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Everyone likes to have a nice, swanky ad and kickass layout for their games. But not everyone is Tim Gunn and knows how to make it work. For those of you who need some help navigating the color wheel, this tutorial is for you.
Before we begin, here's a smattering of useful tools/links you might want to check out. If you don't have/can't afford Photoshop, GIMP is your friend. GetColor! is a pretty handy color picking tool. There's also this very basic guide to HTML colors and, for the more adventurous, Coloria, which covers damn near every color in the rainbow and provides the HEX codes for them.
Here's some basic color theory for you, while you're at it. Learn it. Know it. Love it. It's just the tip of the iceberg, honestly, if you doubt your ability to make colors play nice with each other, I suggest googling "color theory" and boning up. Tutorials can't help you if you don't want to do at least a little bit of work. But this will hopefully serve as a bouncing off point.
Now that [hopefully] you've at least taken a glance at the links above, let's get to the nitty gritty.
( What Looks Good on White )
( What Looks Good on Grey )
( What Looks Good on Black )
( Examples of Colors That Work )
One last tip: when in doubt, or even if you think your colors are great, make sure to run it past someone else who's never seen it before. You might be able to read what your text says simply because you wrote it. It never hurts to get a second or third opinion. If you have no one to show your stuff to, try heading over to![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif)
critiqued for some pointers.
Well, that's all I have to share right now. Remember, when trying to figure out a color scheme, don't be afraid to experiment! Just keep these tips in mind, and use your eyedropper tool. And if you are afraid of experimenting, you can always cheat and use ColorHunter. It will generate a color scheme for you from an image you upload. But in the long run, you'll benefit from learning at least a little something about arranging colors yourself.
Before we begin, here's a smattering of useful tools/links you might want to check out. If you don't have/can't afford Photoshop, GIMP is your friend. GetColor! is a pretty handy color picking tool. There's also this very basic guide to HTML colors and, for the more adventurous, Coloria, which covers damn near every color in the rainbow and provides the HEX codes for them.
Here's some basic color theory for you, while you're at it. Learn it. Know it. Love it. It's just the tip of the iceberg, honestly, if you doubt your ability to make colors play nice with each other, I suggest googling "color theory" and boning up. Tutorials can't help you if you don't want to do at least a little bit of work. But this will hopefully serve as a bouncing off point.
Now that [hopefully] you've at least taken a glance at the links above, let's get to the nitty gritty.
( What Looks Good on White )
( What Looks Good on Grey )
( What Looks Good on Black )
( Examples of Colors That Work )
One last tip: when in doubt, or even if you think your colors are great, make sure to run it past someone else who's never seen it before. You might be able to read what your text says simply because you wrote it. It never hurts to get a second or third opinion. If you have no one to show your stuff to, try heading over to
critiqued for some pointers.Well, that's all I have to share right now. Remember, when trying to figure out a color scheme, don't be afraid to experiment! Just keep these tips in mind, and use your eyedropper tool. And if you are afraid of experimenting, you can always cheat and use ColorHunter. It will generate a color scheme for you from an image you upload. But in the long run, you'll benefit from learning at least a little something about arranging colors yourself.