Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Color Palette for Web Design (avail online)

I was actually trying to match colors for a web app project today, and failed miserably, i was trying to remember the adobe site that helps with this but just forgot the name, then i stumble on to this site in 'Delicious' and there are so many sides that does the same thing.. so here they are:-

1. info taken/copied from: http://webdesignledger.com/tools/10-super-useful-tools-for-choosing-the-right-color-palette

10 Super Useful Tools for Choosing the Right Color Palette


Whether
you are designing a clean corporate website or a grunge portfolio site,
color is going to play a major role in how the design is perceived by
the audience. That’s why it’s important to get the colors right
upfront. There are plenty of tools out there made especially for this,
but like anything else some are better than others. Here are 10 color
tools that I think are exceptionally useful.


ColoRotate


ColoRotate


As well as being a useful way to choose colors, ColoRotate looks
cool and is actually fun to use. Instead of using two dimensional
viewers, it presents color palettes to you in 3d and in real time.


Kuler


Kuler


Kuler is a community driven web app that lets your browse color
palettes created by others. You can also create your own by using the
color wheel, harmony rules, and color sliders.


Color Scheme Designer


Color Scheme Designer


Color Scheme Designer has been around for a while, but was just
recently updated with a brand new interface and a new color scheme
generating engine.


COLOURlovers


COLOURlovers


COLOURlovers provides more than just a way to find color palettes.
It is also a place to network with other people to discuss color
related topics, and read interesting articles about all things color.


Copaso


Copaso


Copaso is COLOURlovers palette generating tool. It’s rich feature
set allows you to save colors to a scratch pad, extract colors from a
photo, and publish a palette for thousands of other people to see.


Color Blender


Color Blender


Color Blender let’s you select a preferred color and then it
generates a six color blend based on that color. From there you can
tweak each individual color.


Toucan


Toucan


Toucan allows you to select up to 20 colors for each palette either by using color association or from an uploaded image.


ColorMunki


ColorMunki


ColorMunki gives you the ability to search colors from built in libraries and using keywords.


Color Wizard


Color Wizard


With Color Wizard you can submit a base color and it generates color
schemes based on your color’s complementary color, split complementary
colors, analogous colors and other variations.


Color Explorer


Color Explorer


Color Explorer is a fairly new color palette generating tool, but boasts a well organized set of features.



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