Colours | clagnut/blog

Colours posted 3rd March 2003

EasyRGB has got a great tool for determining colour harmonies, perfect for someone with my eyes.
Centricle has a brilliant table of CSS filters (hacks); note the smart column/row mouseovers.
And I forgot last Friday’s HMHB. I’ll make up for it this week.

Colour tools: There are a number of really handy online colour tools coming to my notice. They all help the untrained or unreliable eye to come up with colour schemes and palettes based on complimentary and harmonious colours. I list five of them.
Thoughtful dialogue: I love the new version of TopStyle (Pro 3). Its colour picker is a piece of genius, packed with so many features (all of them useful in their own way), particularly to colour ‘blind’ users such as yours truly.
Home time: Jakob’s latest rant is his Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability which, while providing useful food for thought, is a desperately transparent plug for his latest book (blast: there’s another plug). Personally I would recommend the Home Page chapter of Steve…
Hidden magnetron: The Undetectables are a company specializing in hiding mobile phone masts in existing architecture, such as chimneys and churches; clever stuff. If p. g. wodehouse had a blog (and others) over at lying mo’ fo’. Those of you with enough time on your hands to have…
Sensitive scumbag: Fabulous quote from Iggy Pop.