Hey all...
When I am designing websites, I seem to be stuck to a blue color scheme because I can't get any other color to work the way I want it. I think i've tired out blue and its hues enough and I need some help breaking my Blue-Addiction. Any hints or suggestions, programs, or anything else that may enable me to be a better designer with color are welcome.
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The Webmistress posted this at 16:27 — 17th July 2002.
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I know what you mean about blue, but then that's the colour that a lot of businesses use so it is hard to get away from it!
These are good for colour inspirations:
http://www.colors4webmasters.com/safecolor/index.htm
http://www.webwhirlers.com/colors/wizard.asp
http://www.paletteman.com/
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
Megan posted this at 17:55 — 17th July 2002.
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There was also a good article from about.com listing a whole ton of colour schemes - I'll see if i can find it.
One thing I like to do is go look at paint chips - some brands have sample colour schemes along with their regular monochrome chips. You can scan these in to get a nice digitized set of colours to use, then maybe adjust hue/saturation/lightness to get something a little more web friendly (since paint colours tend to be a little duller than what you'd want to use onscreen)
Megan
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Megan posted this at 18:05 — 17th July 2002.
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Here it is:
http://graphicdesign.about.com/library/color/blweb.htm
Lots of good examples there.
This is an article from digital-web magazine talking about corporate preferences for blue and how to make that more interesting.
Megan
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ROB posted this at 19:07 — 17th July 2002.
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ive become quite fond of this: http://www.colorschemer.com/
they have a 15-day trial, and it's $25 for a registered copy, but it's worth every penny
îþÐ posted this at 20:38 — 17th July 2002.
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Thanks for all of the replies!
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 22:18 — 17th July 2002.
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A lot of people are afraid to step outside the primary color — they use only different shades (as you complain). Try out other hues as well with the primary.
abhishek.geek.nz