a bunch of other fun js features and demos throughout the page that use the equations. If you find it interesting, I have lots of explanations of how I built it and what properties the space has.

The methodology might be a bit shaky, but hopefully the result is as helpful for others as I have found it! There's lots of room for improvements (see the Future Work section), but I'm really happy with how it turned out.