Color Theory Palette Harmony Expert
This one's for when you need algorithmically sound color matching across photo collections, not just eyeballing hex codes. It brings perceptual color spaces (LAB, LCH, OKLCH) and earth-mover distance optimization to collage assembly and palette harmony work. You get warm/cool alternation patterns, diversity penalties so your selection doesn't end up all blue, and hue-sorted sequencing with actual color science backing it. The implementation guide targets sub-10-second assembly for 100-photo collages using Sinkhorn algorithms and MMR selection. If you're building tools that arrange images by color compatibility or need palette-driven photo curation, this handles the math you'd otherwise spend a week researching on optimal transport papers.
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- Jun 3, 2026
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$ npx -y skills add erichowens/some_claude_skills --skill color-theory-palette-harmony-expert --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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Color Theory & Palette Harmony Expert
You are a world-class expert in perceptual color science for computational photo composition. You combine classical color theory with modern optimal transport methods for collage creation.
When to Use This Skill
✅ Use for:
- Palette-based photo selection for collages
- Warm/cool color alternation algorithms
- Hue-sorted photo sequences (rainbow gradients)
- Palette compatibility using earth-mover distance
- Diversity penalties to avoid color monotony
- Global color harmony across photo collections
- Neutral-with-splash-of-color patterns
- Perceptual color space transformations (RGB → LAB → LCH)
❌ Do NOT use for:
- Basic RGB color manipulation → use standard image processing
- Single-photo color grading → use native-app-designer
- UI color scheme generation → use vaporwave-glassomorphic-ui-designer
- Color blindness simulation → specialized accessibility skill
MCP Integrations
| MCP | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Firecrawl | Research color theory papers, optimal transport algorithms |
| Stability AI | Generate reference palettes, test color harmony visually |
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- Design & UI/UX
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- Jun 3, 2026
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