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easyrgb.com — This is one of the best sites I have seen to help with web design. I use it almost every time I open Dreamweaver. It provides color matching, color harmonies, a color calculator and more. If you ever needed help finding the right colors, this is THE place to go.

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  • hookshotzz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4nice, i could definetly see myself using this
    • tablatronix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes their site is great, ive been using it for years now.

      I found it very helpful when i was learning color theory, color math and stuff.
      They have a nice section of all the math color functions they use available. Which is how i learn what was necessary to write some php gradient generators and converters.

      Oh and they also have a monitor calibrator. All in all its a number one stop for color needs.

    • soogy, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4Enough of this stupid website color *****. There have been dozens of these sites hitting the front page of Digg. OKAY. WE GET IT. COLORS + HARMONY = GOOD STUFF. Now that we have all of them bookmarked, can you go back to posting useful stuff, like the mysterious alcohol cloud in space?
  • btipling, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2easyrgb.com has been around for quite some time.
    • KiltedMile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Interesting site, looks as ugly as Sprint's website - but nonetheless useful!!
  • amandaw33, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Thanks, good one to bookmark. Speaking of which, anyone else's bookmarks grown substantially since finding digg?
    • Paul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3not mine...

      i just digg stuff, then i can find it from whatever computer or pda i may be using. a lot less bookmarks than in the days before digg organized it all. i know that if i find anything that's not on digg that i'd like to bookmark i may as well submit it to digg and digg it.
    • pyrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah man, del.icio.us and its tagging bookmark system is really great for this. I've built a library of websites related mainly to CSS, AJAX and web design from mostly stuff that was dugg.
    • dfunct, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Indeed I've made an extra folder for all the web-design links that I've got!
  • numb3r9, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0I have book marked this as it looks a useful site - digg!
  • DaveMN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There's a good list of these types of sites on the Web Developer's Handbook:
    http://www.alvit.de/handbook/#colorschemes
  • danielg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Here is another site that may be useful: http://www.colorblender.com/
    • Xopl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3way better interface
    • Jubaju, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Colorblender is way better for those who hate putting in those darn codes. I'm not a frequent webdesigner I must admit and this makes it WAY easier. Thanks!
    • Takteek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah colorblender.com has a better interface, and in my opinion, the colors that it chooses look nicer.
    • oneovernone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This one also seems to give the best color _palettes_, i.e. you can choose one color, and it will give you 5 others - 1 complimenting, 2 contrasting (if that's the right term), and 2 neutral.
  • puggy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've also used this one too: http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
  • volcomjerk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That site is used mostly for painters. I would recommend this...

    http://www.colorschemer.com/

    it's worth every penny.
    • AgentBirdman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I definately agree.
      Bought it, love it, use it all the time.

    • wolver1ne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Agreed.. great tool.
  • wonderbud, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7<scoff> dreamweaver </scoff>
  • dwalker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0These KICK ASS:
    http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
    http://www.colorblender.com/

    Much better than the digg!

    Thanks danielg and puggy
  • MannaPC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I might have to throw my old color picker out of the picture. But, then again... It does list what colors for the borders of tables and etc.

    Never-the-less, this is cool. Thanks!
  • defmech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Or you could try this link: http://digg.com/design/ColorToy_2.0_-_The_Flash_Color_Schemer

    DISCLAIMER: I wrote the ColorToy! :)
  • orangethirteen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Good resources. Thanks.

    Here is another

    http://stylephreak.frogrun.com/cm.php
  • lweese, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Try http://colr.org . It's all web 2.0-y.
    • screaminmartin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Coolest web development site ever! Digg+
  • dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Incredible site. Digg for sure, though I wish they had an easyCMYK.com
  • blogkitten, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't know...this "tool" seems a bit pointless. A bit too basic, IMO.

    defmech: that tool you wrote is pretty cool - I dugg it!
  • positron, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2If you need to use this, you shouldn't be a designer.
    • dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Sometimes being a designer doesn't warrant you luxuries like sitting around for hours picking out perfect color schemes. Sometimes jobs just aren't worth that much time or effort. Thanks to these sites, those jobs can still be profitable.

      Don't be so snooty.
    • DJNewStyle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"If you need to use this, you shouldn't be a designer."

      If you feel the need to make such smarmy comments, you should remain jobless, friendless, untouched, and obese. Choke on your cheese doodles, fatty.
    • pyrix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3If you can't figure out why a site like this would be useful, then you probably aren't much of a designer and have little understanding of color theory.
  • tablatronix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ive been using this for years.
    http://pourpre.com/chromograf/en/

    It was written in 2001, id love to see dev continue on it, some more preset flms, newer technologies etc.
    there are some links to harmonies and stuff if you click the [?]
  • sayitaintjonas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've been using this site for a couple months now.
    Can't beat it (as far as money goes)
    Also, I've also used the paint code finder to convert hex colors into paint colors for my living room walls.
    I was having a hard time imaging what my walls would look like so I photoshopped my living room and changed the wall colors until I found a scheme I liked. Then, I used this site to get a color code so the hardware store could match my photoshopped living room paint exactly.
    Pretty nifty if you ask me
  • tehnico, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2And if you use dreamweaver, you shouldn't be coding either.
    Yeah, flame, whatever... I don't care, you know it's true.
  • thewise1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Unbelievably useful for those of us who can code a website in our sleep but just horribly suck at colors
    • burgertime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Amen to that. All those colors out there, and the only ones I ever feel confident about are blue and green. Color pickers are essential.
    • kden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I concur as well :).
  • burgertime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm a huge fan of defmech's flash-based color toy. Been using it for years. So elegant!
  • Zampa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If only it wasn't RGB only. Where's hex or CMYK?
  • brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow. This serves another purpose: dressing yourself.

    Maybe your clothes would match a little better if you first consulted this.
  • PastimeGamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thanks for the link.
  • devilish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Any links/articles/books on what to do with these (for us non-designers) - any specifics on what to
    use the other colors for (i.e. the lightest one for fonts, the darkest one for shadows, complementing colors
    for headers, stuff like that...)

    Thanks!
  • rgnoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i use it all the time...VERY useful...dugg
  • oltompic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1its called Color Schemer Studio.

    noobs. Stop designing websites in my industry. You suck.
  • xst4t1kx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Provided by a site in bright glaring white and yellow.
  • creativision, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0very cool!
  • theadvinci, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1I usually use photoshop for this purpose.
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