The Hydrant Directory is a free design resource created from public infrastructure. Each hydrant has been processed into color palettes for free use by artists and designers.
Color palettes are original and are placed in the public domain for use of any kind without attribution ( CC0 no rights reserved ). The hydrants themselves, however, do not belong to me. Use them with discretion and respect.
Many of the hydrants featured in the directory have been painted by residents of the neighborhoods they supply. The Hydrant Directory would not be possible without the work of street artists who bring color to our everyday surroundings.
The project began in May 2023 and was first published in March 2024.
ok ok listen. I was editing when I noticed this. so you know how like, there's a set of colors what we can associate with different characters from the amazing digital circus right? like how Jax is purple and faded red, Ragatha has faded blue and red, Kinger is purple and yellow, gangle is red and white, and zooble is hot pink and yellow (witch multicolor elements from their interchangeable parts).
we all know that episode 2 was Pomni-centric, with Pomni struggling to adjust to the circus, but learning that she's not alone, and the other members care about her and all that.
Pomni's colors of association are red and blue, with a bit of yellow. the Primary colors if you will.
now rewatch the second episode of the digital circus and look for the colors. the main area looks kinda yellow. the candy canyon kingdom looks red, and out of bounds looks blue.
ALL OF THE COLORS OF THE AREAS IN EPISODE 2 ARE ONE OF POMNI'S MAIN COLORS!
this just makes me wonder if this was on purpose or not. will the following episodes be color coordinated? will we be able to guess who'll be the center of an episode just based on the aesthetic of the episode alone?
gooseworx you wonderful bastard I have so many questions.
-squeals and then explodes into confetti, gumigoo style-
how come the childrens hospital dont got a copy of the prince charles blood portrait hanging on the wall??
While the design department does recognize the warmth and energy of the palette chosen by the artist responsible for Prince Charles' lovely new portrait, a swift, non-hesitant, unanimous decision was made to not display a prominent portrait of a pedophile inside, around, or within an online representation of our local children's hospital. Thank you for the question!!
A new research group used machine learning to track color changes in common materials and items, below is their findings for all color changes over time, they used 7000+ items from the 1800s to now to determine color changes in the most common items.
Below are the colors of cars by year, notice how the majority of cars are grey, white, or black compared to twenty years ago.
These aren't data points, but they are comparisons between the 'modern' homes of the 70s and 80s compared to the modern homes of today.
Carpets have equally had the same treatment of grey added to them! The most common color of carpet is now grey or beige.
Even locations that used to scream with color for decades have now modernized to becoming boring minimalist (and I love minimalism) personality-less locations.
I'm doing some tinkering on Fauxstalgia stuff, and since I believe in sharing resources, here's an RGB PNG version of the official DC pantone guide, with the swatches re-sampled from current pantone standards. This set is from 1982, but should be generally believable for most stuff post-WWII.
The versions floating around online (two of which are under the fold) are scans of prints and are not accurate for color-picking.
Now, these colors would also be altered by the printing process, but for clean, pre-print versions, here's some authenticity.