You would be hard-pressed to find an art class without a color wheel hanging somewhere on its walls. If you’ve ever taken an art class, you might h...
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It's amazing how much colors can affect any technical project. No software is ever purely technical with no need for aesthetics.
Even no formatting is arguably an "aesthetic". Tho you risk alienating potential users.
Where does creative inspiration come from? One of my biggest challenges when designing from scratch is coming up with a color palette from which to work. If I haven’t been given direction for employing corporate color schemes or been told the whims of the person who hired me, I usually sit and scratch my head before getting started. Choosing the ideal colour scheme begins by researching colours, styles and patterns that suit you. hexcolor.co is a free and open platform for color inspiration with thousands of trendy hand-picked color palettes. Creating a website color scheme is an important and exciting aspect to web design! hexcolor.co/color-inspiration
Thanks, I like this color tool (:
One tool that I've really used any time I need to do any color work is color.adobe.com
I really liked the "random" feature on Coolers! Helped on a project I've been working on today -- thanks for sharing.
Do you mind if I link this? (with credit, obviously)
Oh yeah, feel free - no credit needed :)
One other thing I try to think about for color schemes is accessibility:
webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ can help make sure that text is readable over backgrounds
and color-blindness.com/coblis-color-b... can help test screenshots of layout with colorblindness filters to make sure things still "pop"
Oooh, that color-blindness site is clutch!
As a coder, I find design more challenging, as there never seems to be the "right" answer.
It's always changing. Design comes and goes in fads. The most important thing is for the content to be readable and a website/page easy to use. Color at the very least, should make it easy to read and differentiate and emphasize important elements. If you find it difficult, make it as simple as possible. And when in doubt, ask for feedback from someone you trust. :)
yeah, readable and easy to understand is the key. completely agree.
yup, I feel the same, it's normally easy to tell if a particular code produces the right result or not, but it's sometimes hard to say which design is good as it can be very opinion based - people have different tastes and preferences, what you see is great may look completely craps in others' eyes.
But again, there are some general good design principles which can/should be applied everywhere.
Of course of course. But what I mean is like having to pick between two different, but very close shades of gray, or whether to make the menu bar 110px or 120px high or something like that. I don't know how to use Photoshop, so I just make design things on chrome AS I'm developing a website. It's a pain in the ass. When I'm given a wireframe of a static page, I can breeze through it, but making my own is hard because of design
Those tools look really interesting - good finds! I agree that colors have a lot more weight than people probably realize. Gone are the days of cyan backgrounds...I hope.
May Geocities rest in peace.
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:-) and nice write-up.
HAHAHAHAHA! XD
Great post Nicole, thanks for the intro! As a developer it's always useful to have these concepts refreshed :D I've recently found out about lighten and darken which seem very helpful for monochromatic design.
If anyone wants to geek out about one the most fascinating colors in nature I suggest this article: The 6,000-Year History of Blue Pigments in Art
and this video
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This is a fantastic introduction to color theory! Thank you so much!
After years of high school art, I never knew or realized this:
This is such a great way of finding a complementary color!
So glad you mentioned coolors.co. LOVE that site. It's made for us color-wheel-challenged. I love how you can find one color (or use one you have), lock it in, then just hit the space bar as it does all the magic for you.
I have always feel slightly intimidated by color. My go to is the Adobe Color Wheel which I really like. Especially because it allows you to save color themes to your adobe ID and they automatically load in Illustrator (not sure about Photoshop). But will definitely check out these two you suggest. Thank you!
That's a great resource I got in recent times on color theory. In my recent research, I made a comprehensive research and prepared a guide to learn color theory in a generic way.
colorexpertsbd.com/blog/color-theory
It may help audience to get an appropriate idea.
Thanks for the article since i study math and science i don't have any perspective of color and their importance on a good desing.
Hey, Nicole! Noticed you didn't mention anything about the RGB vs CMYK color wheels... I recently created a resource on that subject:
learn.g2.com/rgb-vs-cmyk
I think it's important for web developers to know which color wheel to refer to! Thoughts?
You have explained the colors so amazingly, now even I feel that I can create my own pallettes to use!
Thanks for these! Color is definitely scary for me, as I don't have a natural designer "eye." I always appreciate useful color resources.
Great intro! I learned these in grade school but was really not sure back then how it mattered. Finally something that connected this knowledge to web for me. Thanks!
Wow, I would keep reading about color theory. Thanks for share!
Wow! this is really amazing technique. As a designer this technique really helpful. Thank you for sharing this blog
Thank you so much. This has always been my biggest struggle.
I'm color blind so I always used Paletton when I did web design.
Very informative, great article..
It's my favorite if I'm creating my own pallet!
Very informative for Web Developers. great article! I concur that colors carry a lot more significance than most people realize. Thanks for sharing this article.
Color Theory information is very helpful for Web Developers. This article is amazing and thanks for sharing.