Decide on a colour scheme

The key to choosing colours is to ensure that you never (EVER) use too many! Too many colours will spoil your work. However choice of colour could turn a dull piece of work into something much more exciting! There are plenty of colour themes on the internet so we might as well do some research to see what colours "work" together.

If you are not very good at choosing colours then you are better off using a theme from the internet!

Choose a base colour

Every website has a main colour. This will not necessarily be the most used colour but it will be the colour which stands out the most. Using that main colour you can then use a special colour chooser to pick the rest of the colours.

Very very basic colour theory

Primary, or intense, colours tend to be very striking. Pastel, or duller, colours tend to blend in better. Depending on what feeling you are trying to achieve you should choose between a dull or intense starting colour. Also bare in mind that males and females have different colour preferences and as such you should try and choose more gender neutral colours.

The colour wheel has a number of different options. These are

1. Mono - Gives different shades of a single colour
2. Complement - Shows a colour which could be used for accents (making things stand out)
3. Triad - Gives three colours that are well spaced out. Allows you to create more vibrant designs.
4. Analogic - Gives colours which are closer together. Used for more gentle websites and tends to be more pleasing on the eye.

The colour theory resource will give you a brief introduction to the above ideas.

Test out colour schemes with your work and ask for feedback from friends. Sometimes they can help you spot problems!

 

Resources

Colour chooser

Colour theory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decide on a colour scheme

The key to choosing colours is to ensure that you never (EVER) use too many! Too many colours will spoil your work. However choice of colour could turn a dull piece of work into something much more exciting! There are plenty of colour themes on the internet so we might as well do some research to see what colours "work" together.

If you are not very good at choosing colours then you are better off using a theme from the internet!

Choose a base colour

Every website has a main colour. This will not necessarily be the most used colour but it will be the colour which stands out the most. Using that main colour you can then use a special colour chooser to pick the rest of the colours.

Very very basic colour theory

Primary, or intense, colours tend to be very striking. Pastel, or duller, colours tend to blend in better. Depending on what feeling you are trying to achieve you should choose between a dull or intense starting colour. Also bare in mind that males and females have different colour preferences and as such you should try and choose more gender neutral colours.

The colour wheel has a number of different options. These are

1. Mono - Gives different shades of a single colour
2. Complement - Shows a colour which could be used for accents (making things stand out)
3. Triad - Gives three colours that are well spaced out. Allows you to create more vibrant designs.
4. Analogic - Gives colours which are closer together. Used for more gentle websites and tends to be more pleasing on the eye.

The colour theory resource will give you a brief introduction to the above ideas.

Test out colour schemes with your work and ask for feedback from friends. Sometimes they can help you spot problems!

 

Resources

Colour chooser

Colour theory