You don't have to be an expert in graphic design or art to put together a web site that looks esthetically pleasing. It helps, but it's not mandatory. With a myriad of resources available on the Internet you can easily put together a color scheme that will look like a professional designer did it for you.
When I am designing a color scheme for a client's web site, I often look at their logo to lead me in my color choices. Existing marketing collateral is taken into consideration also.
But what if you want to design your web site's color palette? Visit these web sites for some great color combination ideas:
Is there a web site you like and want to know the colors used in it? This site helps you quickly select and test website color combinations: ColorCombos.
You can buy software that will do what this site does for free - color scheme generation.
I have this software and it's great. They have an online scaled down edition at colorschemer.com.
Like some colors in a photo you saw online? Use this site to tell you the Hex values.
And on the same lines: ColorHunter.
Use this online app to take a base color in hex format and create a palette of ten shades of that color for you.
Click on one of the hundreds of little boxes to see the color values in expanded mode at colorjack.com.
Another free online tool for color matching and palette design.
Colors, palettes and even backgrounds for your web site at colourlovers.
Color harmonies, matching and tint searches at EasyRGB.
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