Color in design is very subjective. What evokes one reaction in one person may evoke a
very different reaction in somone else. Sometimes this is due to personal preference, and
other times due to cultural background. Color theory is a science in itself. Studying how
colors affect different people, either individually or as a group, is something some people
build their careers on. And there's a lot to it. Something as simple as changing the exact
hue or saturation of a color can evoke a completely different feeling. Cultural differences
mean that something that's happy and uplifting in one country can be depressing in another.
This is the first in a three-part series on color theory. Here we'll discuss the meanings
behind the different color families, and give some examples of how these colors are used
(with a bit of analysis for each). In Part 2 we'll talk about how hue, chroma, value,
saturation, tones, tints and shades affect the way we perceive colors. And in Part 3 we'll
discuss how to create effective
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Many of us think of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as an also-ran: fine for charts and
tables, but not much else. Yet SVG can actually enhance a site’s overall design, and can be
made to work in even the most stubborn browser. In Part I of a two-part series, Shelley
Powers covers important basics of working with SVG, including browser support and
accessibility.
This site presents reference information about more than 100 herbs and spices
Kamal Meattle used three just three indoor plant species to increase oxygen, filter
air, and boost general health at a a New Delhi business park. You too can use them to
freshen your indoor space.
mezzoblue: a weblog by dave shea, a web designer in vancouver, b.c., canada.
mezzoblue: a weblog by dave shea, a web designer in vancouver, b.c., canada.
Many organizations are themselves large, lumbering beasts, lacking the agility,
flexibility and luxury to push the envelope and explore the fringes. The poor folk who work
there instead have to rely on and comply to STANDARDS, not specifications that shift like
sand in the desert, but codified, nailed down, no-way-but-this-way STANDARDS. Academia,
Governance, heck even large Corporate sites all have to meet Standards requirements to
conform to a slew of trivial things like laws, shareholders, marketing and branding, and a
whole raft of things that talented and exciting boutiques get to challenge.
Shortly after Google Chrome's Extensions gallery opened, we rounded up 18 worthy
downloads. Now that Chrome's official add-on market has matured a bit, we've dug up more
productive, annoyance-fixing, feature-adding extensions that you should consider adding to
your collection. What extensions have made their way into your must-have list, or just your
Chrome taskbar for now? Tell us, and link, your favorite finds in the comments.
Official Website of multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist Tracy
Chapman. New album "Our Bright Future" available November 10th (Europe) and November 11th
(US). Please enable Javascript and Flash to continue. Site Design by OrdinaryKids in SF.
No matter what anyone says, one of the most fundamentally appealing qualities of social
sites like Twitter and Facebook is the notion that people actually..
Nothing says Christmas like Donald Duck … if you’re Swedish. Every culture has its own
holiday customs, and Jeremy Stahl, a non-Swede and a “partially lapsed Jew,” stumbled upon
an odd one during a trip to Sweden. In the article reprinted below, Stahl explains the
Christmas cartoon tradition. Three years ago, I...