Colors

[Aaron Johnson]

What do you learn else after color theory for colors?
Because I learned color theory but still don't know how to execute using colors combination that look professional .

[mack]

Welcome to webmasterWorld :-)

I think this is one area where there is no true science to it. What looks great to one user may not be attractive to another. Colours are a vital part of the design but it is very subjective. I think the best you can do is produce something where the colours work well together and accept any user feedback you may receive.

Mack.

[tangor]

Two rules of thumb:

Complementary Colors
High and Low Contrast

Go from there.

[tangor]

Also keep in mind high contrast displays and accessibility.

[Aaron Johnson]

a map can be a guide for travelers going anywhere in the country , you can go anywhere possible by it .
a guide to adding solving any addition problem possible .
i know of a color theory guide from google images but how do you use colors as good as you possible like map and the addition guide ?

[lucy24]

“How do I arrive at a color combination for my website that is so perfect, every page will instantly leap to the top of the SERPs for all possible queries, and will also inspire every human visitor to tell all their friends on social media so I get even more visitors?”

Ah, if I knew the answer to that, my cats would dine more expensively than they currently do.

:: irrelevantly remembering college friend’s story of how her color-blind kid brother sneaked around the Color Theory course requirement at his art school ::

[Aaron Johnson]

Well what I am trying to say and really want is to know how to practice color theory and if you do that do you get a talent for using colors for blogs or websites ?

[lucy24]

There’s an old, old joke: The man with a clock knows what time it is. The man with two clocks is never quite sure. Read one article on color theory, and you know color theory. Read two articles on color theory, and you no longer know anything.

Most writers would probably agree that orange + purple is not a felicitous combination. Beyond that, you get into arguments.

Most people in possession of normal eyesight would agree that large areas of #0F0 are not suitable or appropriate for, well, anything. Except possibly a “no hotlinks” message when your intention is to make it look horrible, the horribler the better.

Most rational people would agree that 60% grey is not a suitable color for your primary text, especially if it is intended to be read by grownups. This leads to the conclusion that a great many web pages were designed by non-rational people.

You can always spend time at [webpagesthatsuck.com...] for plentiful ideas of what not to do. The site hasn’t been updated in three years, but what was true in 2016 remains true today.

[NickMNS]

I like using the tool at www.paletton.com. You chose a basic color that you would like to start with and then you can select whether you want a monochromatic layout (several shades of the same color), or a two, three or four color layout. It selects the tones and colors from the color wheel, and displays them. You can then make various fine tuning adjustments. It is a really nifty tool.

I also use the color picker tool from w3 schools. But that is more basic, typically use that to select the different shades for hover and active states on buttons or menu items.

[tangor]

Your content will generally suggest what kind of colors are in use.

Serious content is usually fairly standard "black and white" while entertainment stuff might have colored borders/margins, but the content is also in black and white. Why? Easier to read for the majority of all visitors.

Pastels can be pleasant for some things, and does support enough contrast between content and background ... then again color can also have an impact on the emotional state of the reader ... which is an entirely different aspect of "color theory".

[Aaron Johnson]

How do you generate things for practice ? Color theory

[tangor]

pick two (content/background) and try it.

Then again, most of his was worked out over the centuries and that's the purpose of the color wheel.

You won't know until you do it. There is no "magic" way to do this, though the link NickNMS suggested is an attempt at doing that. And does a fair job of commonsense color choices.

[Aaron Johnson]

what are the hardest practice tests to do for color theory ? give me links to them that would be nice

[Aaron Johnson]

and how do you make perfect through practice ? since i am new to design how do you do that ? i know math addition and have perfected that but how do you do that with color theory ? what is the way to do that ? can you tell me how they do that in school .

[tangor]

The web itself is loaded with examples of what works,and what does not work. Simple concepts such as mainbody, sidebar, header, footer, can be modified a zillion different ways ... only the appearance changes, the concept itself does not.

Color is used when it makes sense to do so. Color, after all, not NOT content ... and content should always be the top consideration for a site.

If complementary colors does not make sense, then you haven't quite grasped color theory, so do some experimenting on your own, get your hands dirty, so to speak, and view the results for yourself.

There are traditional ways of doing things, but that does not mean they are the RIGHT way for any specific application (use)

You can test these ideas with inline CSS, or you can develop in a stylesheet (my preferred). Stylesheet definitions keeps the page code cleaner.

[tangor]

^^^ all valid ... but if you want to see what can be done, try

[csszengarden.com...]