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asterism - a hair color palette ✿

i was recoloring some cc hairs for the first time ever and i kind of fell into a rabbit hole... i spent one night (pulling an all-nighter like a fool) making some gradients that i could use for recoloring some of my favorite hairs. i mainly just wanted a pastel pink swatch but things got out of hand, as per ush. the gradients turned out so pretty that i thought i might as well share them with yall! 🩷

✿ info, previews and download under the cut! ✿

Hi all, I wanted to share the Sims 4 Studio palettes I'll be using for most of my items. I pulled the colors from some of my favorite EA palettes, so you can mix and match with game items. Big Softie is filled with soft neutrals and subtle colors, while Cozy Classics features bolder shades in every color of the rainbow.

To use, place the files in your Sims 4 Studio > Palettes folder. Once you open Sims 4 Studio, navigate to Tools > Color Palettes, click on the palette name and select "Apply Palette to Package" to use the palettes. All colors have the correct color tags applied. **You will still need to manually recolor the textures!

TOU: Feel free to use them however you want, I would just appreciate credit!

These are all the swatches from the Big Bud Press palette I've been using for some of my CC!

This palette also includes colors that I believe they don't make anymore, but you know. You can pick and choose what you'd like.

Finally, I made Photoshop swatches presets, Photoshop gradient map presets, and a Sims 4 Studio palette which you can download with the links below.

[Download Photoshop Swatches Presets @ Sim File Share] [Download Photoshop Gradient Map Presets @ Sim File Share] [Download Sims 4 Studio Palette @ Sim File Share]

I'll log updates and brief tutorials in the read more below!

Resources - Extra Hair Colors

I finally got around to making proper actions for my extra hair colors and since someone asked for them I figured they could be released. Do with them as you please 🌈

base: EA swatch n.13 - Dirty Blonde. The actions preserve transparency and thus work on both .png and .dds images.

12 colors

Sims4Studio palette

Photoshop actions

Hex codes

Download links under the cut - free, no ads

Moonwood Color Palette

Hi! I wanted to share this palette I made to coordinate with clothing items that came with the Werewolves game pack (for kids and adults.) Gif under the cut! I worked on it for quite a while before I made my new tights with them in mind, and anyway here it is if you’d like to use it for anything :) 

I’m planning to recolor a couple more basegame items too, probably just accessories. If there’s anything you find yourself pairing with Werewolves CAS often that you’d like in these colors lmk, and I can post them at the same time as the tights (one day soon lol…)

Here is a download (Google Drive) that includes the above image, swatches for Photoshop, and a color palette for Sims4Studio. 

I use light gray as a base for recoloring. Feel free to do whatever you’d like with this, just don’t reupload, and no paywalls/early access/trickery etc, please. Thanks :)

hey thank you! funny thing you sent this, i literally just finished up a new palette that kind of encapsulates the aesthetic i've been digging lately.

Alright, you asked, here it is.

The Photoshop actions include all 178 colors you see above. I also included a psd file with an example texture for recoloring with these actions. 

The following explains how I personally recolor hair textures. If you have your own way, that’s totally fine. 

Import the white hair texture file of the EA palette. Set the saturation to 0% via the “Image” menu in the top bar in Photoshop. If you use my psd recolor file, change the settings in the “Brightness/Contrast“ layer to your liking - I always keep it between 35% and 50%, depending on how bright the basic white texture already is. Last step is to simply use my actions on the hair texture layer. That’s all.

A small tip in case you didn’t know: If you record your saving progress of your picture file in the single color actions, Photoshop will save it and the next time you run your actions again, it will save the picture on your computer automatically, where you saved it before. It is a pain in the ass to record every single saving progress the first time, but if you recolor hairs regularly it will be worth it in the end and saves a lot of time. I didn’t include the saving progress in my Photoshop actions, because I have no clue how it would work on other computers.

That’s all. I’m bad at explaining, so if you have any questions, feel free to send me a message.

download. car park medley - a colour palette

this initially started as a palette of retro colours (I don’t know if you can even tell anymore), but of course it developed a life of its own, and it is now a giant palette of a lot of versatile colours. they’re tested on both objects and clothing items, and they look quite lovely on both.

what is included in the .zip file: a ton of stuff. there’s a set of colouring actions, a S4S palette file, a .txt file with names and hex codes, a set of .aco files for Photoshop, and previews to colour pick from. the actions work best if you run them on a light grey base, but you can try running them of pooklet’s base as well for some fun results. you can use 7zip to unzip the.. zip… file, and choose the things you want. but if you need help with anything, feel free to ask!

and, as always, an additional picture of the swatches with their names of which I’m pretty proud of (rock & roll milky and bloodshot mousey are my personal favourites. it seems I’ve developed a thing for pinks.)