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🛠️ Why I Stopped Wasting Time on Colors and Built a Smarter Way to Manage Palettes

Let’s face it:
You can build the best logic, optimize your components, and pass every test —
but if your UI colors are all over the place?

🚨 The whole product feels unfinished.

That’s the problem I kept running into.
So I fixed it — with a tool called Palette Box.


🎯 The Problem

  • I had no central source of truth for colors.
  • I kept copying hex codes from old projects.
  • I couldn’t keep track of which color was used for what.

Renaming, organizing, re-exporting for dev — it was chaos.


🎨 The Solution: Editable Presets → Ready-to-Use JSON

What I wanted was simple:

  1. Choose colors visually.
  2. Name them in a way that actually makes sense.
  3. Export them as JSON and plug directly into my code.

Here’s exactly how I do that now 👇


🧪 Step 1: Create and Edit Presets

Choose a palette (like for the keyword “summer”), rename each color meaningfully.


💾 Step 2: Export as Dev-Ready JSON

Once I’m happy, I hit "Export Code" and get this:

Now my design tokens are consistent, reusable, and team-friendly.


🎨 Bonus: Structured UI Color Scales

Want to build scalable UI systems?
Create labeled color scales (like Primary0 → Primary95) in seconds:


🔗 Why Palette Box Works

  • Visual control over color naming
  • No more hunting for hex codes in Figma exports
  • Instant JSON export for Tailwind, Chakra UI, or custom design systems
  • Built to save you time, especially in solo or small team projects

📦 Other Cool Features

  • 🎯 Extract colors from any website
  • 🧠 Generate palettes by keyword or UI design rules
  • 💾 Save + share presets via encrypted links
  • 🌗 Dark/light mode
  • 🌍 Multilingual (KR / EN / JP / ES)

TL;DR

Tired of copy-pasting color codes?
Want editable palettes that actually integrate with your workflow?

Palette Box gives you visual control, structured naming, and JSON export — all in one browser tool.


🎁 Try It FREE (Yes, Free)

First 100,000 users get 3 months FREE access to all features.
Use code: PALETTEBOXFREE3MONTH

👉 Install Palette Box (Chrome Web Store)

Stop guessing. Start designing with purpose.

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