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.

Jeff

"Jeff" <jeff@spam_me_not.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

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.
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.

Jeff <jeff@spam_me_not.com> wrote:

> 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.

There are already countless color pickers on the net.

e.g. http://www.steeldolphin.com/color_scheme.html

You might want to check out: http://kuler.adobe.com/

related stuff:
http://www.colourlovers.com/

--
John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/

John Bokma wrote:
> Jeff <jeff@spam_me_not.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> There are already countless color pickers on the net.
>
> e.g. http://www.steeldolphin.com/color_scheme.html

Thanks.

I think I'll go through the some of the tutorials on steeldolphin,
particularly the illustrator ones.

>
> You might want to check out: http://kuler.adobe.com/
>
> related stuff:
> http://www.colourlovers.com/

Also good.

Jeff
>

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.
>
> 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
>
>

Jeff wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> 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!

Of course you have to look in the US to find them.


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Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:

> Of course you have to look in the US to find them.

With prices for luxery about 15% to well over 100% higher compared to the
USA, and wages 6 times lower, I can see a good reason for Mexicans
crossing the border.

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John Bokma wrote:

> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Of course you have to look in the US to find them.
>
> With prices for luxery about 15% to well over 100% higher compared to the
> USA, and wages 6 times lower, I can see a good reason for Mexicans
> crossing the border.

What border?

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Blinky the Shark scribed:

>John Bokma wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Of course you have to look in the US to find them.
>>
>> With prices for luxery about 15% to well over 100% higher compared to the
>> USA, and wages 6 times lower, I can see a good reason for Mexicans
>> crossing the border.
>
>What border?

How could you have missed it? I was in Mexico only last week. There's a wide
dashed line, just like on the maps, that runs along the streets and
sidewalks.

BTW, Mexico was nice, but there's a lot of people who look like illegals
roaming everywhere. They were the Texans.
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Ed Jay wrote:
> Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
>> John Bokma wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Of course you have to look in the US to find them.
>>> With prices for luxery about 15% to well over 100% higher compared to the
>>> USA, and wages 6 times lower, I can see a good reason for Mexicans
>>> crossing the border.
>> What border?
>
> How could you have missed it? I was in Mexico only last week. There's a wide
> dashed line, just like on the maps, that runs along the streets and
> sidewalks.
>
> BTW, Mexico was nice, but there's a lot of people who look like illegals
> roaming everywhere. They were the Texans.

Hey! I resemble that (La Porte, TX).

But I have never been to Mexico, afraid they might not let me back in.

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Wayne
www.glenmeadows.us
"Faith means not wanting to know what is true." [Nietzsche]