Gpick vs Pantone Connect Palette Generator

Gpick is a free, open-source color picker and palette editor for Linux. It samples colors from the desktop, with magnification and keyboard control of the pointer, and can assign names to colors automatically. Palette tools let users build palettes from images, generate schemes, mix colors, adjust lightness or saturation, and create harmonious colors. For noisy or patterned sources, oversampling averages multiple pixel values using five falloff types. Gpick imports and exports Inkscape/GIMP palettes and Adobe Swatch Exchange files; export options also include MTL, CSS, HTML, and customizable text files. HTML exports can be shared as palette previews with people who do not use palette software. A floating mode provides a pointer-following window and notification-area icon for basic picking, but excludes palette editing and color adjustment. Command-line arguments let other programs and scripts use Gpick. Downloads include Debian and Ubuntu packages for amd64 and source archives. The project repository identifies its license as BSD-3-Clause.

Pantone Connect Palette Generator creates palettes from a mood, theme, or concept using semantic search and Pantone trend research. The beta is available to authenticated Pantone Connect users, including free-account holders, and Pantone says it is built using Microsoft Azure OpenAI. Generated palettes can be saved to Connect, edited, exported into a design workflow, downloaded for creative files or vendor color specifications, and shared with a team.

Pantone Connect provides access to over 15,000 colors and nearest RGB, CMYK, Hex, and L*a*b* equivalents. Basic account holders can save and share up to 10 palettes. Premium includes tools such as color extraction, conversion, color data, harmonies, trending palettes, simulations, and accessibility support. Connect is available on the web, iOS, and Android, with an extension for Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. Premium is required to use Pantone Libraries in Adobe Creative Cloud apps. Pantone Connect Basic is free with an account. Individual Premium costs $29.99 per month or $89.99 per year; subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled before the next billing date.