In your opinion

what do you reckon the nicest colo(u)rs are for a website.
like color for a nav color for background.
and what do you reckon the nicest fonts are and what size they should be.
I want to see if anyone can trigger my imagination
thankss

the newsletter site colours are really nice btw

Of course, it all depends on the theme. Sometimes it's easier to advise on what to stay away from: colours that clash, lack of contrast, red on blue, too much lime green etc.

Use a colour analyser (dozens on Google) to get complimentary colours, check contrast (accessibility issues), try for restful on the eye (pastels) etc. Some sites now stick to natural colours e.g. sand, pale blue, browns. Again, you can Google for these.

As for fonts, Comic Sans and similar are better for accessibility, but you've also got to bear in mind what the average user has installed. A nice fancy font may just render as Times New Roman and break your layout. If you have to use fancy, put it in a graphic (with the usual caveats).

Anyway, JMHO.

There you go, natural colours for the newsletter!

thanks for that
it says "comic sans MS" does that mean Unix and linux might not have it?

A lot of Linux users download msttcorefonts, so will have it. The newer distros have it included automatically.

It's the fancy stuff nobody has that causes the problem.

ahh good



according to the anyliser these two colors are well suited

#241C20 background

#E9E7C5 foreground.

I can't tell if i like them or not ha

IMO, colors are a personal thing if the site is a blog or defined by the company/logo/etc...

You can get great color palettes from sites like COLORLovers or kuler

As for fonts, here is a list to common fonts to all versions of Windows and Mac

Try these:
http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/Technicolor/
http://www.defencemechanism.com/color/
http://www.stylephreak.com/cm.php
http://www.siteprocentral.com/

This site is excellent for getting a colour scheme from an image:
http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/

this is my draft:




the bottom part would be copywright stuff and pushed down to the bottom of the page

now the more i look at it, the more i don't like it

Thanks for that site.
I made this:



I like it.
But when i think it's for a game website
it doesn't seem bright enough.
then i brighten it and it looks tacky.
:blowup:

Hi,

Verdana was created for easy reading and on a website this is very important.

I prefer to use white / or off white background colours and black or dark grey colours for fonts. I know this sounds boring but it's the user of the website which will be viewing pages and it is important that they can read the information acuratly.

I have created over 60 websites for my clients and you can view my portfolio at the following url: http://www.dcpweb.co.uk/portfolio.html

Check out some of the websites I have created and I hope you can find a good font and colour combination.

regards

p shah - www.dcpweb.co.uk

I don't find your site boring.
because it's bright, only small amounts of dark colours.
I'm making a flash game site (to go with the 4 million on google)
I need to use bright colours i think.

Hi Alex

Here's something to try when your stuck for inspiration. Find a photo or something - anything with colors you like in it (magazine ad, sweater, painting...) and use that to pull your color scheme from. For an example; the pattern in the attachment is a photoshop filter. It's got several different blues, violets and oranges in it. I used some of those to come up with this scheme. Of course, you'll want to keep in mind the mood you're trying to create to match your game. And by the way, I don't think Comic sans goes with anything - it's been
done to death! Check out:
http://bancomicsans.com/home.html
Hope this gives you some ideas-

Callie

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ha brilliant site that is!