<p>It depends on how you define “pretty”, but there’s plenty of possibilities. Assembling a grid of shapes as in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identicon" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Identicon</a>s would be one example; using the numbers for coordinates and zoom levels on a fractal like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_set" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Julia set</a> would be another. Our eyes aren’t good at measuring absolute values of anything—perception is heavily dependent on context and lighting, cf. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the dress</a>—so you probably shouldn’t rely on color alone as the identifying factor.</p>

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2020-10-12T19:29:22.970Z
2020-10-12T19:29:22.970Z
Noah Witherspoon
<p>Is there a way to take a random value (or set of values), and cause them to create a &quot;pretty&quot; pattern (as a thumbprint), and that array of thumbprints might have a rendering mask on just for aesthetic purposes.</p>
<p>Since I don't know much about all that can be done in Photoshop and Illustrator, I hope someone can help clarify my terminology such as &quot;Random numbers (in the range of X/by way of formula Y) are best expressed in {Hue, Saturation, CMYK, RGB, chemically, theoretically}&quot; ... etc</p>

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2020-10-13T05:26:44.090Z
I found one here so far (at the bottom) that essentially lets me take a random user profile GUID and represent them as a cloud (or animated cloud) https://lodev.org/cgtutor/randomnoise.html
makerofthings7
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Could the Tetradic color pattern be expanded to allow /dev/random be "pretty" for cryptographic key purposes?
makerofthings7
# Could the Tetradic color pattern be expanded to allow /dev/random be "pretty" for cryptographic key purposes?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-11)

Is there a way to take a random value (or set of values), and cause them to create a "pretty" pattern (as a thumbprint), and that array of thumbprints might have a rendering mask on just for aesthetic purposes.

Since I don't know much about all that can be done in Photoshop and Illustrator, I hope someone can help clarify my terminology such as "Random numbers (in the range of X/by way of formula Y) are best expressed in {Hue, Saturation, CMYK, RGB, chemically, theoretically}" ... etc

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> **username_0**: I found one here so far (at the bottom) that essentially lets me take a random user profile GUID and represent them as a cloud (or animated cloud) https://lodev.org/cgtutor/randomnoise.html  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-10-12. Score: 1

It depends on how you define “pretty”, but there’s plenty of possibilities. Assembling a grid of shapes as in [Identicon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identicon)s would be one example; using the numbers for coordinates and zoom levels on a fractal like the [Julia set](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_set) would be another. Our eyes aren’t good at measuring absolute values of anything—perception is heavily dependent on context and lighting, cf. [the dress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress)—so you probably shouldn’t rely on color alone as the identifying factor.


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