ColorBrew vs Perception

ColorBrew is a color studio for design, code, and collaboration, available on the web and as a browser extension. Its AI palette tool creates palettes from text descriptions, with controls for mood and palette size. Users can upload images to extract colors, preview them in design layouts, and export palettes in formats including PDF, JPG, CSS, Tailwind, JSON, and design tokens. Other tools cover gradients, color harmonies, contrast checking, image extraction, and saved palettes. The contrast checker calculates ratios and reports whether combinations pass WCAG AA and AAA standards. Users can manage and share saved palettes. The Chrome extension adds new-tab palettes, hex copying, design quotes, and a color-matching game; its store listing says it has no ads or tracking and handles website content. ColorBrew describes its audience as designers, developers, and artists. A Figma extension is listed as coming soon. The free plan costs nothing, and the site says everything it currently offers is free.

Perception is a web-based design intelligence product for exploring color choices through mood and palette tools. Perception Studio uses generative AI, color psychology and PaletteRank technology to suggest palettes from emotions. Users can request recommendations, add their own colors, inspect a palette’s mood, and copy or download color codes. The Palette Validator assesses existing combinations against perceived moods, while the Palette Dictionary supports searches by term or color. Studio subscribers can access a library of more than 50 million AI-generated palettes. Image color extraction is listed for Lite, Studio and Enterprise, and Adobe tools are the listed export destination. The free Lite plan allows three AI-generated palettes at a time, up to three colors per palette, and analysis of three top related moods. Studio costs $14 / month per member and allows nine generated palettes at a time, up to seven colors, analysis of all related moods, teams of up to 10 users, and unlimited favorites and bookmarks. The homepage says three palettes can be created for free without signing up. Enterprise pricing is by contacting sales.