• ColorTheory

Beginning my investigations into how to choose colors that work together.

Articles

Choosing Colors from Nature

http://www.wubbleyew.com/blog/showblog.asp?blogID=200

Creating Color Palettes

http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/000021.html

Techniques for Choosing Colors

http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/05/14/colour_schem/index.php

Technique

Starting with a Word

My color selection M.O. is a hybrid of techniques. But I always begin with a word or phrase like: “Regal” or “Ancient Heroics” – used in my Zen Garden Submission – or “Feminine Macabre.” I try to force myself to accomplish this step because it sets the “rules” for which I will play by as I progress.

Then I try to conjure images that have given me the feeling that the word/phrases represent…or, if I have no visual memory (which is rather seldom) then I hunt for the images.

Then once I have the image(s) chosen I take the most vocal and expressive colors in each, form a palette and whittle down and tweak those colors until I reach a solution.

Source: http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/05/14/colour_schem/index.php#c004948

Tools

Color Directory

http://www.colorwhore.com/

Color Match 5k

http://www.colormatch.dk/

Color Match Remix

Really cool ... http://color.twysted.net/

Color Scheme

http://pixy.cz/apps/barvy/index-en.html

Color Wheel

http://www.webwhirlers.com/colors/spinwheel.asp

Another Color Wheel

http://css.geckotribe.com/colorwheel/

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