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Introduction

With the advent of css, it is trivially easy to change the entire colour scheme of a website. It makes it even more embarrassing if your website’s colours don’t co-ordinate well. Creating a pleasing colour scheme requires an artistic skill I don’t have, though I think I know a good one when I see one.

I thought I would start collecting colour schemes for the web authoring community. If you have some colour schemes that you are willing to share, please email them to me. All you need do is list the hex colour numbers you think go well together, ordering dark to light. Give your colour scheme a name. If you want to save me some work, put them in the same HTML table form as those below.

The Schemes

Feel free to use any of these colour schemes in your web pages without credit.
Submitter Scheme
Name		 Colours
Roedy Green orange grove#6f6f6f #557799 #b4c24b #e87830
Roedy Green chameleon#090e08 #5c1a04 #8c6730 #0f9d15 #a64b2c #aa6e88 #22b6fc #f8f2f2
Roedy Green bee eater#19130c #131211 #773d27 #7e2926 #018661 #078c82 #94754c #5d9f79 #d6b601 #f7d305
Roedy Green NDP #42414d #008342 #025ca6 #9ba049 #318cd6 #ff6b01 #84c4fa #fffeff
Roedy Green Valencia #000000 #272727 #2c2c2c #585858 #800000 #662d91 #17a41a #39b54a #d50002 #0066ff #ff950d #ff960f #ff9710 #f3f3f3 #ffffff
Roedy Green subtle #91eaff #95cbff #bff2ff #ffe4c4 #ffffcc #ffffdd #e0ffff #ffeae2 #e3faff #f0ffff #f4fff7 #fefeff #ffffff
Roedy Green seaside #055555 #666666 #608f1b #094196 #50a627 #0668b1 #999999 #60b03f #0382b9 #167bbf #0495d4 #389dd5 #1fa0d9 #58d2f9 #e0ffff #ffffff
Roedy Green green snail #060503 #4e422a #6b5523 #5e7628 #68892e #779639 #ced4a6 #c7daac
Roedy Green spruce #1a2a0d #384a0e #3e542d #77864f #8a587b #a9c465 #d0c488
Roedy Green nautica #037706 #000080 #707070 #009700 #eaffff #ffffff
Roedy Green squash #005500 #f3d457 #f7da68 #ffd84c #fce692 #f3f3f3 #ffffff
Roedy Green subdued #333333 #666666 #336699 #c2c235 #cc6600 #efefef #ffffff
Roedy Green matte #575757 #ccb08e #79c6f2 #eeeeee #ffdfb0
Roedy Green futura #333333 #404040 #006699 #a16801 #cccc99 #ff9900 #ccffff
Roedy Green adobe #008080 #a28d68 #d5ccbb
Roedy Green autumn #a0a0a0 #c6a646 #e6d8ae
Roedy Green Easter #006633 #008653 #319463 #9c399c #bdbd9c #d6a5d6 #ff79ac #ffffcc
Roedy Green Halloween #000066 #333366 #003399 #0000ff #0066ff #ff9900 #e4e6e9 #66ccff #99ccff #ffffcc
Roedy Green jolly green #004400 #005500 #006600 #007700 #008800 #088808 #009900 #00aa00 #00bb00 #00cc00 #00dd00 #00ee00 #00ff00 #ff0080 #f7f79c
Roedy Green milky green #400040 #588078 #90b0a8
Roedy Green monochrome #111111 #222222 #333333 #444444 #555555 #666666 #777777 #888888 #999999 #aaaaaa #bbbbbb #cccccc #cdcdcd #dddddd #eeeeee
Roedy Green playschool #993300 #3399cc #cc6633 #667fff #9966ff #66ccff #66ffe6 #e666ff #ff66cc #ff667f #66ff99 #ff9966 #ffe666 #ccff66 #7fff66
Roedy Green Queen Anne #402840 #284848 #484060 #786058 #a89890
Roedy Green the blues #4f657d #808080 #8399b0 #c1ccd9
Roedy Green Windows Retro #000080 #008080 #808080 #c0c0c0

How To Collect Colour Schemes

You can collect colour schemes by buying a copy of Paint Shop Pro X2. Then you can take a screen snapshot of any application or browser display, and then use the eyedropper tool to sample the colour. If you open the colour wheel, you will see the corresponding HTML hex number displayed where you can cut and paste it.

You can sample photos of fabrics, house interiors, nature, etc. to collect a pleasing scheme. You can capture images with a digital camera or with a scanner. As far as I know, doing this does not violate any copyrights. Using other people’s names for your colour schemes might get you in trouble though.

One trick I use on my home page is to use an image from nature. I select a typical foreground and background colour from the image to use on the rest of the page. You tend to get more muted conservative colour schemes this way.

Mindprod Colour Scheme

Here are all the named colours used on the mindprod.com website, not all on the same page though!
All 179 Colours Used on the Mindprod.com website sorted by hue, saturation and brightness
Color Name hex Using hex Red Green Blue Hue Sat Bright
black x #000000 test test test test 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
masker grey #777777 test test test test 119 119 119 0.000 0.000 0.467
unobtrusive grey #808080 test test test test 128 128 128 0.000 0.000 0.502
dark silver+ #888888 test test test test 136 136 136 0.000 0.000 0.533
light grey #a0a0a0 test test test test 160 160 160 0.000 0.000 0.627
grey65 x #a6a6a6 test test test test 166 166 166 0.000 0.000 0.651
mid grey #c0c0c0 test test test test 192 192 192 0.000 0.000 0.753
grey80 x #cccccc test test test test 204 204 204 0.000 0.000 0.800
silver #dadada test test test test 218 218 218 0.000 0.000 0.855
border grey #eeeeee test test test test 238 238 238 0.000 0.000 0.933
white x #ffffff test test test test 255 255 255 0.000 0.000 1.000
rusty pink #ffaeae test test test test 255 174 174 0.000 0.318 1.000
fiery orange #ff6666 test test test test 255 102 102 0.000 0.600 1.000
sharp brown #993333 test test test test 153 51 51 0.000 0.667 0.600
grape kool aid+ #8d2e2e test test test test 141 46 46 0.000 0.674 0.553
brown x #a52a2a test test test test 165 42 42 0.000 0.745 0.647
fire #ff3333 test test test test 255 51 51 0.000 0.800 1.000
firebrick+ #b22222 test test test test 178 34 34 0.000 0.809 0.698
firebrick3 x #cd2626 test test test test 205 38 38 0.000 0.815 0.804
firebrick2 x #ee2c2c test test test test 238 44 44 0.000 0.815 0.933
mid brown #800000 test test test test 128 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.502
DarkRed x #8b0000 test test test test 139 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.545
ruddy brown #9b0000 test test test test 155 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.608
shoepolish brown #b00000 test test test test 176 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.690
red3 x #cd0000 test test test test 205 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.804
red x #ff0000 test test test test 255 0 0 0.000 1.000 1.000
fox brown #ce0f14 test test test test 206 15 20 0.004 0.927 0.808
reddy brown #c20a26 test test test test 194 10 38 0.025 0.948 0.761
fireplug red+ #dc143c test test test test 220 20 60 0.033 0.909 0.863
sangria #91122c test test test test 145 18 44 0.034 0.876 0.569
red wine grey #962c49 test test test test 150 44 73 0.046 0.707 0.588
pink bubble gum #ffd7e4 test test test test 255 215 228 0.054 0.157 1.000
brown tinge of blue #aa0044 test test test test 170 0 68 0.067 1.000 0.667
raspberry+ #de3386 test test test test 222 51 134 0.081 0.770 0.871
deep pink+ #ff1493 test test test test 255 20 147 0.090 0.922 1.000
bright raspberry #fb008a test test test test 251 0 138 0.092 1.000 0.984
maroon1 #ff34b3 test test test test 255 52 179 0.104 0.796 1.000
wine #bb0077 test test test test 187 0 119 0.106 1.000 0.733
wine brown #7c215c test test test test 124 33 92 0.108 0.734 0.486
light wine #cc3399 test test test test 204 51 153 0.111 0.750 0.800
muted concord+ #c11199 test test test test 193 17 153 0.129 0.912 0.757
gay pink #fdcaf4 test test test test 253 202 244 0.137 0.202 0.992
screaming pink #da00ce test test test test 218 0 206 0.157 1.000 0.855
milk #8b2589 test test test test 139 37 137 0.163 0.734 0.545
concord+ #d000ce test test test test 208 0 206 0.165 1.000 0.816
drooling pink #fae8fa test test test test 250 232 250 0.167 0.072 0.980
dark plum+ #991199 test test test test 153 17 153 0.167 0.889 0.600
aged wine #660066 test test test test 102 0 102 0.167 1.000 0.400
concord grape+ #800080 test test test test 128 0 128 0.167 1.000 0.502
dark purple #aa00aa test test test test 170 0 170 0.167 1.000 0.667
silly twit pink #f0d3f1 test test test test 240 211 241 0.172 0.124 0.945
prune plum+ #500b53 test test test test 80 11 83 0.174 0.867 0.325
hippocrene #8811aa test test test test 136 17 170 0.204 0.900 0.667
royal purple #9900cc test test test test 153 0 204 0.208 1.000 0.800
very dark purple #510d6c test test test test 81 13 108 0.214 0.880 0.424
grape #9f0dd9 test test test test 159 13 217 0.214 0.940 0.851
DarkViolet x #9400d3 test test test test 148 0 211 0.216 1.000 0.827
bright plum #8800ce test test test test 136 0 206 0.223 1.000 0.808
BlueViolet x #8a2be2 test test test test 138 43 226 0.247 0.810 0.886
batty pale mauve #ede7f5 test test test test 237 231 245 0.262 0.057 0.961
dark navy #330099 test test test test 51 0 153 0.278 1.000 0.600
extreme pale blue #fcfcff test test test test 252 252 255 0.333 0.012 1.000
MidnightBlue x #191970 test test test test 25 25 112 0.333 0.777 0.439
black navy+ #00004f test test test test 0 0 79 0.333 1.000 0.310
navy x #000080 test test test test 0 0 128 0.333 1.000 0.502
dark blue+ #00008b test test test test 0 0 139 0.333 1.000 0.545
dark crayon blue+ #0000ad test test test test 0 0 173 0.333 1.000 0.678
medium blue+ #0000cd test test test test 0 0 205 0.333 1.000 0.804
blue x #0000ff test test test test 0 0 255 0.333 1.000 1.000
perky blue #0002e8 test test test test 0 2 232 0.335 1.000 0.910
grey with tinge of blue #4648ff test test test test 70 72 255 0.335 0.725 1.000
stately blue #4044d7 test test test test 64 68 215 0.338 0.702 0.843
happy blue+ #0008ff test test test test 0 8 255 0.339 1.000 1.000
eclipse blue+ #415fbf test test test test 65 95 191 0.373 0.660 0.749
blue linen #dae3fe test test test test 218 227 254 0.375 0.142 0.996
plain dark blue #0032c8 test test test test 0 50 200 0.375 1.000 0.784
dull blue #3d58a0 test test test test 61 88 160 0.379 0.619 0.627
very dark blue #18418a test test test test 24 65 138 0.393 0.826 0.541
pale blue imperial #90b2ee test test test test 144 178 238 0.394 0.395 0.933
parker ink blue #1e66e5 test test test test 30 102 229 0.394 0.869 0.898
dignified blue #87b1f8 test test test test 135 177 248 0.395 0.456 0.973
industrial blue+ #0048ab test test test test 0 72 171 0.404 1.000 0.671
black with a tinge of cyan #2e578b test test test test 46 87 139 0.407 0.669 0.545
green-tinged blue #004080 test test test test 0 64 128 0.417 1.000 0.502
robin egg #0080ff test test test test 0 128 255 0.417 1.000 1.000
cardinal blue #0075e6 test test test test 0 117 230 0.418 1.000 0.902
dark sky blue #95cbff test test test test 149 203 255 0.418 0.416 1.000
AliceBlue x #f0f8ff test test test test 240 248 255 0.422 0.059 1.000
Naples Blue #188dd3 test test test test 24 141 211 0.438 0.886 0.827
dark eclipse blue+ #295d78 test test test test 41 93 120 0.443 0.658 0.471
Waterman blue #266584 test test test test 38 101 132 0.445 0.712 0.518
dark ocean+ #00608b test test test test 0 96 139 0.448 1.000 0.545
DeepSkyBlue x #00bfff test test test test 0 191 255 0.458 1.000 1.000
tailing pond grey #436f7c test test test test 67 111 124 0.462 0.460 0.486
milky green #68dafb test test test test 104 218 251 0.463 0.586 0.984
pale robin egg #bff2ff test test test test 191 242 255 0.466 0.251 1.000
sky blue #91eaff test test test test 145 234 255 0.468 0.431 1.000
jgloss #caf5ff test test test test 202 245 255 0.469 0.208 1.000
mid cyan #c2f3fe test test test test 194 243 254 0.469 0.236 0.996
dark turquoise #b2f1ff test test test test 178 241 255 0.470 0.302 1.000
pale cyan #e3faff test test test test 227 250 255 0.470 0.110 1.000
dark cyan+ #006677 test test test test 0 102 119 0.476 1.000 0.467
bluish cyan #00aabb test test test test 0 170 187 0.485 1.000 0.733
CadetBlue x #5f9ea0 test test test test 95 158 160 0.495 0.406 0.627
azure x #f0ffff test test test test 240 255 255 0.500 0.059 1.000
LightCyan x #e0ffff test test test test 224 255 255 0.500 0.122 1.000
DarkCyan x #008b8b test test test test 0 139 139 0.500 1.000 0.545
LightSeaGreen x #20b2aa test test test test 32 178 170 0.509 0.820 0.698
turquoise x #40e0d0 test test test test 64 224 208 0.517 0.714 0.878
dummy #afd9cf test test test test 175 217 207 0.540 0.194 0.851
dark bluish green #006633 test test test test 0 102 51 0.583 1.000 0.400
seeweed green #266f4a test test test test 38 111 74 0.584 0.658 0.435
SeaGreen x #2e8b57 test test test test 46 139 87 0.593 0.669 0.545
shamrock green #009933 test test test test 0 153 51 0.611 1.000 0.600
hospital green #d0ffde test test test test 208 255 222 0.617 0.184 1.000
readable green background #f3fff6 test test test test 243 255 246 0.625 0.047 1.000
blue tinged green+ #409954 test test test test 64 153 84 0.629 0.582 0.600
very light green #d5f6d6 test test test test 213 246 214 0.662 0.134 0.965
muted green #80aa80 test test test test 128 170 128 0.667 0.247 0.667
LightGreen x #90ee90 test test test test 144 238 144 0.667 0.395 0.933
rich green #226622 test test test test 34 102 34 0.667 0.667 0.400
ForestGreen x #228b22 test test test test 34 139 34 0.667 0.755 0.545
black with tinge of green #000800 test test test test 0 8 0 0.667 1.000 0.031
dark green+ #006400 test test test test 0 100 0 0.667 1.000 0.392
bright green #008000 test test test test 0 128 0 0.667 1.000 0.502
twinkly green+ #009200 test test test test 0 146 0 0.667 1.000 0.573
forest green #339926 test test test test 51 153 38 0.686 0.752 0.600
green stripe #d0f0c8 test test test test 208 240 200 0.700 0.167 0.941
conservative green+ #5c9548 test test test test 92 149 72 0.710 0.517 0.584
architect green #d7f7ca test test test test 215 247 202 0.715 0.182 0.969
roedy green said #275700 test test test test 39 87 0 0.741 1.000 0.341
Irish Spring #55ac00 test test test test 85 172 0 0.749 1.000 0.675
light chartreuse stripe #efffdf test test test test 239 255 223 0.750 0.125 1.000
moss green #396000 test test test test 57 96 0 0.766 1.000 0.376
bright lime #cffb3f test test test test 207 251 63 0.794 0.749 0.984
light lime #dffc7c test test test test 223 252 124 0.796 0.508 0.988
sun cream #ffffec test test test test 255 255 236 0.833 0.075 1.000
squash #ffffdd test test test test 255 255 221 0.833 0.133 1.000
dark cream #ffffcc test test test test 255 255 204 0.833 0.200 1.000
kitchen yellow #ffffa4 test test test test 255 255 164 0.833 0.357 1.000
olive #808000 test test test test 128 128 0 0.833 1.000 0.502
khaki x #f0e68c test test test test 240 230 140 0.850 0.417 0.941
dark gold2 #7b6a00 test test test test 123 106 0 0.856 1.000 0.482
tarnished gold #8b7a11 test test test test 139 122 17 0.857 0.878 0.545
dark gold1 #9b8400 test test test test 155 132 0 0.858 1.000 0.608
gold x #ffd700 test test test test 255 215 0 0.859 1.000 1.000
dark gold3 #6b5a00 test test test test 107 90 0 0.860 1.000 0.420
cream #fcf7e2 test test test test 252 247 226 0.865 0.103 0.988
custard #fff4c7 test test test test 255 244 199 0.866 0.220 1.000
Tilly brown #a08e4c test test test test 160 142 76 0.869 0.525 0.627
Backyardigans gold #bb8811 test test test test 187 136 17 0.883 0.909 0.733
frosted gold #887755 test test test test 136 119 85 0.889 0.375 0.533
OldLace x #fdf5e6 test test test test 253 245 230 0.891 0.091 0.992
orange x #ffa500 test test test test 255 165 0 0.892 1.000 1.000
butternut #ff9900 test test test test 255 153 0 0.900 1.000 1.000
DarkOrange x #ff8c00 test test test test 255 140 0 0.908 1.000 1.000
bisque x #ffe4c4 test test test test 255 228 196 0.910 0.231 1.000
log brown #896b49 test test test test 137 107 73 0.911 0.467 0.537
pumpkin orange #fd9727 test test test test 253 151 39 0.913 0.846 0.992
dark brown #7b3e00 test test test test 123 62 0 0.916 1.000 0.482
silvery brown #996633 test test test test 153 102 51 0.917 0.667 0.600
peru x #cd853f test test test test 205 133 63 0.918 0.693 0.804
almost black #421f00 test test test test 66 31 0 0.922 1.000 0.259
greyed brown+ #653510 test test test test 101 53 16 0.927 0.842 0.396
bark brown #8f4914 test test test test 143 73 20 0.928 0.860 0.561
blood orange #ff6600 test test test test 255 102 0 0.933 1.000 1.000
volcanic soil #45230d test test test test 69 35 13 0.935 0.812 0.271
dog brown+ #934e28 test test test test 147 78 40 0.941 0.728 0.576
delicate brown #a85e39 test test test test 168 94 57 0.944 0.661 0.659
milky brown #b86036 test test test test 184 96 54 0.946 0.707 0.722
old orange #f7c4b4 test test test test 247 196 180 0.960 0.271 0.969
shoe polish brown #7a1a00 test test test test 122 26 0 0.964 1.000 0.478
palest pink #fff6f4 test test test test 255 246 244 0.970 0.043 1.000
tomato+ #ff6347 test test test test 255 99 71 0.975 0.722 1.000
quiet orange #ff4524 test test test test 255 69 36 0.975 0.859 1.000
clotted blood #c11d00 test test test test 193 29 0 0.975 1.000 0.757
scottish red+ #ff2000 test test test test 255 32 0 0.979 1.000 1.000
wagon red+ #c81800 test test test test 200 24 0 0.980 1.000 0.784
fiery red+ #ef150a test test test test 239 21 10 0.992 0.958 0.937
 A plus on the end of a colour name means it is used by JDisplay. An x on the end of the name means it is an X11 colour.

Books

book cover recommend book⇒The Designer’s Guide to Color Combinations: 500+ Historic and Modern Color Formulas in CMYK
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ISBN13:978-0-89134-857-3impressioncounter
publisher:North Light Books
published:1999-03
by:Leslie Cabarga
Shows by example how to pick colours that go well together. It is not a textbook on the theory of colour. It focuses on the CMYK (cyan magenta yellow key/black) system used in professional printing, not the simpler RGB system used in HTML.
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