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I'm designing a color picker for intensity and color temperature on a lamp, where the user can adjust the intensity on the vertical axis and the color temperature on the horizontal axis.

Is this a good design pattern? What would be the better way of displaying this kind of control?

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  • Would that be a screen UI or a physical picker?
    – Zoe K
    Commented Dec 28, 2015 at 5:49
  • @ZoeK: Will be a screen UI. I'll use with touch and non-touch screens. However, the interaction will be the same.
    – 0x2b3bfa0
    Commented Dec 28, 2015 at 8:40
  • I'll submit a version in couple hours.
    – Zoe K
    Commented Dec 28, 2015 at 14:43

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The temperature doesn't have to go from blue to pink, obviously, I have used exemplary hues, just replace them with your system hues.

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    Very precise, I like the visual aspect of this color picker. +1
    – Max de Mooij
    Commented Dec 29, 2015 at 11:52
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    +25: Really great! The only thing I can see is that the color scheme is artificial, however, I'll adapt it with vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/blackbody
    – 0x2b3bfa0
    Commented Dec 31, 2015 at 13:14
  • Glad you like it :-) Wow, I like vendian.org, nice resource, thx for sharing.
    – Zoe K
    Commented Dec 31, 2015 at 15:13
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Another approach is to use two controls. The separation of brightness/intensity and warmth/color might be how your user's conceptually break down these options in their head.

Color picker dual scollies

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    +1: Good answer, really, this was my first thought. However, I think that the 2d color picker approach would be great and reduce the setup time for each color change. If I don't get a more satisfactory answer, I'll accept yours.
    – 0x2b3bfa0
    Commented Dec 27, 2015 at 20:45

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