Collaboration between designers and frontend developers should be smooth. But when it comes to handling colors, it often looks like this:
"Which blue did you use again?"
"The padding is fine, but that shade feels off…"
"Wait, I thought we were using #1a3b6b, not #0a305f?"
If this sounds familiar, you're not alone.
Let's fix that with Palette Box — a tool built to eliminate color confusion across the workflow.
❌ The Problem
Designers work visually.
Developers work semantically.
In between? Miscommunication.
Whether it's screenshots, Figma files, or style guides with missing tokens, developers are left trying to:
- Pick colors manually from images
- Match by eye (ouch)
- Guess naming conventions (or worse, ignore them)
📸 Before color extraction – Raw UI design
✅ The Fix: Palette Box
Palette Box is a lightweight Chrome extension that solves this handoff issue.
It helps developers and designers:
- Drag across any area on a webpage
- Automatically extract visible colors
- Select and organize colors into meaningful presets
- Export them directly into code (JSON)
- Share presets securely
🖼️ After color extraction – Using Palette Box
🧩 Developer-Oriented Output
Once you've selected the colors, you can rename them and export them as JSON.
This is perfect for integrating with Tailwind configs, SCSS variables, or React themes.
📦 JSON-ready export from Palette Box
Example output:
{
"#71c0bb": "#71c0bb",
"graygreen": "#4e6688"
}
Now both designer and developer are on the same page — and palette.
👥 Why It Works for Teams
Whether you're a designer defining visual language, or a developer implementing a component library, Palette Box helps you:
- Standardize color tokens
- Reduce feedback cycles
- Improve communication with shared presets Bonus: color naming is preserved and encrypted when shared.
💰 Pricing
All basic extraction is free.
For saving presets, sharing securely, and exporting to JSON, you'll need a $2/month subscription.
That’s cheaper than your daily coffee ☕ — and way more useful.
🚀 Ready to Try It?
🔗 → Install Palette Box from Chrome Web Store
Save time.
Reduce color miscommunication.
Make handoffs smoother than ever.
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