>If you're wanting to get some colours together that will appeal to >your client, or you're unsure what to suggest, there's an old trick >they use in textile and interior design retail stores - curtain >fabrics and upholstery fabrics etc ..... > >They have swatches of things that have hundreds of colours, but when >you are shown (say) a wallpaper or a carpet swatch, if they havent had >a cue from you what colours you like, they'll flick the swatch book >open to a shade of a colour you're wearing. If you're wearing a blue >shirt when you go looking for curtain fabrics, they'll show you >patterns involving blues, unless you've given them some indication >what colours you're looking for. > >For us in the web site business, the same technique can be used. If >you have no other cues from the client about their likes and dislikes, > pick colours out of their logo, or something your client is wearing >- at least you know they like that colour (presumably). > >Yes it doesnt always work. There'll always be someone who hates blue >but is wearing the blue shirt because it's the only clean one left in >the drawer but it's a reasonable starting point in most cases. > >Cheers >Mike Kear >Windsor, NSW, Australia >Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer >AFP Webworks >http://afpwebworks.com >ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month
Interesting ideas, thanks, everyone. It would be more desirable to display more cheerful colors on a rainy day but less so on a sunny day... but more programming would be needed and it would slow down loading a bit... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:318915 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
