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Pink for October

Friday, September 21st, 2007

While people are gearing up for October with all kinds of breast cancer events and fundraisers, there’s another growing group of people spreading the word across the internet.
Pink for October is a campaign that started last year, in 2006 with a small group of web designers who wanted to design their web sites with a […]

Inspired Color Schemes: Blue

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

We’re going to be adding a little something to the ColorSchemer blog every couple of weeks by showing various color schemes based on a single color theme - and you can participate!
Each time we post a color theme, we’ll mention the theme for the next article in the series. You’ll have a week to post […]

Firefox color scheme search plugin

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

A few weeks ago, Brad Spry wrote in to let me know he had created a Firefox search plugin that will allow you to search for Color Schemer Gallery color schemes directly from the Firefox search bar.
So if you’re using Firefox, head over to http://library.uncc.edu/programs/firefox/colorschemer.html to install the Color Schemer Gallery search plugin with a […]

Coming soon to a Dashboard near you…

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

If you’re on a Mac, like Dashboard widgets, and enjoy looking at pretty colors, then you might like this:

Tentatively called Color Schemer Galleria, a beta version should be available shortly for you to play with.

Go Behind the Schemes

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Natalie Jost has put together a couple of great posts about how she creates her own color schemes over on her blog Standards for Life.
She gives a great behind-the-schemes look at how she created two of my favorite color schemes from the Gallery:

Ghirardelli [Behind the Scheme]Created from a picture of a puzzle of Ghirardelli Square […]

Holiday Schemes

Monday, December 19th, 2005

The holidays are right around the corner, and if you’re looking to get your site in the holiday spirit, here are some festive color schemes that should do the trick:

Christmas color schemes
Cool color schemes (to give your site a winter chill)
SnowBall Classic - A beautiful wintery color scheme.
Paisley
Lifeworks - Contains a vibrant set of reds […]

Fall Color Schemes

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Now that the leaves are on the ground and Fall is in full swing, I thought this would be a good opportunity to highlight some seasonal color schemes from the Gallery.
I hope these schemes will help you to outfit your site with a color scheme to go with the changing colors of the leaves.
Here are […]