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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.