Combining Color Families
It is always a good idea to use a mixture of different color families, making sure that it is creating the optimal balance. Some colored families are very complex in themselves and we should not disturb them.
Some good combinations can include:
- Using neutrals alone and also in combination with pastels, warm and cool colors.
- Pastel can be added with warm and cool colors as well, depending upon i.e., using pink pastel for subtitles with magenta and red colors would work.
- Including white, black, and gray with fluorescent text and background. Prefer black for the background.
Color Theory: Detailed Guide For UI Designers
Colors in a design set an appropriate tone and brand perception. It is often believed that choosing the right color palette is the designer’s aesthetic preferences and sense of beauty which have a major role in the selection of colors for UI screens. Colors are associated with many different emotions, cultures, and contexts and they make an impact on viewers’ moods and behavior. In this article, we’ll cover all about Color Theory for UI Design.
Picking the right colors helps to increase conversion for your product as well as its usefulness. One can leverage the online tools available that help in generating amazing color palettes, rather than starting from scratch. As a designer, you can always tweak and make changes as per your need using those pre-defined pallets. To do this, one should have good knowledge of the concept of color psychology and color theory for UI Design.
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Color theory in UI Design completely revolves around “The Color Wheel”, which is a base to start creating color palettes.
To understand color harmony a little better, one needs to be aware of some terminologies. Most amazing color palettes have a proper balance of these terminologies, knowing them helps tweak and create more enhanced and balanced palettes.