Brownies
1st edition — by Patrick McNeil — Jan. 13, 2006
The Design Element
The color brown can offer a variety of meanings to a design. One of the
most obvious is the association to nature. Some sites have subject matter
which makes this a logical choice, such as a park, or a wilderness lodge.
But some layouts use this color for other reasons, such as
Weightshift
, who draws on its power to show dependability and honesty, two critical
attributes for a designer. Brown certainly creates a warm and inviting
atmosphere, as seen in all the samples below.
Connotations of brown : Warmth, comfort, steady, conservative,
earthy, natural, nature, down-to-earth, wholesomeness, simplicity, friendliness,
dependability, health, honesty, old, and aged.
Sample Usage
Links
Genopal (Color pallet creation software)
COLOURlovers (Excellent color pallet collections)
Kuler - pallet builder from Adobe /
ColorBlender.com (The
best tool I have found for easily creating beautiful color pallets)
Great color browsing resource (Named colors, by hue, etc)
Color
Scheme Generator
Color
Blender (On MeyerWeb)
Color In Motion
Color Schemer Online v2
Color Schemer Gallery
Color Symbolism
