On 13 February 2011 12:20, Patricia Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > >> I have some ideas, but the resource given doesn't let me select only >> my 2 colours, and trying 3 (ignoring the middle colour) didn't work >> very well with my mouse and level of manual dexterity. >> (The "clickable link" didn't work for me either, but maybe I tried >> the wrong link.) > > It´s a drawback that it doesn´t allow you to use the keyboard instead > of the mouse, true - it´s just a resource for looking at colours in a > complementary or analogic way, keeping in mind that we´re in need of > sets of colours for web pages, wallpapers, icon sets, all sorts. > >> I think that these 2 base colours would be very good together : >> #0066aa (a blue similar to that of Mandriva) and >> #00cc00 (a light green). > > Something like this: http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3qd1-tZttK-MP ? > > Check out all the variants - you can make changes to individual colours > in the variants and look at them in use on the dark page/light page tab. > >> The effect of these 2 colours together would be very different from >> those of Mandriva. The green is a refreshing colour that would be >> good as the main colour, as an accent, or shared on par with the blue. >> If one of the colours is to be an accent, I would rather it were the >> blue. If only one of the colours is selected, I would prefer the >> light green. > > I´d take a different shade of green (personal preference only!) - say > #00ff00, and a greyer shade of blue like alexn has been using, say: > > http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3Hd2ovKw0Mnf58Q1Gc9GTVKaPlZpbP.GrcIgNi > > >> As well, I hope you stay away from selecting (ugly) red/brown colours. > > It´s a different thing to use a red/brown/yellow as an accent (say 10% > or less of the colour on the page) than to use it as a main colour - > there are a couple of pinks in that last colour set, but you´d hardly > use them except to highlight things, if at all. > > Looking for more input, please folks! > > Cheers, > > -- > Patricia Fraser > On the move > Gnu/Linux 1997-2008 #283226 counter.li.org > Dark Side - approach with caution >
I would like to see something with more purple and dark greens in it, for some reason they have a natural feel to me. Its not perfect, but here is an idea of what I am meaning http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3Td1SvKw0Mnf5
