Fast Colour Scheme
Last site update: 8 May 2024
The main ideas to find a colour scheme fast are:
- Start in black and white. This makes you look at the layout in a more objective way. Getting the layout and structure right is more easily done without the distraction of thinking about colour.
- Introduce just one colour. This could be taken from an image in the photo. In a program like Adobe XD or using CSS custom properties you can then apply this and and change it anyway you like.
- You now essentially have 3 colours: black, white and your chosen colours.
- More colours, like more fonts, are harder to get them to work together.
- Rather than using different colours use tones of your single colour.
- Introduce a second (fourth inc. black and white) to draw the eye: to buttons headings etc..
Online tools
Also mentioned in the video are online tools: