How to narrow down eco-color choices, or any other color choices, either for web, print or any medium where color palettes need to be defined.

Most of the tools I have listed below are for web based hexidecimal color codes, but many of these can be used to help with room decorator colors, yarn color combinations, and many other material matching systems.  There is even a tool that allows you to upload a photo and it will match the colors with the photo.  Others will let you pick a hue or color and it will auto select compatible colors.  Here is a list of just a few: Colorpicker.com,  Colorschemer.com,  ColorPaletteGenerator,  ColorCombos.com, WebsiteColors.com,  ColorCalculator,  ColorBlender.com,  ColorHunter.com, PaletteMan.com, InstantColorSchemes.

Much thought goes into the theory of color and there are many documented articles on the psychology of color and how color influences someone to buy or not to buy. As a web designer, I am very aware of how color affects the end user.  I also want to make sure that l choose link colors and link rollover colors that affect the information flow of the design and how each color used in the design interacts with another.

Next, I will dabble with accessibility color issues…you CAN color outside the lines!