https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1035913 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-design-and-graphics/designing-bright-colors#comment-1207370 <p>Alright, despite all the push for a white background, I ended up trying to bring out the colors after viewing some sites on MeltDown (Thanks a ton Megan). I took a lot of inspiration (as in, I'm afraid I did a horrible rip, then again "Good Designer Create, Great Designers Steal") from <a href="http://www.rockbeatspaper.net" class="bb-url">rockbeatspaper.net</a>. I'm not quite ready to show what I've got yet, but you'll all see soon. Thanks for the suggestions, I'm sure I'll need more.</p> Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:29:53 +0000 Dragon of Ice comment 1207370 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-design-and-graphics/designing-bright-colors#comment-1207293 <p>my 2 cents on this is to use darker shades of both colors as accents and make sure the other color has a higher ratio in density use than the other, and use as much white or lightgray as possible to balance the design...</p> Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:44:19 +0000 demonhale comment 1207293 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-design-and-graphics/designing-bright-colors#comment-1207273 <p>I'm doing a site at the moment, who's company colours are purple logo with yellowy text.<br /> I decided to just use the logo in the corner and use colours of their products for the layout (light colours), dark purple is a hard one to design around.</p> <p>Take a look at abhi's avaters background, that's purple/grey</p> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:12:01 +0000 Busy comment 1207273 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-design-and-graphics/designing-bright-colors#comment-1207268 <p>Yup white backgrounds go with every color and the white will help offset the yellow so that it dont seem so bright.</p> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:31:25 +0000 autoecart comment 1207268 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-design-and-graphics/designing-bright-colors#comment-1207260 <p>Congratulations on your first proper client! Hope things go well, and don't forget to put the site in the critique section. <img src="https://www.webmaster-forums.net/misc/smileys/wink.png" title="Wink" alt="Wink" class="smiley-content" /></p> <p>Agreed with Megan here, use small amounts of their colours on a white background. What's their logo like? Can you do anything interesting with that?</p> <p>It would be good to see what artwork you've got so far. <img src="https://www.webmaster-forums.net/misc/smileys/smile.png" title="Smiling" alt="Smiling" class="smiley-content" /></p> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:59:03 +0000 JeevesBond comment 1207260 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-design-and-graphics/designing-bright-colors#comment-1207253 <p>Could you show us the exact colours they've been using?</p> <p>I think using small amounts of colour on a white base would be your best bet for this project. You'll never be able to get away with large blocks of a really bright colour. </p> <p><a href="http://www.designmeltdown.com/" class="bb-url">Design MeltDown</a> might be helpful to you - they've got design samples listed byb colour. No purple on the list but the pink ones might give you some ideas.</p> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:07:53 +0000 Megan comment 1207253 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net