One of my first
[https://www.aiweirdness.com/new-paint-colors-invented-by-neural-17-05-17/]
experiments
[https://www.aiweirdness.com/paint-colors-designed-by-neural-network-17-05-23/]
with neural network text generation was to generate and name paint colors.
I trained a neural net from scratch on lists of colors I could find online, and
with no prior training on English or
![Paint swatches including Hog Wash, Light Persuasion, Lucky Chalk, Indecent Taupe, Classy Comma, Harrold's Koala, and Blarg](/content/images/size/w795/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-27-at-9.34.52-PM.png)