Ui ux color palette7/26/2023 By simply creating two overlapping shapes, and selecting the “Multiply” blending mode, we get a third, matching color. I use blending modes to help create exciting color palettes. We can become more sensitive to the subtleties of color by picking a lot of them, truly looking at them, and iterating repeatedly. For example, choosing a cool or warm gray can dramatically increase the harmony of a design. So I find it’s important to be sensitive, and make changes in small steps. What I experience over and over again is how fragile color palettes are: a slight adjustment can make a huge difference to a color scheme’s overall effect. This can produce exciting, harmonious palettes, like the one illustrated (above, center). ![]() ![]() We can also leave the dot in the same place on the color selector, but cycle through colors using the hue slider. The resulting set of colors could be used to indicate active and inactive buttons, borders, or backgrounds. This gives any palette an immediate sense of relationship and progression. When choosing colors, I try to stay on a straight line, either diagonally or from left to right. They serve as a kind of sense-check - a bit like how a user persona guides UX designers. I try to keep these ideas in mind as I work. I think this way of forming principles also works for colors: white over gray harmony over disconnect cool over warm. He explains that, at Medium, they use principles like “direction over choice,” “appropriate over consistent”, and “evolving over finalized”. Let us know what you think in the comments – and feel free to share any other tips that you use in your work!īefore starting to pick colors, I often think of Dustin Senos’ short article about design principles. ![]() In this week’s article, our in-house design guru, Patrick Multani, shares his tips for how to build great color palettes. Whether you’re a novice or an old hand, how to use color is one of the most contentious and elusive questions in design.Ĭolors have myriad cultural, social, and emotional meanings, and the complexity of choosing a palette isn’t made any simpler by the fact that a designer’s options are practically infinite.
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