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nice try, but adobe got in the game long ago :)

https://color.adobe.com/explore/newest/?time=all

Applying the same logic: "Google shouldn't have built their search engine because Alta Vista and Yahoo got in the game much before them."

It is nice of you to point out an existing product which is similar. But isn't it better to encourage (or provide constructive criticism) rather than dissuade this?

not always. i'm all for the "theme and variations" style of software development, provided the variations offer something distinctly novel. that doesn't seem to be the case here.

> adobe got in the game long ago

Adobe completely ripped off the idea[1] from COLOURlovers[2]

[1] http://www.colourlovers.com/web/blog/2007/07/06/for-the-reco...

[2] http://www.colourlovers.com/browse

Nope!

http://www.colr.org/darius.html

Doesn't Kuler predate Colourlovers?

I believe it doesn't. COLOURlovers was created in 2004 and Kuler in 2006.

Yep, I distinctly remember Kuler launching after CL. And that CL blog post[0] agrees

[0] http://www.colourlovers.com/web/blog/2007/07/06/for-the-reco...

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