Online Web Color Picker Tool
The intent of this website is to help web developers easily build a color palette. The idea is to input a beginning base color, then allow this harmonizer to build colors that will immediately 'look good' together based on traditional color wheel theory.
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Wikipedia information about colors
Web colors
:: Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. [X11, HMTL, WEB colors] Color wheel and Color picker that includes categorized colors described in this article.
Basic Information Regarding Color Theory
:: In the arts and of painting, graphic design (web design), and photography, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impact of specific color combinations.
Visualization of Color Theory using a Color Circle
:: A color circle is a way of representing the visible spectrum in a circular form, with colors arranged in sequence around the circumference in order of spectral frequency. Analogous to the use of a color wheel in art, the color circle performs a different purpose, as it is a psychophysical tool used in the exploration of visual perception, its anomalies and optical illusions connected with color vision. This tool tries to visually place colors on the circle described in this article. A higher resolution image of the image is requested, please see my email in the META tags.
Other References about color theory and techniques used
Harmony colors described
:: With colors you can set a mood, attract attention, or make a statement. You can use color to energize, or to cool down. By selecting the right color scheme, you can create an ambiance of elegance, warmth or tranquility, or you can convey an image of playful youthfulness. Color can be your most powerful design element if you learn to use it effectively. Great article to describe how these colors can help easily design balanced web site designs.
Harmony Math
:: Most formulas created on this website are based upon EasyRGB's math formula.
Automated Color Harmony Tools
:: Harmonic colors are color combinations that have special internal relationships that are aesthetically pleasing to the human eye. Professional web designers experienced in color theory can create color palettes that evoke different moods, appropriate to the product or service being sold. Color pickers, web tools, entire books, and a great body of research have been devoted to achieving color harmony for aesthetic design. There are tools that suggest harmonic color combinations, but until now none offered an automated way of harmonizing the colors of an image.
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