kuler
rapidweaver with kuler, the ethos of web colors
When building out a site it can be hard to decide
what colors to are the best and most complimentary
to each other. In order to maximize the end user
experience for those perusing your web page, a
color scheme should be easy on the eyes as well as
helpful in delivering emphasis where it is needed.
Using RapidWeaver, it's really easy to bang out
nice looking websites, but sometimes the color
schemes can be hard to get right, if only because
you can make your website any color you want.
To help in this process we can employ an easy way to bang out different colors using Adobe's kuler website in just 4 simple steps:
1) Pick a color scheme from kuler and then take a screenshot of it (snapndrag is what I use). You should get something like this:
2) To get this scheme into RapidWeaver, go into the page inspector, and, under colours, double click the color you want to choose:
3) A colors panel will come up, select the "Image Palettes" tab second from the right in the menu bar, it looks like a picture:
Ignore the top drop down menu and instead click on the drop menu where it says "Palette", you will now see an option, "New from Pasteboard", select it. This takes the screenshot you have made and transfers it to the color selection window. As you can see, its a mini replica of the screenshot you took from the kuler.com site.
4) Go through your Colours and make your selections with your new color swatch. I like palettes that have both dark and light colors so that text can display more clearly. If you don't have a lot of text, then almost any color palette will look smashing. Good luck with your new designs and colors.
To help in this process we can employ an easy way to bang out different colors using Adobe's kuler website in just 4 simple steps:
1) Pick a color scheme from kuler and then take a screenshot of it (snapndrag is what I use). You should get something like this:
2) To get this scheme into RapidWeaver, go into the page inspector, and, under colours, double click the color you want to choose:
3) A colors panel will come up, select the "Image Palettes" tab second from the right in the menu bar, it looks like a picture:
Ignore the top drop down menu and instead click on the drop menu where it says "Palette", you will now see an option, "New from Pasteboard", select it. This takes the screenshot you have made and transfers it to the color selection window. As you can see, its a mini replica of the screenshot you took from the kuler.com site.
4) Go through your Colours and make your selections with your new color swatch. I like palettes that have both dark and light colors so that text can display more clearly. If you don't have a lot of text, then almost any color palette will look smashing. Good luck with your new designs and colors.