good color combinations for webpages?

[DAM]

i need some help with color combinations for a website im doing.


like
light blue & while (http://www.anandtech.com)
purple, light purple and white (http://www.cnn.com)

etc
etc

other suggestions i got were:

Black and Red
Navy and White
Maroon and Hunter Green
Blue and Green
Navy and Hunter


any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.





dam()

 

[azazyel]

What type of site? Colors can be used for different things. Yellow and red are suppose to simualate hunger.

 

[DAM]

well its a general site, just of some info about me, as well as some of the things going on around the world that affect me.





dam()

 

[perry]

I kinda like light blue, dark blue, and white.

Or gray, dark blue, and white.

Or black, bright blue, and white.

 

[bigvince]

ive always been partial to a black background with green letters you know WYSE terminal style....

 

[azazyel]

I would stay away from grey and black or any really dark colors. Greens are aways fun but I would suggest going for something origional like aqua & white or a burgandy and a light beige.

 

[MC]

i think it pretty much depends of what kind of web site it is.

 

[NOSOUP4U]

I kinda like neon colors, they're neat.

 

[lowtech1]

It all depend on what your content gonna be, and what mood you want to portray.

Personaly I have always liked light-green, light-blue, cream, light-grey, light-egg-plant, and light-brown for background. And, I like to have dark colour for text such as black, and dark-maroon/brown.

I would stay a way from the black & red site, because it make the text very difficult to read.

Lighter background & dark text offer the best clarity (have been use for 1000s of years), or you could try dark background & light text but is will distract from the content (if that is your intention).

The colour wheel theory is best use to create images/animations, becuause it give objects life & strenght (Red/Green, Blue/Orange, Yellow/Violet)...but don't use it for the background & content of the site, because it take away the attention from the content.

 

[MustangSVT]

i like really sharp and clean sites.
check these
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