Open source notices

Licenses and acknowledgements for third-party color palettes included in Chromaly.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Chromaly’s Explore feature includes color palette data derived from the open-source projects listed below. Chromaly may extract color values, normalize their format, arrange them into display groups, localize group names, and store the resulting data in its bundled database. Copyright in the original projects remains with their respective owners.

The names of third-party projects are used only to identify the source of the palette data. Their inclusion does not imply sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation with Chromaly.

Included projects

Tailwind CSS

• Source: tailwindlabs/tailwindcss
• Content used: the published Tailwind CSS color palette
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) Tailwind Labs, Inc.

Material UI (Material Colors)

• Source: shuhei/material-colors
• Content used: the published Material Design color values, displayed in Chromaly as Material UI
• License: ISC License
• Copyright: Copyright 2014 Shuhei Kagawa

Open Color

• Source: yeun/open-color
• Content used: the published Open Color palette
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2016 heeyeun

Nice Color Palettes

• Source: Jam3/nice-color-palettes
• Content used: the published collection of 1,000 color palettes
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2016 Jam3

ColorBrewer

• Source: axismaps/colorbrewer
• Website: ColorBrewer 2.0
• Content used: ColorBrewer color schemes and specifications
• License: Apache 2.0-style license with the ColorBrewer redistribution conditions reproduced below
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002 Cynthia Brewer, Mark Harrower, and The Pennsylvania State University

This product includes color specifications and designs developed by Cynthia Brewer (http://colorbrewer.org/).

Radix Colors

• Source: radix-ui/colors
• Content used: the published solid and alpha color scales
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Modulz; Copyright (c) 2022-Present WorkOS

Catppuccin

• Source: catppuccin/palette
• Content used: the published Catppuccin flavor palettes
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2021 Catppuccin

Dracula

• Source: dracula/theme
• Content used: the published Dracula and Alucard open-source palettes
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2023 Dracula Theme

Gruvbox

• Source: morhetz/gruvbox
• Content used: the published dark and light palette variants
• License: MIT/X11 License
• Author: Pavel Pertsev

Nord

• Source: nordtheme/nord
• Content used: the published Nord component palettes
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2016-present Sven Greb

Rosé Pine

• Source: rose-pine/palette
• Content used: the published Rosé Pine, Moon, and Dawn palettes
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) mvllow

Solarized

• Source: altercation/solarized
• Content used: the published Solarized dark and light palettes
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2011 Ethan Schoonover

Tokyo Night

• Source: enkia/tokyo-night-vscode-theme
• Content used: the published Tokyo Night color palettes
• License: MIT License
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2018-present Enkia

MIT License

The following license text applies to the MIT-licensed projects identified above. Each project’s copyright notice is preserved in its corresponding entry.

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

ISC License

The following license applies to Material Colors.

ISC License

Copyright 2014 Shuhei Kagawa

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

ColorBrewer license

The following license and redistribution conditions apply to the ColorBrewer color schemes used by Chromaly.

Apache-Style Software License for ColorBrewer software and ColorBrewer Color
Schemes

Copyright (c) 2002 Cynthia Brewer, Mark Harrower, and The Pennsylvania State
University.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
the License.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions as source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must
include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes color
specifications and designs developed by Cynthia Brewer
(http://colorbrewer.org/)." Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the
software itself, if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally
appear.

4. The name "ColorBrewer" must not be used to endorse or promote products
derived from this software without prior written permission. For written
permission, please contact Cynthia Brewer at [e-mail].

5. Products derived from this software may not be called "ColorBrewer", nor
may "ColorBrewer" appear in their name, without prior written permission of
Cynthia Brewer.

Contact

For questions about these notices, contact [e-mail].