Web Site Graphics: Color: The Best Work From The Web [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Jeff Carlson (Author), Glenn Fleishman (Author) "The Bodyflow site is an excellent example of how color can be used effectively without dumping it over every inch of screen space..." (more)
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Another in the Web Site Graphics series showcasing outstanding Web design, Web Site Graphics: Color focuses on innovative use of the 216 colors in the Web-safe palette, and on color schemes that dare to go beyond to 8-bit.

Among the many eye-catching sites is the color-restrained Lekrummet Online (www.ot.se/lekrummet). However, since this book was researched, Lekrummet has transformed into the equally attractive Ultraboy (www.ultraboy.com). The happy colorblocks at Gurl (www.gurl.com) are not stereotypically "feminine" colors; the site looks young and active. Intensely green "futuristic" wireframe images make Gr8's Web site (www.gr8.com) recall '70s science fiction and Japanese animation, an attention-grabbing idea in a site for a design firm. And for those with 8-bit capability, the digital comic book site Zark (www.zark.com) offers richly smooth gradations within its images.

As with the other books in this series, Color is not a how-to. It is a gallery of today's best efforts in Web design. The authors have carefully chosen the sites and explain how each one excels in the use of color. If you need to find some new inspiration in a hurry, thumbing through Color will be a lot faster than clicking away through search engines. There's a lot to look at here. --Angelynn Grant

Topics covered: screen captures of many Web sites showing innovative uses of color in Web design, with captions explaining why each site was chosen and listing artistic credits; an index with the names and addresses of all design firms involved.

Product Description
The Web Site Graphics series is a rich collection of successful web site design work selected by designers for designers. Each book in the series focuses on an important facet of graphic design online. Created for both professional and graphic designers new to the web, the Web Site Graphics series offers a complete and affordable resource of web site design inspiration.

Web Site Graphics: Color—Web site design often relies on color to get the message across—whether a designer uses a palette of colors to turn up the volume or a single hue to quietly create an effect—good use of color is essential on-line. Tricks for bringing the colors from a printed work to the screen, using color overlays, or using color to attract attention and improve readability—all are collected here, plus many more examples of innovative uses of color.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers; illustrated edition edition (February 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564965163
• ISBN-13: 978-1564965165
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,328,266 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Glossy, inspiring images, thin text, May 18, 1999

By A Customer

I really liked this book. Although thin on written content, it has 96 glossy pages of beautifully designed web sites. This book gives me relief from creative blocks, and I find it a good index of a few URLs to visit and test for myself. Some useful tips on colour are present, but it's really a visual reference rather than anything overly informative. Good value for the low price.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delivers what it promises at a very economical price, September 24, 2000

By	"[e-mail]" (Plymouth, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This book delivers exactly what the title implies: inspiring examples of attractive website design, focusing on the use of color. I originally checked the book out of my local library, but after looking at it for an hour, had to jump onto Amazon.com to order my own copy to keep.

The book does not promise to be a "how-to" book, and it does not provide step-by-step instructions on how to achieve results similar to those shown ... there are many other books that do that. Instead, it offers beautiful full color pictures of well designed pages, along with brief comments to help the reader understand why each design works so well.

I'm finding this book to be a great source of inspiration to do some new and exciting things with color. For under $20, this book is a great bargain. I just ordered the other 2 books in this series, on typography and navigation. If they are even half as good as this book, I'll consider the money well spent!

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy them all, June 5, 2001

By	"cheryl306" (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

I was foolish enough to have bought their "...: Color" and "...: Navigation" at the same time. What a big mistake. The authors even had the audacity to use many of the same examples in *both* books! There is no way I'm going to try their Typography" one. I hate being cheated. Buy them used (and thus at a much lower price) if you must buy them at all. They might be a little helpful if you are suffering from a creative block. They weren't helpful for me, but I'm already artistic so maybe that's why.