Monday, April 19, 2010

I May Just Be Kuler Then You

I say so because I just learned about an awesome website that is an awesome tool for designers (such as myself).  Kuler is a service run by Adobe where users can upload color swatches in groups of 5 that they think work well together.  Then, people can go online to Kuler take a look at the most popular, and highest rated color combinations.  Earlier today I went online to look for a color group for a website I was designing.  The site deals with the Green movement, so I was looking for earthy colors that I could use.  I looked around and one of the most popular ones was called "Park Avenue Shift"  I took a screenshot, opened up GIMP loaded the 5 colors into the saved color spots in the color picker, and went to work.  After 5 or so hours I came up with a nice looking design.  After looking at the design, I think I may need to change the colors up a bit, but that will be as easy as going back to Kuler and looking for another green-centric swatch.  

Hopefully you find good use out of this website, and if you find a particularly good looking color combo, go ahead and upload it for the good of other designers!

For those who want to see the rough design, here it is:

                              (Click to enlarge)

 I still have to play around and find a font that I like, and have to make the logo look better.  Lemme know what you think if you have comments.

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