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Colors and color combinations set the tone and reinforce the message of your website.(images are thumbnails) |
 Orange is a warm, friendly, inviting and lively color. Overpowering in large quantities, it is best used as an accent or highlight to draw attention to selected parts of your image. |
 Yellow is a cheerful, sunny, and very lively color that is not as overwhelming as orange. A strong yellow is best used as an accent or highlight color, while paler or gradated versions can be used for larger areas of composition. |
 Red is bold and attention-getting, conveying excitement, passion or warning. It is an excellent color choice for lively events and Valentines, but it can also indicate danger if over used. |
 Green is one of the easiest colors on the eyes. Green conveys growth, abundance, and nature. Pale and deep greens are good color choices for business materials, to inspire confidence, while a vivid green is more festive or even disturbing if combined with black or contrasting colors. |
 Blue is a calm and restful color. Pale blue is unobtrusive as a background color, while deeper blues present a more sophisticated feel. |
 Purple is adventurous and regal, the most vibrant of the cool colors. Bluer purples will add richness to a composition, while redder purples can make an image more fun or unusual. |
 Brown is the color of earth, wood and leather, a tactile and warm color. Brown is a good choice to convey home, tradition, and stability. It can also be used as a fill color on art giving it an antique look. |
 Black is used most often for text and outlining, giving a modern, elegant or even ominous feel when used in large amounts. |
 White is clean and bright giving room in a composition for the eyes to rest. White can also be a useful highlight color in an otherwise dark or colorful composition. The use of large amounts of white will concentrate focus on the remaining imagery; it also can appear too spare or plain. |
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