It can be very challenging trying to pick the right color template for a web site.  Especially if you’re dealing with colors you don’t typically use.   But don’t threat! Kuler is too the rescue! Kuler is a product created by Adobe.  It lets users generate their own color combination by choosing the following options:

• Analogous
• Monochromatic
• Triad
• Complementary
• Compound
• Shades
• Custom

After the user has generated their color theme the user can save it to a place called “Mykuler”. Users can also save color themes as Adobe Swatch Exchange files (.ASE) where users can import and use in Adobe Creative Suite.  The online application is very easy to use so definitely give Kuler a try.

Generally designers have an excellent eye for detail and a skill to differentiate between the slightest color values.  Especially now with 32bit colors being able to be displayed on our monitors the color patellae seems to be endless.  Unfortunately an estimated 9 to 13 percent of males and under one percent of female population have some form of color blindness.

Here are some color blindness definitions found on the web:

• Protanopia means difficulties to distinguish between blue and green colors and also between red and green colors, or no sensitivity to red.
• Deuteranopia is blindness to green.
• Tritanopia is blindness to blue-yellow.

Designers who ignore color blindness can lose or confuse about 10 percent of potential viewers. To avoid this problem Vischeck has a nice tool that will load your website, and display how people with these symptoms will view your site.  From there you can see how clearly your sites is readable and adjust your site.