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What Colour Combination Should You Use In Your Website And How It Will Help Your Visitors In The Long Run
o some people, the more Error messages are usually in
colourful it is the merrier red. Yellow provides a nice light
it is. However, in a more addition which compliments dark
general definition of a well backgrounds really well. Orange
balanced website appearance, it (red + yellow) texts for example
is not always the case. Words is extremely popular with black
such as nice, wow or beautiful backgrounds. Try it and you know
can be very subjective when it why. Take a look at
comes to evaluating the www.microsoft.com for example. It
appearance of a particular has an excellent application of
website. For some, a colourful, the primary and secondary colours
flashy and bright website can be together with the support of
appealing while a darker theme black and white. Apply this
could be better for others. So technique to your web designs and
the main question now is - how do you'll improve the overall layout
you go about choosing the right appearance significantly, if not
colours for your website? greatly.
The biggest and most widely Different classification of
practised concept of web colour websites require different
implementation is the RYB approach. In most cases, you
approach. Being the main three don't want to have a corporate
colours, Red (R), Yellow (Y) and website with a black or any
Blue (B), hence RYB, these 3 extremely dark background.
colours are known to have a great Apparently a white background
impact on how web visitors react seems to signify formality and a
and interpret messages on your certain level of layout
webpages. You'll realize that cleanliness. Not that a dark
most of the links on the web are background can't have a clean cut
underlined in a default blue. look, it is just a typical mental
translation of human observation that it might kill some of the
that the colour white is in fact attention that you want your
the cleaner one or simply easier visitors to have on your main
on the eyes. Black background in content.
the other hand, frequently
portrays something which is There's nothing wrong with having
fancy, elegant, playful yet has a a website with either a light or
reasonable level of seriousness dark background, provided that it
in it. looks good, and of course if it
is nicely presented together with
A majority of designers or rather a readable content with a
webpage creators believe the role friendly user interface. How do
of emphasization by utilizing you know if it looks good is
light and dark colours. For simply something that can't be
example, a dark background measured by words, but rather by
combined with a light content simply looking at it. If you look
area, simply attracts visitors to at it and by some spontaneous
emphasize more in the middle, self agreement, that you think
which happens to be the content the colour fits perfectly with
area. It simple works too if you everything else, then you've hit
have a light coloured background the big jackpot. If it works
with a dark content area. otherwise, and you just feel like
Alternatively you can add there's something wrong, play
patterns or images into the around with the colours till you
background to spice things up. have that comforting feeling that
Just don't get these additional you've done a great job.
items to change the original
apperance of your colours. The You might be thinking right now,
only issue with background with which colour goes with which
exceptionally large images is colour? You can either browse all
over the net, looking at websites your website too. If you think
and noting down good combination that the upper right of your
of colours as you go or you can website is too bright compared to
simply go to the rest of your page, then
http://www.colormatch.dk. This either you reduce the brightness
website is extremely simple and to equal the overall layout or
easy to use, yet very powerful in simply brighten up the rest of
terms of features. Simple and the website, in a controlled
straightforward, you simply manner of course. If you're
choose one dominant colour for adventurous, replicate that
your website and it'll simply bright top right area to the
chooses for you 6 other colours bottom right area, making the
which compliments your main right area somewhat a "bright
colour, together with the colour coloured zone". The key point
codes. Simple as 1-2-3. Note that here is to maintain the balance
colormatch.dk only works in of your colour usage. You don't
Internet Explorer browsers. Try want to drive a car with one of
googling for colormatch and get the door being slightly and yet
enhanced and modified versions of obviously darker or lighter.
the original.
Lastly but not least, try to
Additionally, always try not to limit the number of colours to a
get your website too dark or too reasonable amount. 2 to 4 are
bright. You can use either one or good amount of colours, not
both of them at the same time, counting black and white. Black
but not too excessively, and try and white are just simply too
to find a supporting colour which important to not to be used. If
compliments or enhances your you really need to use extra
initial choice. Try to balance up colours, try to use a darker or
usage of colour tones all over lighter version of your main
colours. If your main colour is colours based on the pre selected
red, wine red, crimson or even images they have for their
maroon are good alternatives. website. Certain images are just
Even certain tone of brown could tend to be too exceptionally
actually look like red sometimes. perfect to be omitted, thus
Try to "recolour" your graphics explaining such occurrences.
or get some graphics which tally
with your overall selection of I hope this guide will help you
colours. to get your colours right and
have a better understanding of
Another good concept to follow is what to choose and what not to do
to apply a colour scheme in any of your future web design
according to your logo. If you works. Nevertheless, try not to
logo has orange and black for limit your creativity and
example, try to enhance that imagination based solely on this
colour by applying those same article. Get your ideas flowing
colours as well as the same and experiment with your ideas
colours with different tones constantly. Good luck!
throughout your whole website.
Some designers even select their
About the Author:
John Teh is a full time web designer and developer, who also operates a web template database website at http://www.dead0eye.com.
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