Fabulous99.com | The design blog » I love colors http://www.fabulous99.com Fabulous 99 a design blog by Imran Subhani Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:26:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Color Names http://www.fabulous99.com/2010/03/15/color-names/ http://www.fabulous99.com/2010/03/15/color-names/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:21:03 +0000 Imran Subhani http://www.fabulous99.com/?p=672 Color Names (Gender Specific)
I found color names at theDogHouseDiaries and its funny but 100 percent true.

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]]> http://www.fabulous99.com/2010/03/15/color-names/feed/ 0 Daily Color Scheme for your Creative Hunger http://www.fabulous99.com/2010/03/14/daily-color-scheme-for-your-creative-hunger/ http://www.fabulous99.com/2010/03/14/daily-color-scheme-for-your-creative-hunger/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:41:57 +0000 Imran Subhani http://www.fabulous99.com/?p=667 There are many websites and tools available for making and sharing color schemes included but not limited to my most favorite KULER. However, I love the idea of Daily Color Scheme . Its not released yet but you can see its beta version. About the idea of fresh color scheme on daily basis, I hope the team at Daily Color Scheme will really make it possible.

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If you don’t want to read it and already know a lot about it you can skip to download links at the bottom of this article.

What is Color Theory:
I hope you know about Color Theory. Color theory is a body of practical guidance to the visual impacts of specific color combination and how to mix colors. Its a theory of visual arts and its principles first found in the books of of Leone Battista Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (c.1490). It developed as an independent artistic tradition with only superficial reference to colorimetric and vision science.

Could You Remember All Design Theories?
For designers in general and specifically graphic designers or web designers, there is a lot to keep in mind while you creating design, graphic design or web design. Some times one feel it’s hard enough to not forget all the theories of design / graphic design, web design best practices, and even Photoshop keyboard shortcuts.

Info Graphic is a solution:
But Jeff comes up with a solution to create the info graphics for all of the basics of color theory contained in one place – specifically, a cool info graphic-esque poster. This way, he reference to the things that you may have forget after design school. His output is: The Color Theory Quick Reference Poster for Designers.

You could print it or use as a desktop wallpaper. You can reference it to your clients, team members and other related people during meetings, phone calls, or any other sort interaction.

This color theory info graphic is all about:

Download Links:

I hope this will be true design asset for you. Here are the various files for download.

(All thanks should go to Jeff for such good effort.)

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