dot.nic: Searching By Color

A while back, when I was searching for stock photos for a project, I noticed this little tool as part of the search interface on istockphoto:

I clicked one of the color swatches and recieved this result:

Very cool, an innovative and useful tool. I don't think I've seen the ability to search a photo database by color before. I can't even count how many times I've tweaked an image's overall color to better fit a design - to create more contrast or better match the tone of the rest of the colors in the design.

As I was writing this post, I noticed another helpful part of the search function:

The search returns the keywords most commonly attached to the pictures in your results to help you brainstorm additional terms you could search on. Your search can also include limiting to horizontal or vertical orientated photos, photos/illustrations/vector drawings, and images with people only.

In general, I continue to be impressed by istockphoto -- in addition to reasonable prices and a useful variety of photos, they seem to excel at usable interface design and they foster creativity and interaction in their user group of graphic artists, designers, and photographers. I love the articles, forums (which are always very active and interesting), and artist-of-the-week profiles. This is a great example of a site that nurtures communication with their users and takes their feedback and suggestions to heart with great success.

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hey nic, i like the new design of the blog. very "shui" as in feng shui. you have to send me your new personal blog link when you get it up and running.

Posted by: rich | December 20, 2005 03:57 PM

istockphoto have a great selection of usable stock photos too - and reasonably priced. I use them a lot for my websites.

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