Colours for my new website

[Belloni]

Basically, our current colours are black/white/red however i've told the boss, i associate these colours with danger/death etc

I've suggested white amongst some neutral colours like orange or something, any other ideas?

 

[Brian8bit]

http://www.colourlovers.com/

 

[kylew]

You associate those colours with death?

:/

How does OcUK's store page make you feel?

Shouldn't it be more important what the clients/customers think?

 

[Belloni]

Yeah blacks etc.

Blue is fine, it's calming.

 

[kylew]

How is black related to death?

 

[Shayper]

How is black related to death?

In no way.

It's not like it would represent an eternal abyss, or that Death himself when depicted wears a black coat, or that black always seems to feature in stories about death, the undead e.t.c....



But hey

 

[Belloni]

Funerals and such.

 

[SuperTronNarwhal]

What type of website is it for one?

Edit:Oh wait.

 

[Richiev4]

Try this

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

Helps you find a good colour scheme and even helps generate the CSS code

Rich

 

[kylew]

Funerals and such.

In what way?

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

http://www.colourlovers.com/

This.

I've suggested white amongst some neutral colours like orange or something, any other ideas?

What?

 

[Brian8bit]

Funerals and such.

It's the Victorians who made death a black and solemn affair. In lots of places around the world, death is celebrated, funerals lively events and gravestones/markers painted brightly and made exceptionally ornate.

 

[kylew]

In no way.

It's not like it would represent an eternal abyss, or that Death himself when depicted wears a black coat, or that black always seems to feature in stories about death, the undead etc....



But hey

But so many things are black!

Also, ETC! "e.t.c" doesn't mean anything!

 

[Shayper]

But so many things are black!

Also, ETC! "e.t.c" doesn't mean anything!

Good point. About the etc., it's just a force of habit from a terrible teacher

 

[Van Hellseek]

As a rule, dark text on a light background is the way to go. but it depends on the site.

For serious opinions on web design I'd recommend posting in HG&P rather than GD.

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

Use these, it'll be sweet, trust me.

 

[PermaBanned]

As a rule, dark text on a light background is the way to go. but it depends on the site.

Like this one?

Actually, i thought light (white, green or amber... good ol' P3 Phosphor ) text on a black background is easier to read and see, hence why 'accessibility' high contrast themes always have black backgrounds. It would just be that since you learn to read from books it's a bit different, and a bit less 'natural' - in which case as you say, it depends on the site.

Of course, black on white uses less ink, but white on black uses less power.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Basically, our current colours are black/white/red however i've told the boss, i associate these colours with danger/death etc

I'm still laughing over this even though I read it 5 minutes ago. Hahaha!

I've suggested white amongst some neutral colours like orange or something, any other ideas?

WAT. Do you know what orange looks like?

How did your boss take these ... uh ... suggestions?

 

[PermaBanned]

WAT. Do you know what orange looks like?

Well obviously not bright orange, i get what they mean - like any subtle colour on a white background can look nice:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

 

[kylew]

Well obviously not bright orange, i get what they mean - like any subtle colour on a white background can look nice:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

If it's neutral, it's not orange. It's like saying bright black.