Color Links
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Here are links that lead to off-site pages about color in computers.
Color in Science-ese
- http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/colviscon.html#c1
- http://www.physics.uc.edu/~sitko/LightColor/7-ColorSystems/ColorSystems.htm
- http://www.poynton.com/notes/colour_and_gamma/ColorFAQ.txt
- ColorSystem.com
- CIE.co.at/cie/. 'the International Commission on Illumination - abbreviated as CIE from its French title Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage - is an organization devoted to international cooperation and exchange of information among its member countries on all matters relating to the science and art of lighting.'
- http://www.cox-internet.com/ast305/color.html
Color Schemes (Combinations)
- ColorMatch.dk and http://www.kohaistyle.com/scripts/quickcolor/ will make 6 color palettes to match a color you select.
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Well Styled Workshop [WellStyled.com]
- 'Welcome to the CSS and web design workshop, the WellStyled Workshop. Enjoy all CSS, HTML or Javascript techniques, tricks and hacks you can find here.'
- Webdesigners Tools. Very nice. See colors interactively using HSL, different common combinations (schemes), web-safe or not, and as viewed by different kinds of color blindness.
- ColorSchemer.com
- Color SynthAxis. 'color synthAxis is a free online tool designed to simplify the nightmare of color scheme selection. It looks complex, but after a few minutes you won't be able to live without it.'
- DefenceNechanism.com/color/color_toy_fr.htm
- EasyRGB.com. They have the unique feature of matching colors with actual paints from paint makers or different color systems like Munsell.
Wikipedia
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Color
- List of color topics
- Color name
- Color theory
- Four color theorem. 'every possible geographical map can be colored using no more than four colors in such a way that no two adjacent regions receive the same color. Two regions are called adjacent if they share a border segment, not just a point.'
- List of colors
- Color blindness
- Crayola
- Crayola 64
- Eye
- Pantone
- X11 color names
- Web colors
Miscellany
- Behr.com. They have a neat system for getting the right color of their brand of paints.
- Choosing Colors. Nice 2 page PDF about colors.
- The Color Association of the United States (CAUS) [colorassociation.com]. An color trend forecasting and color consulting service to the business community since 1915.
- Color it effective: How color influences the user
- ColorAcademy.co.uk
- ColorMarketing.org . ' Color Marketing Group, founded in 1962, is a not-for-profit, international Association of 1,500 Color Designers involved in the use of color as it applies to the profitable marketing of goods and services. '
- Color Scheme Generator [wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html] . Especially for the color impaired.
- colourlovers.com. "a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color - whether for ad campaigns, product design, or in architectural specification - a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews."
- Colour Theory as Applied to Landscape Photography. Including the rarely mentioned YRB color system.
- Color Vision. Physics and psychology.
- Crayola [Crayola.com]
- Munsell: The Universal Language of Color
- Pantone [Pantone.com]. The official site.
- Pantone approximated on the web [BargainPrinting.com/pms/]
- Safe Web Colours for colour-deficient vision [more.btexact.com/people/rigdence/colours/]
- VisiBone.com. They make nice web color posters.
- wpdfd.com/wpdgraph.htm.
2008-03-30 18:12:19Z