🎨 Can abstract feelings be seen?

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Why I’m building an AI-powered mood-to-color tool

Most color tools start with a color wheel, a hex code, or a set of predefined palettes.

But what if you start with a feeling?

“I feel calm.” “I feel anxious.” “I feel like a rainy afternoon.”

As a designer, I often found myself stuck between what I felt and what I could express visually. There was a gap — between emotion and color.

That’s the problem I wanted to solve.

🧠 The problem: emotional expression through color

I realized that many people — not just designers — struggle to express abstract moods or concepts visually. They know what they feel, but they don’t know what color it is.

Most tools expect you to pick from a color wheel. But what if you could just type how you feel, and let the system figure it out?

💡 The idea: Moodcolor

So I started building Moodcolor — a tiny tool that lets you type how you feel, and get a color palette that matches.
• You type: “A burst of excitement before something big happens”
• It gives you: gold, orange, peach, light yellow — a palette that feels like anticipation

It’s not just about aesthetics. It’s about making emotions visible.

👥 Who is this for?
• Designers who want to start from feeling, not theory
• Creators who want to express mood without scrolling through endless hex codes
• Anyone who’s ever thought:“I know what I feel. I just don’t know what color it is.”

🛠 What I’ve built so far

Over the past week, I’ve built a working MVP:
• Natural language input → AI interprets emotional meaning
• Generates a 5-color palette with HEX codes
• Clean, minimal UI
• Copy, download, and share palette features
• OG image + Twitter card support
• Feedback form for early users

🧭 What’s next?

Tomorrow (April 15), I’ll be launching the MVP on Indie Hackers. It’s still early. It’s still rough. But it already says something.

If you’ve ever wondered:

“What color is my mood today?”