Posts tagged color theory
Tips for Choosing Website Colors
Jun 16th
Selecting the appropriate colors for your site is as vital as choosing content and graphics. Colors affect people in many ways. Certain colors can arouse particular emotions in people. These emotional reactions can influence your company’s image in the mind of visitors and have a major impact on your brand.
If you doubt that colors arouse emotion, think of the phrases ‘seeing red’, ‘in a black mood’ or ‘green-eyed monster’. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy, a black mood is a reference to depression and seeing red refers to anger. People associate colors to particular moods. Research has proven that colors can make More >
19 Color Palette Generators to Help You Design Like A Pro
Aug 27th
When building a site or working on a graphic design project, make sure your color pallet has the right colors in them. Use colors that complement each other.
For me, finding the correct colors for a project can be hard. I understand color theory but, when choosing those colors for a design, my mind goes blank. Generally I either pick a color or if I am presented an image or a logo and I need to use colors from the image, I will use a color generator to do this.
What is a color generator?A color generator or color More >
Daily Delicious Posts Jan 28th 2010
Jan 28th
Color Theory is important for every type of designer. It is important to understand color. Using the right color can make or break a design. Today’s post is from Smashing Magazine and is about color theory. If you have any questions or needing more information about color theory this article is worth the time to read.
- Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Color – Smashing Magazine Color in design is very subjective. What evokes one reaction in one person may evoke a very different reaction in somone else. Sometimes this is due to personal preference, and other times due to More >
