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colors

Curated color palette browser and generator

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026

Link
colors.robi.work
Built by
Robi makes stuff

Bloat

182/500

Where it landed on the scale

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0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

A small, working palette browser that the builder uses in his own projects. It has no pricing, accounts, or revenue path, and the palette set and UI could be rebuilt quickly. It's a tidy personal utility, not yet a product with a business behind it.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

The problem is real, since designers and developers need good palettes, but free alternatives like coolors.co already exist and nothing here suggests a way to charge or a local angle.

22/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (3)

  1. Frames it as a personal set of 1000 good-looking colors with a frontend similar to coolors.co.

    “these are the colors i use whenever i have something that auto generates colors instead of 32 million colors , you get to choose from 1000 that look good so i made a frontend for it similar to coolors.co where you can fetch random palette , favorite to curate and yeah enjoy. colors.robi.work https://github.com/RobiMez/colors @rb_wk and @robi_makes_stuff”

    Post · @Robi_makes_stuff · 8 Jun 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The site shows no pricing, accounts, or payments.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · colors.robi.work (opens in a new tab)

  3. The builder mainly uses it himself to pick colors for his own UIs.

    “used to be skit.robi.work but now i just tell claude to scaffold a react app with postgres and give it ssh connection instructions 😂 for the ui , i pick a color from colors.robi.work and make a pallete from it my most recognizable branding is the lexend font + phosphor icons duotone”

    Post · @Robi_makes_stuff · 21 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

A fixed list of roughly 992 palettes in a simple frontend is something anyone here could rebuild in a weekend, and there's no data, network, or local depth behind it.

8/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. The page is a static-looking list of 992 palettes with a random button.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · colors.robi.work (opens in a new tab)

  2. The repo is a single day of work described as a palettes frontend.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/RobiMez/colors (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

It launched on 2026-06-08 with a single day of commits and was mentioned again in late June and July. There's been no visible update for 78 days.

46/100

  • Sustained shipping12/60

    Worked on across 1 month.

  • Consistency34/40

    Updates in 2 of 2 months.

  • Quiet

    No update for 78 days, so scaled to 85%.

Receipts (2)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “these are the colors i use whenever i have something that auto generates colors instead of 32 million colors , you get to choose from 1000 that look good so i made a frontend for it similar to coolors.co where you can fetch random palette , favorite to curate and yeah enjoy. colors.robi.work https://github.com/RobiMez/colors @rb_wk and @robi_makes_stuff”

    Post · @Robi_makes_stuff · 8 Jun 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Most recent post about it.

    “used to be skit.robi.work but now i just tell claude to scaffold a react app with postgres and give it ssh connection instructions 😂 for the ui , i pick a color from colors.robi.work and make a pallete from it my most recognizable branding is the lexend font + phosphor icons duotone”

    Post · @Robi_makes_stuff · 21 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A working, live web app serves 992 palettes with a random picker over HTTPS on its own domain. It's thin, with no accounts, API, or docs, and one planned feature is still open.

77/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://colors.robi.work responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The site is live and works: you can browse the palettes and get a random one. Favoriting is described in the posts, but the feature set is thin and bin-by-color is still open.

  • Own home10/10

    Lives on its own domain (colors.robi.work).

  • Maintained15/15

    Last sign of shipping 2026-07-21.

  • Operations2/15

    It's a single-platform web app with no accounts, docs, API, or status page. The only ops signal is a repo and a custom subdomain.

Receipts (5)

  1. https://colors.robi.work responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · colors.robi.work (opens in a new tab)

  2. The live page lists 992 palettes with a Random control.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · colors.robi.work (opens in a new tab)

  3. Describes random palette fetch and favorites for curating.

    “these are the colors i use whenever i have something that auto generates colors instead of 32 million colors , you get to choose from 1000 that look good so i made a frontend for it similar to coolors.co where you can fetch random palette , favorite to curate and yeah enjoy. colors.robi.work https://github.com/RobiMez/colors @rb_wk and @robi_makes_stuff”

    Post · @Robi_makes_stuff · 8 Jun 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Lists 'bin by color' as still open, so it's unfinished.

    “@robi · Week 26 of 2026 (Jun 22 – Jun 28) Shipped (9) • building #aura , new project • got higgsfield to create odit mascots #odit • more refinements to diagram #odit. figured out 4 bugs because of calculations on graph. • sankey diagram visualizations for #odit • add inline category creator with hsl picker & wcag flooring #odit • add section dimming #odit • Add device switching support ( unrelea”

    Post · @Robi_makes_stuff · 29 Jun 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  5. Facts show no docs, accounts, or status page.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · colors.robi.work (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It's a free side utility with no payments, pricing, privacy policy, terms, or support contact, and it's reached through the builder's own channels. It's useful to the builder, but there's no money or dedicated commitment keeping it going.

29/100

  • Distribution25/30

    A web app on its own domain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    No post mentions paying users or revenue, and the site has no payment provider.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment4/20

    It appears in the builder's weekly shipped lists and is used in his other projects, but it has no dedicated channel or team, and a single commit day appears in the repo. The one roadmap item has not been shipped.

Receipts (5)

  1. A web app on its own domain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · colors.robi.work (opens in a new tab)

  2. No payment providers or prices were found on the site.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · colors.robi.work (opens in a new tab)

  3. Counted as a shipped item in the week 24 recap among many other projects.

    “@robi · Week 24 of 2026 (Jun 8 – Jun 14) Shipped (12) • screenshot support for #odit verifier • #odit get prod shipped to play store ( final hurdle ) • fix reference code types for cbe and v2-cbe #odit • Launched v.odit.et #odit • status page for #odit verify • add zemen bank reciept verifier #odit • setup vps locally for #odit • finish parsing all 111K cbe reciepts on #odit • halfway into scrapi”

    Post · @Robi_makes_stuff · 15 Jun 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Lists 'bin by color' as still open two weeks later.

    “@robi · Week 26 of 2026 (Jun 22 – Jun 28) Shipped (9) • building #aura , new project • got higgsfield to create odit mascots #odit • more refinements to diagram #odit. figured out 4 bugs because of calculations on graph. • sankey diagram visualizations for #odit • add inline category creator with hsl picker & wcag flooring #odit • add section dimming #odit • Add device switching support ( unrelea”

    Post · @Robi_makes_stuff · 29 Jun 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  5. All commits happened on launch day, 2026-06-08.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/RobiMez/colors (opens in a new tab)