I am more than a little envious of watercolor artists' ability to create gradient swatches by blending two or more colors. They can create texture by blending transparent pigments, opaque colors, and granulating paints with water to create color flows that are impossible to achieve digitally.
The closest we can come to that with CSS is to blend several colors into a seamless gradient, and add some background noise for texture. With the help of the color palette generator at Coolors.io, we can create some impressive gradients, even if they do not have the luxurious look of a true watercolor flow, even when we add the artificial texture.
On this page, we have created gradient swatches based on the palettes found in the Coolors Palette project from The Code Room. Hover over the titles to view the code used for each linear gradient.
The Code Room
linear-gradient: (to right, #9ea8ad, #75988a,#29746d, #254f4c, #00252d, #0e3245, #1d4262, #60809a, #9993b2, #ceadc2)
Golden State
linear-gradient: (to right, #c8c5a1, #c5be91, #c3b884, #bba14f, #a48b48, #917a42, #826c3d, #6f5133, #47342b)
Oxford Blues
linear-gradient: (to right, #ffbab3, #f3ebe9, #abc08f, #1e2c1f, #28000f, #111e31)
Blue Skies
linear-gradient: (to right, #03045e, #023e8a, #0077b6, #0096c7, #00b4d8, #48cae4, #90e0ef, #ade8f4, #caf0f8)
Pastels
linear-gradient: (to right, #fbf8cc, #fde4cf, #ffcfd2, #f1c0e8, #cfbaf0, #a3c4f3, #90dbf4, #8eecf5, #98f5e1, #b9fbc0)
Spotify Wrapped
linear-gradient: (to right, #0b1c1d, #2f5457, #708b49, #c7e47a, #eaf368, #f9c762, #ee9c44, #df6a4c, #d8466f, #972142)
Let's Go Barbie
linear-gradient: (to right, #f07ba5, #f763a6, #ec438f, #ca1f6c, #a30f52, #910657, #bc048a, #e602bc, #ee41ce, #fc6fe)
Earth Tones
linear-gradient: (to right, #582f0e, #7f4f24, #936639, #a68a64, #b6ad90, #c2c5aa, #a4ac86, #656d4a, #414833, #333d29)
Under the Sea
linear-gradient: (to right, #0c0636, #0b2c50, #095169, #077682, #059b9a, #2cab8f, #53ba83, #79ca77, #9fd96b, #a8dc78)
Purple Rain
linear-gradient: (to right, #c169f0, #c036eb, #9c00bf, #6e0c7d, #500561, #560977, #58088a, #7307ba, #830fcb, #9316db)
Charcoal
linear-gradient: (to right, #616c6e, #618090, #113f52, #ffcc33, #354247)
Orange Juice
linear-gradient: (to right, #f4e290, #f3d678, #f2c95f, #f1c255, #f2a540, #f28f38, #f97f41, #ff6e4a, #fb816f, #f79494)
Dark Forest
linear-gradient: (to right, #b185db, #a06cd5, #815ac0, #6247aa, #393975, #102b3f, #02394a, #07333b, #0c2c2b, #062726)
Shades of Blue
linear-gradient: (to right, #6782cb, #313e87, #232f7a, #151f6d, #10069f, #0047bb, #307fe2, #008ad8, #00a5bd, #3ccbda)
Retro
linear-gradient: (to right, #dfe1e0, #8cc5c7, #39a9ad, #015a6c, #303030, #854158, #cc4c68, #c96b41, #c58919, #e1b047)
Wheaten
linear-gradient: (to right, #bcd4d4, #9eb6b8, #fce7bd, #dbb567, #fce19d)
Cherry LA
linear-gradient: (to right, #e28e8d, #ef7674, #ee676d, #ec5766, #e3465a, #da344d, #da2942, #d91e36, #cf213f, #c42348)
In Vogue
linear-gradient: (to right, #ff9f98, #f88077, #fa5670, #ff6150, #883022, #cb8577, #f6aa7e, #d2a879, #ddba94, #fde4e0)
Ultramodern
linear-gradient: (to right, #81586a, #522938, #46303c, #393640, #4d4950, #4f564b, #5d713a, #809848, #cbd565, #e4eba7)
Emerald City
linear-gradient: (to right, #102910, #164d2f, #095440, #1a634e, #2a725c, #499167, #7dd181, #9cd08f, #bbd686, #e7f9a9)
Let's Game
linear-gradient: (to right, #eaa23c, #ca673a, #a92b37, #6f3347, #353a57, #255498, #55b4b0, #a0cfcc, #bdc3bf, #eaeae8)
Pink Sunsets
linear-gradient: (to right, #be3343, #b92e5b, #ba328b, #c14391, #e794bb, #ebb5cf, #e48361, #eaab69, #efc26c, #f3da76)
Pride
linear-gradient: (to right, #ff0000, #ff8700, #ffd300, #deff0a, #a1ff0a, #0aff99, #0aefff, #147df5, #580aff, #be0aff)
All Hallows
linear-gradient: (to right, #03071e, #370617, #6a040f, #9d0208, #d00000, #dc2f02, #e85d04, #f48c06, #faa307, #ffba08)