[WSG] color schemer

[Ted Drake]

Hi all we are going out of the bounds of web standards with the color schemer references. So, I'll throw my two cents in and tip the see saw way off balance.   Using colorschemer, color palette mambo jambo,  color my site beautiful, or any other color scheme generator is like using a wysywyg program.  It gets the job done, but if you don't understand the concepts behind the finished product, you are at the mercy of the program.   Color theory is not difficult, but if you understand the basic rules, your site will not only be more attractive but also more accessible.   Here's my bit of advice, go out and get the elements of color by J. Itten. He was a part of the Bauhaus and this book should be required reading for anyone that starts putting blue next to orange, next to red, next to whatever.   This is a fairly expensive book for its size, about $45 on Amazon. So, go to your local used book store, it probably hasn't been updated for over 50 years. Or visit your local library, the building with free books to read. If you are like me, you'll buy a copy and end up giving it to someone that really needs it down the road.   I teach photography and always spend a session discussing basic color theory to my students using this book.   So now back to our regularly scheduled program.   Ted   -----Original Message----- From: Kym Kovan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 8:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Color Scheme Tools (Was: My Site) Krassy wrote: Try http://colorschemer.com/ Have a look at http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html A while back I had compiled a list of some good Color Scheme Tools here: http://www.krassycandoit.com/blah/2004/06/color-scheme-tools.html My 2 cents, An excellent 2 cents, thanks :-)  I note a couple of links didn't work and one redirects to the wellstyled.com tool, which I find very useful but I found the original colour picker to be a bit restricted. I have thrown together a couple of those tools and made a functional, if horrible behind the scenes :-), tool to choose a colour and find its matching colour sets, both the pure mathematical ones and the design oriented ones. With apologies to the look'n'feel and the html, the tools can be seen for the moment at: http://www.mbcomms.net.au/tools/ I'll tidy them up a bit over the break if I get free time and our clients give us some peace and quiet :-) -- Yours, Kym