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lava
March 22nd, 2003, 11:11 AM
hey guys, do you know of any tutorials about choosing colors for a page? I want something on finding colors that go well together, how to make a color scheme by picking colors with different hue, etc.
lava
March 22nd, 2003, 11:23 AM
OH! I found a good one... check this link out:
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-theory-basics.html

they're selling a program, but they have good explanations of color schemes for web design...
Lynx
March 22nd, 2003, 11:27 AM
umm, I gotta check it, thanks lava!
kirupa
March 22nd, 2003, 11:30 AM
Ooh...cool link. I never understood color theory or its importance - guess it would be a time for me to learn about it. It just seems like trying to explain why objects fall to the ground - useful to know but not knowing it will not affect you in any way.

Cheers!
Kirupa :goatee:
lava
March 22nd, 2003, 11:33 AM
well... the problem was that I was picking colors that I thought look good, but when I put them together they just didn't go.. (if you want to see what I'm talking about, go to http://www.lavaland.net/ and check out the menu).
But now I know a little better how to pick the colors due to that tutorial.. so I'm going to change it
SureShot
March 22nd, 2003, 11:39 AM
Nice site Lava - good find :)

I find this stuff fun and interesting. We had a class in college that dealt with JUST THIS and it was pretty cool. We got really deep into the meanings of colours and such... very cool stuff.
lava
March 22nd, 2003, 11:47 AM
Man, I just downloaded their program, and it's so freaking awesome!! And you can get it for free if you put a link to it on your page...

Kirupa, you should get it.. it's really good.
fluid_0ne
March 22nd, 2003, 12:20 PM
check out another program...
http://www.color-wheel-expert.com-download.net/
vts31
March 22nd, 2003, 02:25 PM
This is a GREAT thread. good job lavaboy. I think everyone should read this. It makes design a lot easier.
lava
March 22nd, 2003, 07:19 PM
bumping it so that more people can check out that site.
Jubba
March 22nd, 2003, 07:22 PM
I posted a while ago looking for Color THeory articles. Egeek gave me a good link you might like:

http://poynterextra.org/cp/colorproject/color.html

Here was the thread:

http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16452&highlight=color+theory
Daveman
March 22nd, 2003, 10:35 PM
I've been using http://www.colorschemer.com/download.html

It's so simple :: Daveman