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Website Colour Scheme

Choosing an appropriate colour combination in the website design process is considered one of the most important (yet often overlooked) elements in creating a successful website.

Part of what makes a great web design “great” is layout, font and colour. When each of these aspects work to compliment each other, great design is born.

Colours serve as a means of communication. Creating your website with the creative use of colours can give you many advantages. The basic knowledge of using colour scheme is that it creates impact and affects the mood of visiting readers. It creates a broad array of emotion and influences the visitor's decision making.

www.colorcombos.com is a great resource which allows you to test colour combinations and see how different colour combinations work together on the screen.

You are also able to use a ‘website color grabbing tool’ where by you can grab the colors of your favorite websites and use them as a platform/inspiration to creating your perfect website color scheme for you community website.

 Download Colour Scheme Tips and Tricks