Comments on: Color and web design http://www.attackr.com/color-and-web-design/ Come To Share, Come To Learn Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug Karr http://www.attackr.com/color-and-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Doug Karr Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:33:29 +0000 http://www.attackr.com/color-and-web-design/#comment-14 Outstanding article. I utilize ColorImpact when I design from http://www.tigercolor.com/ Outstanding article. I utilize ColorImpact when I design from http://www.tigercolor.com/

]]> By: degsy http://www.attackr.com/color-and-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-13 degsy Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:05:44 +0000 http://www.attackr.com/color-and-web-design/#comment-13 I feel very strongly about colour, and it's uses on websites, and I find it's a very over-looked area when it comes to web design. Many designers don't really there are simple checks you can perform to make sure that you aren't doing something that is going to affect people with colour related disabilities as you mention. Even the W3C have guidelines as to the use of contrasting colours and there are tools available which can give designers a good starting point. As I use Firefox for most of my initial design, I use the following extension which allows me to see the results easily: http://juicystudio.com/article/colour-contrast-analyser-firefox-extension.php Good article, and on one of my favourite subjects! I feel very strongly about colour, and it’s uses on websites, and I find it’s a very over-looked area when it comes to web design.

Many designers don’t really there are simple checks you can perform to make sure that you aren’t doing something that is going to affect people with colour related disabilities as you mention.

Even the W3C have guidelines as to the use of contrasting colours and there are tools available which can give designers a good starting point.

As I use Firefox for most of my initial design, I use the following extension which allows me to see the results easily:

http://juicystudio.com/article/colour-contrast-analyser-firefox-extension.php

Good article, and on one of my favourite subjects!

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