Articles
Color Harmony
About.com's article on Using Color Wheels and Color Theory to
Design Harmonious Pages
Color Symbolism
About.com's color chart helps make sense of the color symbolisms
of various cultures. This visual chart shows different colors and how
different cultures respond to them.
Are Your Web Pages Color Sensitive?
This short article explains why you should consider color-
blindedness when designing your pages.
Defining your site's style
This article was excerpted from Microsoft® Office FrontPage® 2003
Inside Out by Jim Buyens. It discusses two important elements
of design: Contrast vs. clash and Symmetry vs. monotony using
examples and illustrations.
Web Style Guide Chapter 5: Typography
Everything you need to know about fonts including characteristics of
type on the web, legibility, consistency, and cross-platform issues.
Tools & References
ColorMatch 5K: the original
An interactive utility that helps you to find five coordinating
colors based on a color of your choice.
Webmonkey’s Color Codes Chart
A great reference. Shows all 256 colors with their hexadecimal code.
Visibone
Scroll down to see their Free Online Services. Included is a color
lab to help see colors side-by-side and determine the hexadecimal and
RGB values. Also helpful is the HTML cheatsheet and Character Codes.
Color
Schemer
Browse their color scheme gallery to get some ideas for interesting
color combinations, or download a 15-day trial of the Color Schemer
Studio software.
Color Schemes Generator 2
This interactive tool creates four-color mono, contrast, triad,
tetrad, and analogic schemes, based on the color of your choice.
It even allows you to see how people with vision problems will see
your colors.