Choosing successful colour schemes from photos
published on 20.04.10 by J Corn
Do you struggle trying to create a website that looks harmonious? Perhaps it is the colour scheme that is causing the trouble?
A colour scheme can completely change the look of a website. It can make it look cheap and tacky or sophisticated and luxurious. Which would you choose?
There are many tools out there to help with this. If you want to do it yourself, placing a photograph in imaging software such as Photoshop can be very useful. Use the colour picker to choose parts of the photo can work wonders to selecting you’re theme.
If you are in a rush or need that extra bit of help there is a great tool called colorsuckr. You can select a photo and it will pick colours form it to use in your scheme. It will even give you the hexadecimal values.
To use your own photo just give the address of where it is stored and it will import it and pick it for you. A great quick and easy way to a successful website.
Do you struggle trying to create a website that looks harmonious? Perhaps it is the colour scheme that is causing the trouble?
A colour scheme can completely change the look of a website. It can make it look cheap and tacky or sophisticated and luxurious. Which would you choose?
There are many tools out there to help with this. If you want to do it yourself, placing a photograph in imaging software such as Photoshop can be very useful. Use the colour picker to choose parts of the photo can work wonders to selecting you’re theme.
If you are in a rush or need that extra bit of help there is a great tool called colorsuckr. You can select a photo and it will pick colours form it to use in your scheme. It will even give you the hexadecimal values.
To use your own photo just give the address of where it is stored and it will import it and pick it for you. A great quick and easy way to a successful website.