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Chosing the right colors and color schemes.

1 Color harmonie theory

1. http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/~crueger/farbe/farb-harm.html
2. http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colortheory.asp
3. http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/color-harmony/

2 Color Shemes Tools

• http://www.colorjack.com/sphere/
• http://pourpre.com/colordb/
• http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp
• http://www.colourlovers.com/copaso
• http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/scripts/color-schemer/color-schemer.html
• http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html
• http://www.limov.com/colour/schemes.lml
• http://design.geckotribe.com/colorwheel/
• http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/Technicolor/

3 Monochromatic Color Shemes Tools

• http://colormixers.com/mixers/cmr/
• http://www.defencemechanism.com/color/
• http://slayeroffice.com/tools/color_palette/

4 Random Color Shemes

• http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend/
• http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwheel.asp#wheel

5 Other Color Shemes

• http://paletteman.com/
• http://swatchify.com/

6 Color Shemes from a image

• http://www.colr.org/
• http://www.colorhunter.com/
• http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/
• http://www.atalasoft.com/31apps/ColorSchemeGenerator/default.aspx

7 Color Shemes from a website

• http://redalt.com/Tools/I+Like+Your+Colors

8 Color Shemes Software

• Agave http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/ for Linux
• Scribus http://www.scribus.net/ for Linux, Windows, MacOSX and OS/2.
• Corel http://www.corel.com for Windows
• Color Wheel Pro http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/ with preview for Windows
• Color Wheel Expert http://www.abitom.com/ for Windows
• ColorDabbler http://www.arcticowlsoftware.com/colordabbler.htm for Windows
• ColorImpact http://tigercolor.com/ for Windows
• Painter's Picker http://www.old-jewel.com/ppicker/ for Mac
• ColourMod: Color Picker http://colourmod.com/ for Mac
• colorPOKI http://www.classicteck.com/colorpoki.html Mac
• YS Elvanhttp://youngsmarts.com/products/elvan/ NEW!

9 Color Contrast

1. http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorcontrast.asp
2. http://www.snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
3. http://gmazzocato.altervista.org/colorwheel/wheel.php

10 Color Blindness

1. http://www.iamcal.com/toys/colors/
2. http://colororacle.cartography.ch/manualwin.html
3. http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/