My portfolio website is coming on nicely, but one thing that bothers me. I swear I used to be able to design before I learned about good accessibility practices. You see I like colour, and I know of some color pallettes that aren't too bad for getting a AA or even triple AAA rating. Sounds good so far, "I could splash a little yellow here, a little blue there, oh that pink looks nice.. ". I have just broken a rule. Not too many colours!
Okay let's try this again, make the colors more muted, use 3 colors max, keep things consistent. Oh it looks like IV just made a black and white website...
I find that my websites always just end up as black and white generic box stacks. I want to use black, white, brown and copper colours. Then I need to decide how much ratio of each colour, as a big slab of brown could look like 💩.
Okay so perhaps I have a way forward, wait isn't copper the colour of 3rd place medals.. oh choosing a scheme is so hard, even with a decent pallette, making. The rules that's the hardest bit.
I have no idea how to make rules for my colours and if there is a way to look modern but break out of the generic hero image and stacks of boxy content, or if my theme should be dark or light.
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This article helped me get past this feeling by providing a useful framework for using color in UI:
learnui.design/blog/color-in-ui-de...
hope that helps.
I just wanted to say a huge thank you, there are great posts linked to this as well.
Thanks Andre I will check it out tonight.
Well, now you've got paint it black stuck in my head.
"I see a red door".. damn I'm thinking about it again now too.
I wonder.
If the colors are just accents (there's that splash :D) and don't convey important information. Maybe they're just colorful borders.
This is how I feel about boxy content. boxes ... everywhere... I would love some more fluidity to layouts.
Perhaps that's why I don't like boxed in content anymore, maybe interesting layout is the way forward? I kind off like stuff that is off grid but somewhat still in a grid. Also movie posters are a good example of this sort of flow.
I am conscious that users read websites in F shapes so there's that too.
Interesting. I've been exploring this route lately and have not come across any unique inspirations. Got any links?
Maybe this?
images.app.goo.gl/Q9aCJKCuhtHAQyYK7
Diagnoal or hexigon based grid systems, that sort of thing. Something challenging.
Or this
images.app.goo.gl/iUbPqjL1aBdiHGNJ7
All of these
bashooka.com/inspiration/25-unusua...
I think the trick is aspect ratio.
16:9
9:24
1:1
All nice ratios that look pleasing somehow.
The problem I feel we all face when trying to create a personal website for ourselves.
Absolutely, it's nice to put it down in words. 😀