What is Palettary?

Palettary is a collection of web-based tools for designers. It started as a way to solve problems I kept running into in my own work, and has grown into a toolset for any designer to use.

Having to build a complete set of color primitives is a slog. To speed up the initial design phase, Palettary features a curated collection of color primitive palettes that includes color scales across multiple hues, making it easy to establish consistent, accessible color foundations for your projects. Import the .json into Figma as color primitives, or download as .css or plain .txt for use in any design tool or codebase.

Halftones add texture and a printed feel to digital work, but most generators output raster images that fall apart when scaled. Palettary's halftone tool converts any image into a monochrome halftone as a crisp, scalable .svg—with a choice of dot grids and a gamma slider to fine-tune dot weight.

The tool is powered by Rosette, an open-source halftone engine. For full-color work, the Rosette CLI separates images into isolated CMYK SVG plates for screen printing, risograph, and digital art—install it with pip install rosette-halftone or find it on PyPI.

Figma projects often contain many design files, leading to a cluttered environment—especially when working with teams. To help organize files, Figma allows you to set custom thumbnails that provide a quick, scannable preview of each file's contents.

Palettary's thumbnail generator offers multiple color schemes and file status options. Export the generated thumbnail as a .png or .svg file, then upload to a cover page in your Figma file and set it as the thumbnail.

Absolutely! If you'd like to submit a palette, or an idea, use this Google Form. For bug reports, visit the github repository.