A tip

Abhishek Reddy — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 22:18:46 +0000

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.

îþÐ — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 20:38:58 +0000

Thanks for all of the replies!

ROB — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:07:44 +0000

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

Megan — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:05:30 +0000

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 — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 17:55:36 +0000

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)

The Webmistress — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:27:44 +0000

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/