MindPalette App
Capturing daily mind states, one colour at a time
About MindPalette App
MindPalette App was born from a mix of curiosity, emotion, and technology — an attempt to make introspection a daily habit rather than an afterthought. It's about giving colour to the invisible and letting reflection become part of ordinary life.
The Concept
MindPalette App is a digital tool for emotional reflection and self-awareness. Each day, you can log how you feel, describe your state of mind, and watch it transform into colour. The idea is simple: your mind generates emotion, the palette captures its tone, and the app becomes your personal canvas — a visual diary of your inner landscape.
You can make one entry per day, with up to three attempts before confirming ("stamping") your emotion. Once stamped, the day is locked — no edits, no back-dating. The aim is to reflect honestly in the moment rather than polish hindsight.
This first version focuses on usability: is it intuitive, fluid, and worth the daily minute it takes? Does it help you pause and actually think about how you feel? And does mapping emotion to colour make that reflection more meaningful or just pretty?
You can also choose how you’d like to stay connected — by following MindPalette on your preferred social media platform or by selecting a direct notification option for gentle daily reminders.
Inspiration
The seed of MindPalette App goes back to 2020 — a time when a friend's flat looked like an art studio exploded. Surrounded by canvases and paint, the idea hit: what if an entire year could be painted, one emotion at a time? I imagined a giant grid, each square a day, each colour a feeling. The project started as MindCanvas, evolved into MindPalette App, and the physical version still lives in a cellar somewhere, half-dream, half-paint-tubes...
In early 2023, still full of new-year energy and early ChatGPT curiosity, I began testing the idea manually. Every day, I messaged friends, asked how they felt, fed their responses into ChatGPT and DALL-E, then sent them a visualisation of their emotion. It really wasn't efficient and therefore short-lived but it remained quite interesting and in the back of my mind.
Now, with better tools and fewer excuses, MindPalette is finally real enough to test properly.
Situation, Plan & Aim
Current Situation
Right now, you can log one emotion per day through the web app. Data is stored under anonymised user IDs — no one else can see or link your entries. There's still a key table that could technically connect the anonymised ID to your email, but it's locked away. Until I find a fully anonymous setup, this phase runs on trust.
The Plan
Phase 1 (the first two weeks of November) is pure testing. Everything is fair game for feedback:
- Is the process intuitive or confusing?
- Are the colour–emotion links meaningful? Too few? Too arbitrary?
- Do you forget to log, and why?
- Would you be more open if it were completely anonymous?
- Would a "community" side (seeing friends' results) make it more interesting or pointless?
- Are there any language issues?
There's a built-in feedback section for all of that. Expect small tweaks during testing and the occasional bug while I patch things in real time.
Aim
The long-term goal is to understand if such a tool actually matters — does it change habits, promote self-reflection, or offer emotional insight? Only then will I decide whether it's worth building into a full app.
Latest Release
Voice Dictation & UI Refresh
Speak your feelings — voice dictation arrives on the Capture page, alongside a redesigned landing page and a round of internal refactoring that sets the stage for audio messages.
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