So, What's My Story? 

So, the other day while browsing around Squidoo, I happened upon a link to a color combination site I had never heard of before. It was called COLOURlovers, a community of users creating, rating and giving "love" to other user's color palettes.

So, I decided to sign up so I could keep a collection of inspiring favorites to view later. I figured I needed the help! Sometimes I feel very color challenged. Little did I know that I was about to take a crash course in finally understanding how color works!

Within ten days, I had created 22 pallets (one of which is currently ranked #25 over all), named 58 colors, made 36 friends and I've given love to hundreds of palettes. I found this site to be more than addicting--it's a real community of fabulous people. And it's a way to get to know others by appreciating them.

You simply have to come over and see what all the fuss is about. If you love color, you are going to adore COLOURlovers.

Find Your Way Around COLOURlovers 

About COLOURlovers

Find out everything you wanted to know about the site here.

Register

Like what you've seen already? Sign up here.

New Colors

See the latest colors added to COLOURlovers here.

New Palettes

See the latest palettes added to COLOURlovers here.

ColorTalk

Talk it up in the Color Forums.

Find a Group

Discover like-minded people and fun challenges in within each different group.

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The COLOURlovers Blog 

The Latest Color News & Trends

Besides, being a fabulous place to discover new colors and combinations, COLOURlovers also has an incredibly informative blog. Here are a few of the most recent posts.

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User Spotlight: shellybear665 

Shelly was one of the first people to befriend me on COLOURlovers. Besides being such a sweetheart, Shelly makes some really beautiful palettes! Her colors caught my eye the first day I was on COLOURlovers! This is one of my all time favorite (and most used) palettes of Shelly's called Sinful Decay. It hardly makes me think of sin! Here is a sampling of Shelly's top five palettes:

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User Spotlight: dr.girlfriend 

Rachel met her husband on COLOURlovers. How amazing is that! Being a person who also met her husband on a random Christian message board, I just love that. Rachel also makes some incredible palettes. I picked this one here, There Is No Way Out, because it was a little valentines-like. Here is a sampling of Rachel's top five palettes:

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User Spotlight: undergroundrailway 

There's something that's so urban and funky about Jen's arraignment of colors in her palettes. I think her user name is perfect! It kinda sums up her style with just one word. Take this palette named Filler Paper here as an example. I think the combination of tan-ish greens, black and blue are just perfect. Here is a little sampling of Jen's top five palettes:

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User Spotlight: bijouloveshues 

Sarah has an incredible eye for color combinations. This palette here, bijous dreamhouse is one of my personal favorites from her collection. Sarah's palettes are incredibly harmonious! Yes, I'm a big fan. Her color combos are so classic and timeless, how could I not be? Here is a sampling of Sarah's top five palettes (so that you can be a big fan of hers, too):

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User Spotlight: faded jeans 

Lots and lots of people (over one hundred!) are a fan of faded jeans and her fabulous palettes. Just look at how nicely these colors blend together to make a harmonious whole. Here is one of my all time favorite palettes in her collection, Orange On Hiatus. As you can see, she has a real eye for beautiful color combinations. Here is a sampling of the current top five palettes in her collection:

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The Color Index I & II 

If you love color, then I highly recommend these two books to you:

Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media

by Jim Krause

Amazon Price: $16.31 (as of 07/26/2008)

Color Index 2: Over 1500 New Color Combinations. For Print and Web Media. CMYK and RGB Formulas.

by Jim Krause

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Guestbook 

Are you a fan of COLOURlovers? Or did you just discover a new obsession? Either way, say hello!

lizcrimson

Hey webseitler! nice blog. I just found it by accident. you know I love CL! Once bitten there's no escaping the colour addiction.

Posted February 19, 2008

LDianeJohnson Love your experimentation - wonderful color harmonies! Posted September 21, 2007

ephemeris

.......definitely an obsession for the last month since I
read about it in the Globe and Mail.

Posted September 18, 2007

 

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