Auggie wrote:
> "Jeff" <jeff@spam_me_not.com> wrote in message
> news:13n14cdjhhd206d@corp.supernews.com...
>> Who has any tips about choosing colors for a website?
>>
>> Not being a designer I've always struggled with this, particularly when I
>> had to go beyond monochromatic.
>>
>> So, I've been studying a little color theory and have run across triad
>> and tetradic color schemes. Slap forehead.
>>
>> Who is designing this way and are you using similar saturation or
>> lightness values for the chosen colors?
>>
>> I'm going to update my javascript color picker to generate these color
>> schemes and plug them into a template. If there's any interest I'll post
>> it later.
>
> I use color theory, actually took a 2 week course on the subject back in
> 2001.
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> You can pick up a color wheel from most art supply stores for a couple of
> bucks, handy for the early stages and to give you a good idea of what colors
> work best together. You can also google "color wheel" and find a few sites
> with javascript color wheels you can use to pick colors that work well
> together.
>
> Nowadays, however, I just hire freelance graphic designers out of Mexico.

Now there's a concept I hadn't even thought about!

> For $300-500 you can get some extremely high end and quality work and its
> usually ready in 2-3 days, and thats even after they've provided a sample
> and done revisions.

Do you have any resources or links along these lines you'd like to
share? This really sounds like exactly the direction I need to go in...

Thanks,

Jeff
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