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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	The first thing that comes to mind when I see the color scheme is "munanhada," which is unfortunately a Korean word. Literally, it means "no difficulties" or "safe." In other words, you won't have any problems with that color scheme, but you probably won't be inspiring anyone with it either. It could work for you if you wanted it to, but I'm sensing you want something with a bit more kick. Rinswind has some good advice, but I'd like to move away from the mechanical aspect for a moment. Yes, color theory is a science, but it is also an art. Those color calculation programs that spit out values for you can be handy at times, but they can also leave you feeling cold and lifeless. At least, that's been my experience. I realize that my site is very different from what you're doing here (if you want to see my site, you can click on the Liminality link in my sig), but I'll tell you what I do. If you look at my different styles, you'll see that each style has a photograph that plays a central role in the design. In fact, all of the main colors used in each color scheme were chosen from their respective pictures. I just used the eyedropper until I came up with combinations that I liked. The only colors I figured mathematically are some of the link colors (like the link colors in the Coastal and Buddha schemes, for example). And, to be honest with you, I am the least satisfied with those colors. So I'm looking at the site, and I notice you've got a picture of a bunch of different kinds of lipstick (I'm looking again, and apparently the pictures are pulled randomly). You could snag some colors from that picture (this would most likely be a red-based scheme, and thus would avoid "cold" colors). Or you could go with some skin tones from some of the model photos. I'm not saying this is the best route to go here, but it can't hurt to experiment, can it? Just thought I'd toss another line of thinking out there. Maybe it will help get your creative juices flowing... [Edit: Oh, if you do visit my site, just ignore the "Bell" scheme. I currently hate that one, and I think I really struck out with the colors on that one. So it's probably not the best poster child for my "take colors from photos" idea. :)] ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] \| [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/FaqWiki/shownode.php?id=270]Cell 270[/url] \| [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/1213]Sig Rotator[/url] \| Keeper of the Juicy Bits [small](Edited by [internallink=2031]Suho1004[/internallink] on 05-18-2004 14:57)[/small] Loading...
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