Comments on: Web Sites as Color Swatches http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/07/web-sites-as-color-swatches/ A design blog with a particular emphasis on green design, design for society, and environmental technologies, Vestal Design Blog also discusses web design, product design, graphic design, and architecture. Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:46:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jessica http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/07/web-sites-as-color-swatches/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Jessica Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/07/18/web-sites-as-color-swatches.html#comment-309 This is really neat. Trying to find a rhyme and reason behind color associations has always been a fascination of mine ever since finding Goethe's <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Colours" rel="nofollow">Theory of Colors</A>. sorta worries me, tho, as this reminds me of pantone's campaign to <a HREF="http://www.colorstrology.com/" rel="nofollow">predict / control the color market</A> each year. it's worth examining but the danger is that it works to kill off and monopolize creativity. This is really neat. Trying to find a rhyme and reason behind color associations has always been a fascination of mine ever since finding Goethe’s Theory of Colors.

sorta worries me, tho, as this reminds me of pantone’s campaign to predict / control the color market each year. it’s worth examining but the danger is that it works to kill off and monopolize creativity.

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