{"id":5514,"date":"2013-05-01T10:10:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T10:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/?p=5514"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:10:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T10:10:39","slug":"9-great-articles-and-resources-to-get-started-with-web-design-and-colour-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/9-great-articles-and-resources-to-get-started-with-web-design-and-colour-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"9 great articles and resources to get started with web design and colour theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> As a culture and as individuals we assign certain values, emotions and perceptions to colours. These change depending on where you are in the world, but the fact they hold a value remains. \u00a0This great chart shows how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationisbeautiful.net\/visualizations\/colours-in-cultures\/\">colours have different meanings around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing that a colour will influence a decision is key information to help you with designing your website. Here are some fantastic articles and resources to help guide you making the most of these opportunities.<\/p>\n<h4>A look into colour theory and web design<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sixrevisions.com\/web_design\/a-look-into-color-theory-in-web-design\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1 sixrevisions\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/1-sixrevisions.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sixrevisions.com\/web_design\/a-look-into-color-theory-in-web-design\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>5 web design colours that encourage visitors to click that subscribe button<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2 1stwebdesigner\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2-1stwebdesigner.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>An introduction to color theory for web designers<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webdesign.tutsplus.com\/articles\/an-introduction-to-color-theory-for-web-designers--webdesign-1437\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3 tutsplus\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/3-tutsplus.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webdesign.tutsplus.com\/articles\/an-introduction-to-color-theory-for-web-designers--webdesign-1437\">Read article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Color theory for designers<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2010\/01\/28\/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4 smashingmag\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/4-smashingmag.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2010\/01\/28\/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Color theory 101<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/designfestival.com\/color-theory-101-2\/https:\/\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5 designfestival\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/5-designfestival.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/designfestival.com\/color-theory-101-2\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Colour scheme designer<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colorschemedesigner.com\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6 colourschemedesigner\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/6-colourschemedesigner.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colorschemedesigner.com\/\">Go to resource<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Kular<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kuler.adobe.com\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"7 kular\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/7-kular.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kuler.adobe.com\/\">Go to resource<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>25 examples of perfect colour combinations in web design<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"8 tympanus\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/8-tympanus.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tympanus.net\/codrops\/2011\/12\/08\/25-examples-of-perfect-color-combinations-in-web-design\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>The psychology of color in web design<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vandelaydesign.com\/the-psychology-of-color-in-web-design\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"9 vandalaydesign\" src=\"\/blog_assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/9-vandalaydesign.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vandelaydesign.com\/the-psychology-of-color-in-web-design\/\">Read article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a culture and as individuals we assign certain values, emotions and perceptions to colours. These change depending on where you are in the world, but the fact they hold&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-web-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}