02 · Colors in, tokens and swatches out
Palette
Turn colours, or the colours found in artwork, into developer and print swatch files.
When to reach for it
Use to hand a colour system to developers (CSS, SCSS, design tokens), to Adobe apps (ASE), or to a client as a presentable sheet. Give it hex values directly, or point it at artwork and it pulls the colours out.
What lands on disk
CSS and SCSS variables, a design-tokens JSON, an Adobe .ase swatch file, and a swatch sheet as PDF and PNG, whichever outputs are requested.
CSSSCSStokens.jsonASEPDFPNG
Without the window
The same tool from a terminal or an agent. Identical output either way, because the app and the command line run the same code.
gridform palette --colors "#1B87A8,#EF542D,#EFCC16" --out ~/DesktopThe other tools