Most website builders offer swatch palettes with a rather garish selection of "web safe" colors. Weebly is no different, except, thankfully, they let you enter your own colors, too.
Since computer monitors are much more sophisticated than they were when that "web safe" distinction was made, you can choose other, more subtle colors for your site with confidence.
The next challenge is finding the codes for the colors . . ..
Since computer monitors are much more sophisticated than they were when that "web safe" distinction was made, you can choose other, more subtle colors for your site with confidence.
The next challenge is finding the codes for the colors . . ..
Kuler/Adobe Color CC: My favorite source of color inspiration was Kuler, which is now Adobe Color CC. It used to feature saved color palettes and you could create your own. But it still lets you find subtle colors and provides the hex code for using in your Weebly site. Just know that you will need to add a hashtag (#) before the hex code when you use it in Weebly (see below). |
Colour Lovers: This one has saved color palettes for websites and all sorts of other things, which may provide some inspiration.
Digi talCol or Meter: Macs come with a free app called DigitalColor Meter, which can be found in your Applications or Utilities folder. Under "View" select "Display Values" and choose the "Hexadecimal" setting. Use its eyedropper tool to sample colors you might like to use. You can sample from any image on your desktop, including images you have on your site and anything you can view on a browser.
The hex code will appear in DigitalColor Meter's three windows. Copy down the number pairs in order (R first, G next, etc.) and add a hashtag (#) at the beginning when you enter the code into the white window on the swatch palette.
Digi talCol or Meter: Macs come with a free app called DigitalColor Meter, which can be found in your Applications or Utilities folder. Under "View" select "Display Values" and choose the "Hexadecimal" setting. Use its eyedropper tool to sample colors you might like to use. You can sample from any image on your desktop, including images you have on your site and anything you can view on a browser.
The hex code will appear in DigitalColor Meter's three windows. Copy down the number pairs in order (R first, G next, etc.) and add a hashtag (#) at the beginning when you enter the code into the white window on the swatch palette.
Eyedropper: I've heard there's an app which works on a PC, called Eyedropper, but haven't used it.