One way: 1: Look at a cool thingy. Anything with colors. 2: Make a color palette from those colors. Another way: 1: Find a random color palette. 2: INVERT IT Another way: 1: Find at least 3 people. 2: Ask them what their favorite colors are. 3: For each response, choose a shade/tint/variation of that color. (examples for blue: sky blue, navy blue, baby blue, teal, gray blue)