#7

I toyed around with a few image generators, but the one I found by far to be the most useful (and fun) is a color palette generator from BigHugeLabs.  This tool takes any photo you upload and analyzes the colors in the photo to create a color palette.  As is stated on the site, this would be most useful to graphic designers or others who may have a website or art/design project they're working on.  For instance, it's a quick and easy way for an ad agency to come up with a color scheme and identity for a new business that will be located in a well-known, historic building where the new business owner wants to maintain the integrity of the original building while incorporating it into their new endeavor.  The business owner could take a few photos of the property as it exists, hand them over to the agency, and voila! -- instant color palette.  I'm sure that most ad agencies have plenty of resources at their disposal to accomplish such tasks, but for someone on a shoestring budget or a do-it-yourselfer, this could be a great tool.  Being no stranger to budget cutbacks, libraries could be said DIYer: I could see a budget-conscious librarian utilizing a tool like this for special themes (books and materials related to Halloween, for instance) in which displays and other promotional materials would be created to grab library patrons' attention.  The library staff would be able to incorporate the colors on the book covers when creating customized backdrops or displays to tie in with the actual materials being promoted.  The library could be its own, self-sufficient, marketing firm.