Grey Part 2
2nd edition — by Patrick McNeil — Apr. 28, 2006
The Design Element
In the previous edition many of the samples were pure grey with hardly any
color, and they were mostly light in tone. This set however has a bit more
diverse grouping and isn't so focused on purely grey designs. Most of the
samples use loads of grey with at least one strong color. It is a really
strong combination.
One really cool thing about grey is how it can make other colors really
pop out.
Parhazard
does this in a very powerful way. The colors just leap out of the page. It
gives a real life to the site.
I view grey as the workhorse of colors on the web. For me it finds its way
into nearly every design in one way or another. It works well with any colors,
it is subtle and doesn't draw attention, all this makes it great
for reducing elements in the hierarchy of importance on a page. Just look
at the heading for this page, I wonder if people even notice the edition,
my name, and the date? It is unimportant information in the long run though,
so grey is perfect.
Connotations of grey : Stylish, chic, elegant, classy,
fresh, innovative, modern, futuristic, technology, spacious, fashionable,
soft, airy, high-tech, sleek, neutral, conservative, smart, designer, trendy,
light, open, state-of-the-art, impartial, calm, comfortable, peaceful, and
relaxed.
Sample Usage
Links
Genopal (Color pallet creation software)
COLOURlovers (Excellent color pallet collections)
Kuler - pallet builder from Adobe /
ColorBlender.com (The
best tool I have found for easily creating beautiful color pallets)
Great color browsing resource (Named colors, by hue, etc)
Color
Scheme Generator
Color
Blender (On MeyerWeb)
Color In Motion
Color Schemer Online v2
Color Schemer Gallery
Color Symbolism
