Ted, Thanks so much for the recommendation on the book. This is the kind of information I was really hoping to obtain from this list. Being a developer and not a designer I'm trying to develop some form of eye for style not to mention layout, type, color etc.
I'll add your book recommendation to my list. Paul --- Ted Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
