取 qǔ
verb
: to grab; to take hold of
Kun Reading
とる toru
Godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose
: to steal
: to eat; to have (a meal)
: to remove (one’s glasses)
: to compete (in sumo, cards); to play
とり tori
noun
: key performer; last performer of the day
: active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)
とれる toreru
Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to come off; to be removed
: (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear
: to be caught; to be harvested
: to be interpreted (as); to be taken as
: (of balance, etc.) to be attained
: to be obtainable
On Reading
しゅ shu
I call these my “funky san serif” font collection, just because they don’t quite fit into the button-up society of the San Serif and Serif families, or the grace of the scripts. They’re just, for a lack of better word, funky!
酉 yǒu
noun | radical 164
: wine vessel
: 10th earthly branch: 5-7pm
: 8th solar month (8th September-7th October)
: year of the Rooster
Kun Reading
とり tori
noun
: tenth sign of Chinese zodiac
(The Bird, 5pm-7pm, west, August)
日読みの酉 | ひよみのとり hyominotori
noun
: kanji “bird of the zodiac” radical 164
On Reading
ゆう yuu
茶 chá
noun
: tea
Kun Reading
茶 | ちゃ cha
noun
: tea
: tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
: tea preparation; making tea
: (Abbreviation) brown; () (Archaism) mockery
お茶 OR 御茶 | おちゃ ocha
noun
: (Polite language) tea (usu. green)
: tea break (at work)
: tea ceremony
こげ茶 | こげちゃ kogecha
noun
: dark brown; olive brown
On Reading
さ sa
ちゃ cha
戴 dài
verb
: to wear (hats; glasses); honor
Kun Reading
いただく itadaku
Godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: (Polite) to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy;
: (Polite) to eat; to drink;
: to be crowned with; to wear (on one’s head); to have (on top);
: to have (as one’s leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)
いただき itadaki
Noun
: crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire;
: easy win for one;
: something received
いただける itadakeru
Ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to receive (potential);
: to be pretty good; to be exquisite; to be approvable
On Reading
たい tai
As designers, we can never have “too much” of a color inspiration. Here are a few tools/sites that can aid in the pursuit of the perfect color combination! As you will come to see, each of these sites has a particularly strong point; a powerful tool that works exceptionally well for a specific need. And using a combination of them should give you the right resource for any situation when you find yourself lacking in color inspiration.
Adobe Kuler
This is one of the leading free web-based apps for color palette creation. With this tool, you can browse color themes that have already been created, view and store your own creations and upload images to extract color schemes from. It has several interactive and intuitive tools to build color themes, as well as modify existing ones and search, share and rate other designers’ themes within the Kuler community. One of the most convenient features of this app is that it integrates with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (CS6 and CC).
New & Best Feature: You can now grab color on the go through Kuler’s free app for the iPhone. It pulls colors from your surroundings and extracts a series of colors, which enables you to use it on your design program like Photoshop CS6 & CC as an extension!
