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Color Selection for Designers (What do Designers use colors for (For…
Color Selection for Designers
What
do Designers use
colors for
For Graphic User interfaces.
For branding and logos.
For Illustrations
For marketing collaterals.
For websites.
For making information visualisations.
For architecture projects.
Why
is color selection
so important
To convey the right mood and emotion.
As visual cues to communicate success and error.
To accentuate areas of interest in a design.
When
do
Designers look for colors?
Active
: For deciding a color theme for a project.
Passive
: Picking color references at random,
when they like.
What
are the problems
with the current color section experience?
Little connection between the read world, digital and print colors.
Inaccurate color picking.
Disjointed Real World experience :
Click Photo -> See photo -> Pick color -> Note value -> Enter value in software
Disjointed Digital experience :
See web reference -> Save photo -> Import to Phtotoshop -> Pick color -> Note value -> Apply to desired object
How
do designers
currently pick colors?
From nature : By taking photos and picking colors from them.
By palette creators like Kuler.
By selecting colors from web references.
By exploration - through hit and trial
By using shade cards.
By checking color inspiration websites