Turn one color into an array of alternative ones

I’m a crafty personality, in more ways than one. I’ve never known a universe in which I wasn’t happy unless I was making something. Usually I’m fortunate enough to be surrounded by lots of crafty fun materials, and if I’m not, I make do with what I have. Usually, when I have nothing, I write. Or sometimes I make sculptures from whatever is lying around. It’s an addiction.

Check My Colours is a web-based tool for checking your website’s foreground and background colors. It’ll check all stacked web page elements based on W3C’s WCAG recommended luminosity contrast ratio and color brightness. It’s easy to use: just plug in your web page’s URL, press "Check!", and it outputs a nice tabular report for all elements.

Sometimes you want your design to be vibrant… to scream. UltraHip is just the look. It’s very sleek and ultra contemporary. Think posh night clubs in Los Angeles, Paris, or New York City: vivid colors set off by charcoal grays, combining to form atmospheres that encourage dancing, partying, and lots of fun. Use this look to bring a personal site or blog to life, or for a hip corporation whose target audience is of a younger age group. Have fun with this one!

Chic simplicity. What exactly is “chic simplicity,” you ask? It is somewhat of an oxymoron: simple yet sophisticated. The design exudes simplicity through its forms, fonts, and layout, and sophistication through its textures, details, and tastefulness. It’s a fantastic “look” that can be used for almost every genre of websites: a professional, yet hip, corporate site; a stylish, yet clean, commercial site; or just a fun and colorful personal site. Whichever style you’re going for, this “look” will fit.

Well, look no further. I have put together a wide range of “Get the Look” design guides that include everything you need to help jump-start your new design project, whether it be a touch of inspiration or the perfect font. So wait no longer — come on in and take a look… literally! Be on the lookout for new additions to the series.

If you are looking for Color Combination ideas, check out the Combo Library. The library contains hundreds of color swatches, along with their color hex values.

Although color is a "soft science," substantial research shows why color matters and how it plays a pivotal role in all our visual experiences.

Color is the ultimate tool a designer has at his or her disposal to communicate feeling and mood. Cymbolism is a new website that attempts to quantify the association between colors and words, making it simple for designers to choose the best colors for the desired emotional effect.

One of the key elements of building a strong brand is color selection. Every color has a different feel and various associations. By choosing a color or a combination of colors for your brand identity, you will take on those associations. Colors will evoke certain emotions and feelings towards your brand so it is vital to choose a color that will represent your identity effectively.

A tool for web developers to test website color combinations, along with a library of pre-selected combinations.

Firefox extension AnyColor tweaks the look of Firefox on they fly, letting you choose custom colors for every pixel of the Firefox chrome.

"To use the online color thesaurus, simply type the color name in the text field below. Once you have typed in your color name click on "submit" and then the results will be displayed. You can use the "clear" button to clear the text field. .."

"a site that loads random Flickr images and intuitively parses the colors out of the photos to give you the best combinations possible..."

Designers will love the usefulness of ColorZilla, a Firefox extension that provides color readings in RGB and hexadecimal format.

This site provides a guide to color design for information visualization.

sample images and find the colors being used

"We showcase stunning CSS and Web 2.0 design, alongside resources and inspiration for you to succeed in the same way. We only offer the cream of great design, perfect for getting that spark of creativity going again..."

HTML 3.2 specifications identified sixteen colors that can be used by name to define color in HTML and CSS.

Color Oracle takes the guesswork out of designing for color blindness by showing you in real time what people with common color vision impairments will see. Color Oracle applies a full screen color filter to art you are designing – independently of the

Enter an RGB or HEX value, or click on the Color Palette below

Design your website using the principles of graphic design. Five chapters, each covering a core subject: Ideas and Research, Typography, Grid Systems, Colour, Layout and Form.

ColorJack was created as a sly way for me to learn color & Javascript simultaneously. Also, I wanted to create something that would be useful for me in my own web designs. The current version (gamma) was brought together via a work binge lasting from July

//// COLOURlovers™ is a project focused on providing its audience with colour (color) inspiration & information. it's purpose is to allow creative individuals to share colours & palettes they love as well as submit news and comments for others to read.