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5 Hot Color Combos for the Web

5 palettes that are currently coloring- and rocking- my world.

Color Choices for Better Readability

When it comes to web content readability, it does matter if it’s black or white.

Friday Focus 05/29/09: Huge Type

Typography on the Web is growing bigger and bigger—literally! That is this week’s theme on Friday Focus.

Friday Focus 10/31/08: Dark Designs

We’re celebrating All Hallows Eve Friday Focus with dark designs. Trick or treat!

Friday Focus 10/10/08: All Colors of the Rainbow

No color in the spectrum is left unturned this week on Friday Focus. It’s all rainbows here—but no unicorns though!

Friday Focus 07/18/08: Elegant, Exquisite, Extreme Details

Elegant, exquisite, and extreme details on these sites that are sure to please. Welcome to this week’s Friday Focus!

Friday Focus 07/11/08: Blue-Gray

Happy free 7-11 Slurpy day! Happy iPhone 3G day! Let’s celebrate with some sleek websites this week. They’re mostly blue, gray, blue-gray—that seemingly drab section of the spectrum actually manages to turn up excellent designs, so don’t shun it just yet! Oh, and we have a ton of examples this time, so brace yourself!

Friday Focus 07/05/08: Bursts of Color and Collapsible Content

Welcome to the first Friday Focus for the month of July. This week: strong bursts of color and collapsible content. Curious combination? Read on!

Friday Focus 06/06/08: They Just Work

Here’s a larger-than-usual Friday Focus for this week, featuring simple yet beautiful designs that just work. Four site types (blog, portfolio, static, e-commerce) that do a standout job of making an impression.

Friday Focus 05/30/08: Quick Descriptions

What’s the lesson for this week? Describe the purpose of your website in one fell swoop and you’ll go a long way. Of course, it helps to have a great design as well.

Help Picking the Right Color

Having trouble getting the colors right for the Next Big Thing online? Never fear, there are a bunch of free online services to save the day.

Using Colourlovers to design better

Colourlovers is a resource containing user submitted and rated colors and palettes. With color being so important to making a breaking a design, decide what color scheme to use on each design can sometimes be nerve racking. This review and short article describes how CL can be used to find the colors you need for your design.