Category Archive: Color

25 Free Color Tools, Apps and Palette Generators
July 2, 2010 - 33 Comments
Color,Graphic Design,Web Apps,Web Design

The marvelous thing about color within design is you have the choice from an infinite number of possibilities and combinations. On the flip side of that, having infinite color possibilities makes it very difficult to lock down on the perfect color scheme or palette for your project. This is were the post will hopefully help [...]

The Complete Web Design Style Series (700 Designs in 14 Categories)
June 27, 2010 - 35 Comments
CSS,Color,Design Style Series,Illustrator,Photography,Showcase,Web Apps,Web Design

Over the past year or so we have periodically published web design collections and inspirational showcases from the most popular and important design categories. In total there are 14 different and varied categories or styles and within each category there are 50 carefully chosen web designs (that is a total of 700 web designs). We [...]

Beginners Guide to Using the Power of Color in Web Design
May 19, 2010 - 34 Comments
Color,Inspiration,Web Design

Good color choices should never be taken for granted in web design. A bad color selection or combination can have the same negative effective as poorly layed-out content or can create the same frustration as an excessively slow loading page. So, underestimate the power of color at your own peril. Even with a myriad of [...]

50 Examples of Black in Web Design – Black is Beautiful!
April 28, 2010 - 32 Comments
Color,Design Style Series,Inspiration,Web Design

A common misconception is that black is thought of as a color in the same way that red, blue, purple or even green are. In actual fact, black is the complete absence of all color and light, essentially making it the ultimate non-color. And as such, a certain element of caution needs to be taken [...]

Understanding and the Meaning of Color Within Design
April 22, 2010 - 23 Comments
Color,Graphic Design,Web Design

Color is the perceivable characteristic of light; light is energy, so color is a form of energy. In 1666 sir Isaac Newton discovered that sunlight is a mixture of colors by noticing that when a ray of light passes through a prism it is dispersed into its seven constituent colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, [...]

January 13, 2008 - 19 Comments
Color

In recent weeks I have written about website inspiration styles, showed were to get the best free icons to gloss up your site, the proper fonts to use and were to get the best WordPress Themes. This week I am going to write about color, and the importance of selecting a perfect color scheme. There [...]