Pick Your Colors Wisely

Troy-d · 2004-04-28, 10:55 AM

Hi All,
I was just reading the newsletter, and the pick your colours wisely piece. Yup I agree, but I am very colour matching challenged, lol

Anyways, I find this site usefull for choosing colours -

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html

And best of all the online basic version is free

Thought this might help

Jim · 2004-04-28, 10:57 AM

Thanks Troy

MrMaryLou · 2004-04-28, 11:11 AM

Nice Bookmark

Cleo · 2004-04-28, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troy-d
Anyways, I find this site usefull for choosing colours -

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html

Nice color picker. Looks a lot like the one from Photoshop mixed with the one from GoLive.

Macs have a nice picker built in, but I like this Mac add-on picker in addition.

Yeah I see some pretty horrendous color combos doing reviews. I really wonder if some of the builders are color blind.

Only men are color blind. If you want to see how things look to them here is a page that does this.
http://www.vischeck.com/

Jim · 2004-04-28, 11:33 AM

Cleo
In doing research for the tip and trick, I was surprised to see that every article mentioned that there were a lot of people that are color blind. Some of them mentioned that up to 20% of all surfers are. So, we are to assume that 20% of all webmasters are as well. I agree with you...some sites colors are so bad, the only explanation is color blindness.

Auke · 2004-04-28, 12:00 PM

The next link i always user for collor matching!

http://colormatch.dk/

urb · 2004-04-28, 12:57 PM

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Originally posted by Auke
The next link i always user for collor matching!

http://colormatch.dk/

I've never seen this one... it's very good.

But it only seems to work in IE.

dimple · 2004-04-28, 11:54 PM

this one is really great!

grzepa · 2004-04-29, 05:44 AM

Thanks guys, very handy tools :-)

gigi · 2004-04-29, 07:08 PM

Good topic...

It IS important to choose colors wisely....but I have problem with picking colors that aren't 'web-friendly'...I always go for the off beat colors...I like my sites to look perty.

I often wonder if/how that affects my marketing effectiveness....

Good tools guys...thanks!

Ms Naughty · 2004-04-29, 08:11 PM

Thanks for that colorschemer link, it's great.

Here's a couple more links:

Visibility of text on background
http://www.colorcombo.com/bgtxt.html
(don't look at this if you've been drinking)

Visibone Color Laboratory
http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/

ocho-ocho · 2004-04-30, 02:49 AM

yeah right...good handy tools! gonna be of great help though

Parasso · 2004-04-30, 04:28 AM

Very useful links here!

What do you think about ‘web friendly/safe colors’?
When building websites you use all colors available or rather stick to the web friendly colors?
I guess browsers can display all colors, and the only problem could be the graphic card which may not display them properly..

JanTM · 2004-04-30, 09:50 AM

Oooooh this is nice

Although I am not colorblind I may very well be... well... color limited

2004-04-28, 10:55 AM	#1
Troy-d Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 6	Pick Your Colors Wisely Hi All, I was just reading the newsletter, and the pick your colours wisely piece. Yup I agree, but I am very colour matching challenged, lol Anyways, I find this site usefull for choosing colours - http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html And best of all the online basic version is free Thought this might help

2004-04-28, 11:11 AM	#3
MrMaryLou i fucking told i type to fucking fast wtf Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 11,247	Nice Bookmark __________________ <a href="http://www.greenguysboard.com/onthebench/">Join Me For On The Bench </a>

2004-04-28, 12:00 PM	#6
Auke Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 28	The next link i always user for collor matching! http://colormatch.dk/ __________________ Respect, Auke ICQ:325256616

2004-04-28, 11:54 PM	#8
dimple Are you sure you're an accredited and honored pornographer? Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 61	this one is really great! __________________ Please Re-Read The Rules For Sig Files

2004-04-29, 05:44 AM	#9
grzepa You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 980	Thanks guys, very handy tools :-) __________________ RATIOS SUCK ? - TRY REALITYCASH !

2004-04-28, 10:57 AM	#2
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	Thanks Troy

2004-04-28, 11:33 AM	#5
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	Cleo In doing research for the tip and trick, I was surprised to see that every article mentioned that there were a lot of people that are color blind. Some of them mentioned that up to 20% of all surfers are. So, we are to assume that 20% of all webmasters are as well. I agree with you...some sites colors are so bad, the only explanation is color blindness.

2004-04-29, 07:08 PM	#10
gigi Are you sure you're an accredited and honored pornographer? Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 66	Good topic... It IS important to choose colors wisely....but I have problem with picking colors that aren't 'web-friendly'...I always go for the off beat colors...I like my sites to look perty. I often wonder if/how that affects my marketing effectiveness.... Good tools guys...thanks! __________________ GiGi LADYX ADULT LINKS ladyx@ladyx.com ICQ: 32862272

2004-04-29, 08:11 PM	#11
Ms Naughty old enough to be Grandma Scrotum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,408	Thanks for that colorschemer link, it's great. Here's a couple more links: Visibility of text on background http://www.colorcombo.com/bgtxt.html (don't look at this if you've been drinking) Visibone Color Laboratory http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/ __________________ Promote Bright Desire

2004-04-30, 02:49 AM	#12
ocho-ocho WHO IS FONZY!?! Don't they teach you anything at school? Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 42	yeah right...good handy tools! gonna be of great help though __________________ Please Re-Read The Rules For Sig Files

2004-04-30, 04:28 AM	#13
Parasso Trying is the first step towards failure Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 121	Very useful links here! What do you think about ‘web friendly/safe colors’? When building websites you use all colors available or rather stick to the web friendly colors? I guess browsers can display all colors, and the only problem could be the graphic card which may not display them properly..

2004-04-30, 09:50 AM	#14
JanTM Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some tang it would be you Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 446	Oooooh this is nice Although I am not colorblind I may very well be... well... color limited __________________ Tittius Maximus - Retired