This tool takes one main color and applies it on 9 different color schemes. In each palette, you can find colors matching perfectly with the main color.

Well, for starters, you could just export it and receive 9 beautiful color palettes in .png, and a .txt file with your selected palettes in HEX values. But if you're thinking 'what's next', you can always experiment with these colors inside the Realtime Colors tool and check how they would look like on a real website.

After exporting, you will receive a .zip file. This file is compressed, so you will have to extract it.
After extracting it, you will see 9 different .png files and a .txt file. The .png images shows your color palettes in squares next to each other. The .txt file includes the color codes in HEX. You can send these files to designers or developers, or just use them in your project.

Yes and no. These colors are just meant to be inspirations for your big ideas. Don't just limit yourself to one color scheme. Make your designs fun and vibrant. You can use these colors as an inspiration for adding visual hierarchy to your website. You might need to modify a thing or two or skip a color, but still, it can turn out great.

Sometimes these colors might all go very well together on a single webpage without any modifications. But you should only consider that as a happy accident. :)

The terms monochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic, split complementary, double split complementary, square, compound, and shades are color schemes for design. Each of them refers to a type of color combination. Here are the full definitions:

Monochromatic means the colors originate from the same hue, except they are different tints and shades of that hue.

Complementary means the colors are the opposite of each other's hues.

Triadic is similar to complementary, except considering 2 opposites for a color instead of one.

Analogous refers to colors that are adjacent/close to each other.

Square refers to schemes in which there is one main color and some other colors on the color wheel 90deg apart from each other.

Compound means the scheme selects one main color and two adjacent colors next to its complementary color.

Split complementary and double-split complementary each take two/four colors around the main color that would correspond to the opposite side of each other.

In this tool, you can see all 4 of them being suggested along the main color to make a collection of colors that would go well with the selected color.

You can find more information about Realtime Colors on the About page. You can also email me any questions you might have.