Color is Good
Posted by Eric Hsu on July 31st, 2007When it comes to painting your new bedroom or your new website, how do you choose colors that “match” (you have 16.7 million colors on your computer monitor) and deliver that certain feeling that you are looking for? Well, you can spend a few years in a design school and learn all about color theory, or you can jump on to a few paint supply websites and get some great ideas.
www.sherwin-williams.com/do_it_yourself/Â and click on “Launch Color Visualizer”
www.behr.com/behrx/workbook/Â and click on “Start Color Smart”
www.valspar.com/coordinate-colors.html and get ideas based on ambience, architecture or color
www.benjaminmoore.com/Â and find “Color Help”
www.prattandlambert.com/design_inspirations/Â click on “Color Visualizer” and the engine will recommend colors that go well with any color you select.
Go crazy!


July 31st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Even though I am self admittedley deficient of any design genes , I sure have had fun and learned a lot about color combination with this cool tool from Adobe:
http://kuler.adobe.com/#
Cheers!
Chris
July 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Thanks Chris! I am playing with it right now!
July 31st, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Be careful Eric, it can be addictive! LOL!
Cheers!
Chris
August 1st, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Thanks for the links.
I also like www.colr.org.