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It might be less subjective than you think. I suspect there are commonalities in how we perceive color palettes, analogous to commonalities in how we perceive musical chords. There are certain color palettes and musical chords that tend to be perceived as more pleasant.

Furthermore, I don’t think everyone shares your ability to pick harmonious color combinations. It must be a skill that you happen to be good at.

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I agree. There’s a lot of nuance in color palettes that can lead to changes that are hard to describe.

There’s also something to be said about an expert’s ability to discern the finer details of one version over other versions of the same thing.

How do you test if they're experts?

Seems like you're really trying to defend your point in the comments, but I'd say like you do in other areas of art and design: a portfolio

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