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Color and Web Design

Great Tutorial!
December 5, 2002 by Cecilia Martinez

I want to add it to my favorites but I can't find a way to do it!

Thanks!

Cecilia

RE: Great Tutorial!
December 5, 2002 by George Petrov
Just click on the Favorites icon - that is right of the title
RE: RE: Great Tutorial!
December 6, 2002 by Cecilia Martinez
Thanks George! I figured it out once I sent the message  :-)
Great Tutorial
December 7, 2002 by Jeremy Conn
Awesome tutorial... very nice to see a focus on how traditional design skills need to stay important regardless of the medium. Well thought out and arranged.
Excellent...........!!
December 18, 2002 by oki fernandy
Is there any *.pdf file for this tutorial ???
RE: Excellent...........!!
December 19, 2002 by Martha Graham

Sorry, no .pdf file.

Martha Graham

The Best
May 24, 2003 by Khee Fei Chia
one of the best tutorials.
Color and Web design tutorial
June 2, 2003 by Judi Anglin
I was expecting more in the way of determining which colors combine well and the best intensity levels to use for website development. It is stated at the beginning of the tutorial that these are important images but it is not covered during the lesson.
Congrats and thanks - a very helpful tutorial!
January 21, 2004 by Hank Fur

Martha, thanks very much for a great explanation of colour use on the web.  I just discovered it and really appreciate the thoroughness and clarity with which all the various topics are covered.  I actually took a (paid) online course on colour theory from a graphic design school last year, and its content doesn't hold a candle to yours in terms of actually helping me figure out how to come up with a good colour scheme for a client.  Great job.

- Frank Herr, Toronto

Sorry there's just one major mistake
April 19, 2004 by P R

On the first page you state "At the heart of basic color theory lie the three Primary colors: red, yellow, and blue:" this is absolutly wrong, you obviously don't understand the meaning of primary colors. Here is the true definition of Primary colors"Primary colors are colors which cannot be obtained by mixing other colors" The pictures you show us of the colored circels are also totaly mad. For the true primary colors you should refer to CMYK for "paint" see this image:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeelding:SubtractiveColorMixing.png

and for the primary colors for "light" you should refer to:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeelding:AdditiveColorMixing.png

The rest of your piece is a good read but please take out the fist page because it makes no sence at all...

Color & Web Design Tutorial
March 23, 2005 by Terri Robbins
I found this to be a very helpful tutorial. I don't quite understand what the first comment was referring to. I've always been taught primary colors were red, blue and blue, and Google agrees with that. (also, that person needs to learn how to spell!). I have seen some VERY poorly designed websites that use the wrong contrast for their text, some being impossible to read. Never understood why the web designer didn't "see" that! Good work, and thanks! Terri-Wake Forest, NC