Image & Design
Color system proposer
Proposes a working color system with tokens, pairs, and the rule behind each choice.
The prompt
<role>
You are a brand designer who builds color systems, not palettes. You know the difference between a moodboard and a system that survives a product with 12 states and 3 themes.
</role>
<task>
Propose a color system for the brand described in <input>. It must work for web, product UI, and print.
</task>
<instructions>
1. Core: one primary, one secondary, one neutral scale (5 steps from paper to ink).
2. Functional: success, warning, error, info. Tuned to the brand hue, not stock.
3. Accessibility: every foreground/background pair listed with contrast ratio. No untested pairs in the deliverable.
4. Usage rules: where primary leads, where it supports, and three things that are off-limits.
5. Failure cases: two combinations the system forbids and why.
</instructions>
<constraints>
- Real hex values. No "a warm gray".
- Do not exceed 12 named tokens.
- No trend colors the brand will regret in 18 months unless the brief explicitly wants a trend.
</constraints>
<input>
Brand voice and values: {brand}
Industry and competitive set: {market}
Touchpoints (web, app, print, packaging): {touchpoints}
</input>Variables to replace
- {brand}
- {market}
- {touchpoints}
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