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Color Theory Resources

Color and color theory is and often misunderstood element of the design process. Here's some color theory information and resource sites that will help you develop intelligent color schemes and palettes of your own. Have a design color resource you'd like us to feature? Tell us about it here.

Color Matters
Color theory encompasses a multitude of definitions, concepts and design. The role of color in design and art.

Color Wheel Pro
Color Theory contains extensive color information on the color wheel and color schemes, includes activities for kids, examples and lesson plans.

Colors on the Web
Learn about color theory and how to match colors. Includes a color wizard which helps you generate great matching color schemes.

Color Wheel and Color Theory
Web pages are designed in color, but if you don't understand how color works, you could end up with some really ugly pages

Advanced Color Theory
The COLORCUBE Website and Edutainment Center! Discover the COLORCUBE: 3D Color Puzzle, a unique combination of fun, art and science.

Color Theory and Mixing: 16 lesson in Color Theory
WetCanvas: Arts School Online - Color Theory & Mixing: 16 Lessons in Color Theory.

Interactive Color Wheel
Color Lab section contains tutorials, color theory, reference material etc.

Pantone to Web Color Conversion
This color conversion chart allows you to convert Pantone spot colors to RGB color values (Red/Green/Blue) and Hexadecimal color values.

Guide to Web Safe Colors
Several web-safe color charts here by VisiBone's Bob Stein, by Lynda Weinman, and Daxassist. There are also resources to many more charts, and articles and tips on color and design, color psychology and meanings.

Pantone
Pantone, Inc. is the world-renowned authority on color and provider of color systems and leading technology for the selection and accurate communication of color.

Web Color Theory
Great Flash driven color selector. Use to select harmonious color schemes and palettes.

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Spot Color Logos
The concept of spot color logos is actually quite simple Using premixed ink swatches (such as the Pantone Matching System - a picture of a Pantone Swatch Book below right), a designer, client or printer is able to select the exact color tones desired in a particular logo. This is very similar to using color swatches of paint at the local hardware store, in order to select the color of your wall at home...

Full Color Process CMYK Logos
While monitors use RGB (Red Green Blue) to preview full-colour images (so type of colour is not an issue), traditional printing uses CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) also known as Four Colour Process printing (or simply Four Colour). In this method of printing, the design is set up so that it uses percentages of the 4 base inks listed. These percentages are created using varying sizes and densities of dots - most noticeable in the low resolution printing of most newspapers...

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