Which Color Best Suits a Website?

[Sexy Sania]

Last night i as creating a design for a kids website.

Now the problem i was facing was that which colour should i add to the Background.

Kids usually like bright colours but you know every color can be bright.

do you have any ideas which would be the most suitable colour.

It would be nice if you could add the colour code

like [#FFFFFF]

[Sadaf]

Hi sania,

Yes kids like bright color but I think its upto a designer that which color he/she picks for the children.

If not getting idea, try to see other kids related websites and see how they are using colors.

This is all I can help you

[pctec]

Why not use an image for the background instead?
The image would depend of the audience of course...
You wouldnt want play blocks for 15 year olds

[Sexy Sania]

That image Idea is nice. i would think over it.

now i would have to look for images :-(

anyways thanks "pctec" and sadaf for your help

sadaf do you know of any websites that are just related to kids?

[Julie]

I think you could make almost any background color work on a kids themed site... it really depends on the rest of the design.

[grazie1]

yes, i agree with you Julie.. it still depends on the design.. but you're also right Sexy Sonia.. use brighter colors or a pastel color may do..

[tresmom]

Definitely bright colors. My kids are always trying to talk me into putting up bright gradients or black or red backgrounds. Blah, I hate it, but they like the really bright colors. It also depends on boys or girls and ages the preferences. My boys are always black, blue, and red and my girls of course want nothing but pink.

[Foxtrck]

Vibrant colours are always best for kids as it keeps them interested. There is quite a difference between gender colour preferences, especially amongst kids, found this out while doing a research study on the subject.

This is a good site for colour schemes, all user submitted it can help you see what colours go together.

http://www.colourlovers.com/

[Foxtrck]

^^

Anyway Sania, there is an awesome website for choosing colours which i recently stumbled upon.

http://www.colorblender.com

Helps you make a whole colour palette for your site from one colour.
Amazing resource, don't know why I hadn't found it earlier it's been around for years.

[jani]

Hi Sania, Did you complete your website for the Kids?

When you complete it we will be glad if you show us your work

[Swefx]

I have always been a fan for light blues when making kids sites.

Color scheme is most important thing with any type of design so take your time choosing it.

[iamandy]

Originally Posted by Foxtrck

http://www.colourlovers.com/

i'm with this guy like! when i design a site i always use colourlovers for my colours. just search a keyword(most of the time.. something that has to do with the site i'm designing..)in the palettes and it normally brings back some good colours.

[chicgeek]

*cheers for the U in colour*

[Foxtrck]

Exactly, only lazy americans would spell colour without a U. I am starting to spell it 'color' by force of habit these days Simply due to my brain working in css and xhtml lol.

[iamandy]

[chicgeek]

Originally Posted by Foxtrck

Exactly, only lazy americans would spell colour without a U. I am starting to spell it 'color' by force of habit these days Simply due to my brain working in css and xhtml lol.

Tis true, but I never let the evilness permeate my written grammatical skills.

[Sexy Sania]

lol the topic has converted to a gramatical one.

thanks God i have written it correctly otherwise i wiuld have Also joined "The Lazy American Group"

[sumrain]

I think this color is better below, [#47AE08] it is light green
or you can visit a website <link removed> ,it is pink for pearls.

[8everything]

Here's my advice, I fine that using YELLOW and any other bright/saturated color with it works GREAT! It's a very versatile color, so you can play around with different colors and see which one works out the best for you

[Aztral]

RED..NO BLUE!! Argggggghhh!!!