COLOURlovers
I’m a developer, but I also have at least half the skills of a designer. Unfortunately, that also means that I am missing half the skills of a designer… For example, I know some color theory basics, but pulling together a color scheme for a whole website can be a challenge. Especially when I’d rather be coding instead of playing with color chips.
TechCrunch introduced me to a new color website this week: COLOURlovers. It looks interesting. There are user-submitted color combinations to browse. Colors are searchable and there is even a link to find iStockphotos with the same color in them. And I like how they watch and discuss color trends on magazine covers and websites. As for developing a palette you can use, they give you some great ideas or you can mix-and-match on your own.
Here’s how they describe themselves: “COLOURlovers™ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color - whether for ad campaigns, product design, or even in architectural specification - a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.”
Up until now I’ve been using Adobe’s kuler to find or create good color combinations. I still love kuler—it’s super fast and easy—but I am going to start visiting COLOURlovers too until I figure out which one is the better fit for me.
