You can add a 3D effect with some faint shadows (particularly useful if you don't use an outline to separate similar colors), or use an existing photo to pick all the colors from it.

Many options are available when you run this script.

Get this script: Scales 2

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As a sample, I created 3 seamless tiles with green shades to go with a possible dinosaur theme. Of course, you can also use those with a garden theme or anything else. There is also a full-size paper with randomized greens. All the elements used the same color palette so they should match if you want to use them together.

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