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<h4>Creating a color scheme is essential to great design. I’ve gathered the best tools to help you make the right color choices.</h4>
<p>Research suggests that 90% of a consumer’s assessment of a company or brand is made by color alone. So, choosing an appropriate color scheme to represent the brand is an important first step in any web design project.</p>
<p>Choosing the right color scheme for a project can be one of the most challenging aspects of website design.</p>
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<p>Finding colors that work together harmoniously can be very time consuming, not to mention frustrating. That’s why it’s essential to have color scheme resources available at your disposal to make finding the perfect color schemes much easier.</p>
<p>Here’s my list of the top nine resources for color schemes you can bookmark today!</p>
<h3>1. <a href="http://ift.tt/eE6V3Z">COLOURlovers</a></h3>
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<p>COLOURlovers is a robust community where web designers can create and share color schemes, and collaborate on the latest trends in web design.</p>
<p>With COLOURlovers you will have access to over 2 million color pallets, and you can browse the huge database by submission date, rating, views, or by keyword.</p>
<p>COLOURlovers is a free tool that will add major convenience to your life.</p>
<h3>2. <a href="http://ift.tt/1vOPJGg"><em>Adobe</em> Color CC</a></h3>
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<p><em>Adobe</em> Color CC is part of the <em>Adobe</em> Creative Cloud. With <em>Adobe</em> Color CC you can view a bunch of color schemes or create your own in the user-friendly interface.</p>
<p>This tool is especially convenient if you use other <em>Adobe</em> products for your web design projects due to the ability to download and use your themes in other <em>Adobe</em> Creative Cloud products.</p>
<h3>3. <a href="http://ift.tt/TpgquL">Color Matters</a></h3>
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<p>Color Matters may not be able to help you find the perfect color scheme for your design projects, but it can answer just about any question related to color.</p>
<p>This valuable free resource was created by color professor, Jill Morton, and is organized in a clean tab format. Color Matters provides in-depth information on color symbolism, color and design, color and marketing, color and the body, color and vision, color and science, and much more.</p>
<h3>4. <a href="http://ift.tt/2psJH0t">Paletton</a></h3>
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<p>Paletton is an extremely simple tool you can use to create color schemes, randomize palettes, and check your palettes for different kinds of color blindness.</p>
<p>Paletton is the prefect tool for the beginner web designer due to its user-friendly interface. Paletton is a tool that can make your life as a web designer much easier.</p>
<h3>5. <a href="http://ift.tt/w4nK28">Color Explorer</a></h3>
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<p>Color Explorer is one of the best free online resources that can help you choose amazing color schemes for your websites. Color Explorer is a powerful tool that can help you match colors, browse hundreds of popular color libraries, get conversion hints between color libraries, and much more. Color Explorer is the perfect tool for web designers of every skill level.</p>
<p>Color Explorer is 100 percent free. You are not even required to sign up for an account to use this resource; however, signing up for a free account will provide you with additional features such as better and safer palette access. Add Color Explorer to your web design arsenal right away.</p>
<h3>6. <a href="http://ift.tt/2psOaAs">ColorSchemer Gallery</a></h3>
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<p>ColorSchemer Gallery is a community where web designers can share and manage color schemes they create. With ColorSchemer, you can search for and download new color scheme ideas, search for color schemes that include a particular color, upload and share your color schemes to show to clients, and save your favorite color schemes for easy viewing. You are able to search for color schemes by date, rating, number of downloads, or by keyword.</p>
<p>They also provide a desktop app for Mac and Windows.</p>
<h3>7. <a href="http://ift.tt/pSGhHh">Check My Colours</a></h3>
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<p>Once you have your color schemes created, it’s important to check them to make sure someone with a color deficit can view your site. This tool is completely free, and was created by web developer, Giovanni Scala.</p>
<p>Check my Colours will help you check foreground and background color combinations with algorithm-based tests.</p>
<h3>8. <a href="http://colorhunter.com/">Color Hunter</a></h3>
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<p>Color Hunter is an extremely unique, and straight forward tool that will allow you to create and find color schemes based on images you submit.</p>
<p>All you have to do is submit a photo, and Color Hunter will do the rest by providing you a color palette based on the colors in the photo. If you don’t have a photo to work with, simply enter a search term in the search box at the top of every page.</p>
<p>You don’t even have to create an account with Color Hunter to us the tool, but having an account will allow you to save your favorite color schemes. On first glance, Color Hunter’s website may seem a bit bland and dated, but don’t let this deter you.</p>
<p>This is a great tool that can be useful for web designers of any skill level.</p>
<h3>9. <a href="http://ift.tt/zonuUt">Pictaculous</a></h3>
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<p>Another option similar to Color Hunter is Pictaculous, created by MailChimp. Pictaculous is one of the easier tools you can use to help create awe-inspired color schemes. All you have to do is upload a picture, and Pictaculous will return a color scheme based on the colors in the image.</p>
<h3><strong>Any Honorable Mentions?</strong></h3>
<p>There is a plethora of additional resources related to color schemes that could prove to be of value to you as a web designer.</p>
<p>In addition to the above mentioned tools, consider taking a look at:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.colrd.com/">Colrd</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ift.tt/1r6z4gY">Colourmod</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ift.tt/2psKlv5">Designspiration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ift.tt/2poLEOk">The Color App</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ift.tt/RNEWci">COLOROTATE</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Have others you like? Let me know in the comments below.</p>
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The Top 9 Resources For Color Schemes

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