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To those not into the mythical vibe: I totally get it. I stumbled onto something that looked good by accident and thought it’d be fun to lean into the mystical theme — especially since there’s no real science or theory behind it (that I know of). Mostly, I just wanted an excuse to build a fun website around it.

And to everyone else — thanks for the kind words, really appreciate it!

For those like me who didn't get it at first - make sure to scroll down...

Nicely done, but I'm a bit puzzled by all the alchemical stuff (which, to be fair, is probably the point).

I'd like to configure my editor to use something like this to generate a unique color palette for the syntax highlighting for each project so that if I have files from multiple projects open at the same time they look different. Maybe base it on a hash of the git remote.

What a fun project! I feel like you really bury the lede in terms of what kinds of palettes are generateable- the first interactive demo at the top of page mostly only makes bruises, but later on your get full on saturated rainbows!

It's cool.

Though I am unsure if I am a sufficiently modern generative sorcerer to appreciate its eldritch, enigmatic nature.

I'm impressed by the naming of colors at the very end.

Nice. Hard to generate an unpleasant palette with this at all.

This is the most beautiful thing I've seen in a long, long time.

On my iPhone the line curves as I move the dots around, but on my laptop (running Arc) the line stays straight. Some bug, or am I missing something?

ETA: okay I can get arcs working by changing the arc settings! Getting different default behavior on the two platforms tho.

It makes sense. When you have complementary colors in the palette, you need to include more darks so that in your design you can separate the two. This is achieved because the line has pass near the centre.

Why /ˈpɔːlaɪn/ and not /ˈpoʊlaɪn/ or /ˈpɑlaɪn/? Seems like an unnatural way to pronounce it, given the spelling.

Doesn't seem to work on Firefox - I tried with adblocker and tracking protection disabled. Console complains:

Uncaught SyntaxError: The requested module 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/11.7.0/e...' doesn't provide an export named: 'default'

Meodai is the color king! Fantastic tool

The favicon updates to match the palette. That's a nice touch.

>"poline" is an enigmatic color palette generator, that harnesses the mystical witchcraft of polar coordinates. Its methodology, defying conventional color science, is steeped in the esoteric knowledge of the early 20th century. This magical technology defies explanation, drawing lines between anchors to produce visually striking and otherworldly palettes. It is an indispensable tool for the modern generative sorcerer, and a delight for the eye

I'm not totally sure I understand this intro - what's different here compared to normal color science palette makers?

I do like the visual presentation and animation a lot though.

Hats off! I never experienced a colorcombo generator that only turned up good palettes.

What an obnoxiously unclickable interaction on mobile. A very strange choice of ux for something that insists to be so prominent on my screen that follows my scroll, yet clicking on the palette does nothing.

Super cool! If the author/creator happens to be reading, I’d suggest that, when the user is at the top of the page (ie on first load), the default demo wheel’s should animate between a few different curves. At first glance (before scrolling down), it looks somewhat primitive, and less interesting than it really is.

Previously on HN (2 years ago) with creator’s replies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34662722

Nice one!

He got me until I read "npm install".