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Adobe produces all kinds of great applications to help web developers, from Photoshop to Flash. However, they also offer several smaller apps that can be equally useful. My favorite of these is Kuler. Located at http://kuler.adobe.com, Adobe Kuler is a simple, free tool for creating and sharing color themes (groups of 5 colors that go together) easily.

To me kuler is invaluable whenever I’m starting a new project, as each color theme is named and tagged, and a quick search will usually bring up several color themes that could work well with the project I’m doing. Kuler also has a download feature (as long as you have logged in with a valid Adobe ID, something many designers will already have from registering any Adobe product). Downloaded kuler themes can be imported into Photoshop or Illustrator, allowing you to quickly reference them as you work.

Users can also create their own color themes in Kuler as well, so if you like playing with colors and seeing how they look together, why don’t you give it a try? When you’re done you can save your theme to the library for anyone to see, or make it private for your own personal use.

Kuler is certainly a simple program, not near as complicated as Photoshop or Dreamweaver, but it is still incredibly useful. Next time you find yourself stuck for what colors to use in your latest project, try a quick search on Kuler, the results will surprise you.