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Use of Colour: Food for the Human Spirit

By Lim Eng Cheong  -  

Use Of Colours
A Powerful Colour Scheme Can Be Attractive & Engaging

Monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split complementary, triadic and tetradic are some of the colour schemes.

A powerful colour scheme can attract and engage web visitors.

A colour scheme can also be based on an image.

Related: Beauty Lies in the Eyes of the Beholder

Bottles of Paint Colours
Some Colour Schemes Invoke Fun, Vibrancy & Cheerfulness

I particularly like the use of colours by Mega Discount Store and Parisilk. They are fun, vibrant and cheerful.

Screenshot of the Website of Parisilk
Parisilk Website on a Desktop

Colours used by Best Denki and Lucky Store are more serious and sombre.

Whereas, Gain City has a strange combination or peculiar taste that does not quite resonate with mine.

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