Web design & FOSS
Front-end web technologies and Free Open Source Software.
Saturday 19 April 2008, 12:52 PM
Colourful building blocks
In the midst of hacking my first Joomla! web site, I’d like to share a handy tip:
Use background colours on elements to understand the CSS layout.
For example: div#header { background-color:yellow; }
After being metaphorically smacked in the face by primary colours too many times, I started using softer, paler colours:
khaki
yellow
greenyellow
yellowgreen
navajowhite
palegoldenrod
There’s a full list over at W3 Schools.
On a related note, Net Batchelder has created a whole list of “Hex color words”, my favourites being #f1eece and #efface. And did you know that Jeffrey Archer’s prison number #FF8282 is a lovely shade of salmon pink?
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