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Title: How To Pick Your Website Colors
Author: Ron King
Article:
Before you can consider the finer points of your design, you
need to make the big decisions. Few decisions are more important
than the color scheme your website is going to use.
Pay Attention To Contrast
You need to pick colors that provide enough contrast to make
your text stand out in order to promote readability. Stay away
from using a light colored font on a light color background as
it would be very difficult to read. Remember your emphasis is on
getting your message read. An unread message is a useless
message.
Not Too Many Colors
You should choose 3 or 4 colors for your site, and use only
those colors (or shades of those colors). Decide ahead of time
which colors you're going to use, and stick to it.
Complementary Colors
Complementary colors are opposite each other on a color wheel.
The 3 most common sets are: * red and green * blue and orange *
yellow and purple.
These colors work surprisingly well together.
Complementary colors also are a good way to pick colors that
will be easily readable against a certain background: look for
the exact opposite color to maximise readability.
Analog Colors
Another approach to try is to pick colors that are similar to
your main color, meaning that they're near to it on the color
wheel. Red, for example, goes well with its analog colors,
orange and yellow. If overdone, this can make your site look too
bright, but in moderation the results can look good. It's no
coincidence that these combinations often occur in nature.
Chromatic Colors
A personal favorite, chromatic colors use different shades and
hues of 1 color for your entire design -- nothing else except
black and white. For example, you might use light blue, bright
blue and dark blue together. This creates a sleek and
professional look.
Take Colors From Nature
For inspiration for a color scheme, go for a walk outside. Take
a look at plants, landscapes, and animals. Nature knows how to
use colors -- learn from it.
Color Blindness
Try to make sure that your design uses color to make itself
aesthetically pleasing, but doesn't rely on the color scheme for
anything essential. Statistics show that perhaps 10% of the web
users are at least partially color blind, so you need to
consider these people when you design your site. Make sure they
can at least read your text.
To see things the way a color blind user would, visit
vischeck.com.
About the author:
Visit <a href="http://www.webtopdesign.com" target="_blank"> Web
Design DIY</a> to learn more. Ron King is a full-time
researcher, writer, and web developer, visit his website at <a
href="http://www.ronxking.com" target="_blank"> Website</a>
Copyright 2005 Ron King. This article may be reprinted if the
resource box is left intact and the links live.
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