Web Design by Karen

Useful Resources

Elsewhere

Colors on the Web

Color Charts

I've played around with creating my own color charts and thus far have developed 4:

• Non-dithering Color Chart
• Charts of Named Colors -- Note: only 16 named colors are universally recognized by browsers!
• Muted Background Color Suggestions
• Color Variations

Helpful Color Links

Does your web page or site have a theme? Are the colors you selected complementary or clashing? Do the font colors contrast well with their associated background colors? Have you selected "web safe" colors? These questions and many more can be answered through the following resources.

• Color Matters website http://www.colormatters.com/
• Color Voodoo publications (downloadable eBooks on color) http://www.colorvoodoo.com/
• Colors for the Colorblind, website: http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/index.html
• Imagitek's HTML Background Color Selector http://www.imagitek.com/bcs.html
• Molly Holzschlag (Molly.com), Color my world (article) http://www.molly.com/articles/webdesign/2000-09-colormyworld.php
• PageTutor's colorpicker http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/picker/index.html
• Visibone's Hexadecimal Color Chart http://html-color-codes.com/
• Web Design, the Complete Reference, Color http://www.webdesignref.com/chapters/13/ch13-03.htm
• Web Site Design That Works, Lesson 3: Using color, graphics, and text effective, Understanding Color: http://www.umext.maine.edu/webauthor/lesson3.htm#color
• Web Site Tips resource links on color http://www.websitetips.com/color/