> [!tldr] An exploration of [[Excalidraw]]'s way of [[Organizing Colors]] I love [[Excalidraw]]. I use it to make [[Excalidraw Art]]. And it's way of [[Organizing Colors]] has always seemed arbitrary to me. Turns out it's from "[Open Color](https://yeun.github.io/open-color/)". ![[assets/drawings/Complementary Colors 2026-08-28 09.54.00.excalidraw]] There are 14 colors (+ "transparent") - 12 of which have different shades. ![[Pasted image 20260828100743.png]] They're accessible via shortcut keys - but the letter assignment is... random seeming: ![[Pasted image 20260828100953.png]] And their representation on what i'd call the [[Organizing Colors|Color Wheel]] is... somewhat arbitrary: ![[Excalidraw's Colors are Weird 2026-08-28 10.43.16.excalidraw.svg]] %%[[Excalidraw's Colors are Weird 2026-08-28 10.43.16.excalidraw.md|🖋 Edit in Excalidraw]]%% **** # More ## Source - experimentation - https://yeun.github.io/open-color/