On Dec 19, 2007, at 1:55 PM, Fred Beecher wrote: > Color. I still think this is half crap. : ) I think we need to > understand > enough about color to say that "this thing here needs to stand out > and look > clickable." Personally, I can communicate that with black, white, > and shades > of gray, and I prefer to leave it to a graphic designer to make it > aesthetically pleasing while remaining usable.
If you want some good introductions and tools into how to construct good color palettes, either ColorSchemer or Adobe Kuler. http://colorschemer.com/ http://kuler.adobe.com/ Both these tools follow all the design principals for finding colors that work together. Take advantage of them. Also, in case people don't know, many graphic designers use all sorts of shortcuts to deal with finding good color palettes. These two software tools are one, but I have a library of "Designer's Guide to Color" books that are nothing more than thousands and thousands of predefined color palettes. Then there's also using photographs to find color that works in nature. http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/ natural_selections_colors_found_in_nature_and_interface_design > So I'll give you this, Andrei: IxDs need to be moderately to highly > competent in layout and basically competent in typography and > color. : ) Yay! A convert! -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
