Colors
There is a decided lack of color in my life as of late. This has been very much in evidence over the past few days as we’ve not seen the sun in almost a week. We’ve had gray, cloudy, Oregon-coast like weather, unseasonably cool, but blessedly wet (we’re in a drought right now. We need the rain!). It seems as if this blandness in colors has been carried into my life.
I guess it’s obvious that this site is rather bland – pale, vague hints at colors, if that. The yellow in the background is muted, and the rest of the colors are various shades of grey, with the exception of the links. We’re doing better in our real-world life; we have some nice reds in the house – but our bedroom has white walls, and my basement has light brown wall paper. Nothing exciting, nothing invigorating. I want something that pops!
I’ve been a member over at ColourLovers for some time, and I enjoy creating palettes. I wonder how some of my favorites would look in either a website, or as a color combination down in my basement or my bedroom;
While this one has browns, it has the nice contrasting blue in it as well. Might look good on a site, probably not so much in my basement or in my bedroom (unless I did the walls in a light tan and got all new linens in blue for my bed).
The greens are nice in this, and I think they contrast nicely with the grays, but again I think it’d be better for the website than a bedroom. In my basement, I might think I was in a fish tank.
Just kidding… 
Some nice browns and oranges here, but again, I see it more of a website color than a bedroom color. The basement would be brightened considerable done in an orange.
This one I could see on both – on a website it has the nice neutral colors, with good contrast, nothing to bland or dull in my opinion. I would also put these colors in my bedroom or basement, more likely the lighter shades on the wall.
Some color links:
That’s just a few – there’s tons out there. And as you can see from my palette selects, I suck at colors. I need help.
I really like the Desert & Sky one. I suck at colors too. I see colors I like together but when I try to “recreate” it in some fashion, it falls apart. Lately, I’ve really taken to brown with any color. Brown and blue, brown and pink, etc.
Man what a boring comment.