# Color scheme tool?

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**Created:** [July 10, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-scheme-tool/25218 "2003-07-10T16:48:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-scheme-tool/25218/1 "2003-07-10T16:48:02Z")

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Does anyone know of a good color scheme tool. I found one called color schemer and on is a extension for FWMX. But they both reek. I currently do my colors manually but I am trying to refine my process. lemme know ya’ll

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-scheme-tool/25218/2 "2003-07-10T19:47:02Z")

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bump

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-scheme-tool/25218/3 "2003-07-10T20:25:56Z")

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I have a book on the shelf called “Color Harmony for the Web”.

It’s been helpful in working with print stuff occasionally as well. Despite the bland title, it’s a really good book. It’s something like 180 pages and starts with background on color (psychological effects, color trends, etc.) then moves on to a _lot_ of color combination swatches in categories like “nostalgic”, “earthy”, “romantic”, “energetic”, “classic”, “calming”, “elegant”, and on and on. It even tosses in hexadecimal conversions for all of the colors.

I’ve tried the color shemer as well…bleh! While it’s not a little app you can load up whenever you need it, it’s a really useful book and worth having around.

Amazon has it here:

> **[Color Harmony for the Web: A Guidebook to Create Color Combinations for Web Site Design](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1564966038/)**
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> Choosing the right color palette can create a world of meaning for any on-line project. Color Harmonyfor the Web is a wonderful tool created for Web designers and desktop publishers. It provides you w ...

If you do a search for “color harmony” at Amazon, you get matches for a whole series of books the same publisher has put out that I like a lot as well.

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**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-scheme-tool/25218/4 "2003-07-10T20:29:58Z")

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cool man thanks. I forgot to mention that if anyone has a favorite book or something on it lemme know. I am going to go and check out that book. I spend far to much time on color schemes and stuff.

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**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-scheme-tool/25218/5 "2003-07-10T20:32:54Z")

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oh yeah…you should take a peek at the “Color Index”, too. I’m a big big fan of all of the “Index” books they have out.

Word to your mother.