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Thank you! I'm going for a pastel-like palette individual to each top level directory, if you poke around a bit. Website is still in early stages, so colors are
by JoshuaRLi 8y ago
Thank you! I'm going for a pastel-like palette individual to each top level directory, if you poke around a bit. Website is still in early stages, so colors aren't fully thought out yet, but I'm very glad to hear you like it.
- DyslexicAtheist 8y agohow would you go about choosing a color palette? do you use tools to generate a palette[1] or is there some secret recipe or common rule set that graphic designers follow to come to a final combination that makes sense? [1] https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal <- just discovered this yesterday during a weekend effort to improve the color combination used by my window manager, ...
- JoshuaRLi 8y agoI have absolutely zero experience in graphic design or color theory, etc! I just pick whatever colors I think look nice. That being said, as I put more content on my site, I'm looking forward to learning more in this space. Side note - you'd probably like this: https://jrl.ninja/configs https://jrl.ninja/configs
- frosted-flakes 8y agoIn my experience, automated color palette generation tools look cool, but don't work that well. Most applications or websites need far more colours than people think, even if those colours are used sparingly. This example chapter from the Refactoring UI book called "Building Your Color Palette"[0] was quite helpful, even though I didn't buy the book. [0] https://refactoringui.com/previews/building-your-color-palette/ https://refactoringui.com/previews/building-your-color-palet...