Pantone is a corporation created by Pantone Matching System (PMS), is a systems that allow the users to identify the colors that were used in an impression, by a code. In other words, it is a proprietary system of equalization of colors.
Pantone produces what we now as the “Pantone Guideâ€, that shows an example of [...]
Palette Man a color generator, that allows the Web Designers interact with each other. You’ll be able to choose 5 colors, within 256 available options. Watch them interact!
Source: Vecindad Gráfica
Jon Doucette made a research, in which he concluded that using the 6 colors from above in a web site, we would save the same amount of money like if google was black.
The colors are:
#822007 (brick red)
#000000 (black)
#b2bbc0 (grey)
#19472a (green)
#3d414c (cobalt)
#ffffff (white)
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For many designers it’s sometime a pain in the a** when our designers want really “exotic colors” for their designs. Thinking about this, here I present you with two very useful tools for color blending.
ColorMatch.dk
ColorJack.com
The web site Colostrology.com, patrocinated by Pantone Inc. is offering this information. According to your date of brith, they tell you what your Pantone is.
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For the graphic designers is really important that our designs turn out to have the precise colors that we have on the screen, this is why I highly recommend the article about Monitor calibration and color selection from Instituto de Arte Visuales {Visual Arts Institute}
Source: Instituto de Artes Visuales {Visual Arts Institute}
As I was surfing around in diverse pages, I found this really cool site called: Blog Vecindad Gráfica. The graphic design neighboorhood}. Which presents an amazing list of tools that turn out to be very useful when it comes the time to choose a color for your design. If you want to know them, you [...]
When you open Illustrator or Photoshop to create a new file, one of the first things the program is going to ask you will be the Color Mode that you wish to use in your design. The two options you’ll be able to see will be: RGB or CMYK.
Well then, let’s see what these acronyms [...]
Wikimedia Commons
In need of some icons? Check out the sweet collection (1 2 3 4) over at Wikimedia Commons. There are heaps of other stuff as well, in total over 1.3 million files.
tlbox is a Web Site that shows us a great list of tools for Programmers and Web Desginers. Some of the categories of tools that you will be able to find are: Color, CSS, Tutorials, Typography, HTML, Images, etc.
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As designers (Or blog users) we thank the lot of site that offers us the Internet for our help. You can find addons for your programs, elements for design, varied applications and so many things that make our work easier.
In WebDesignDev published an interesting recompilation with 1000 resources for designers (That will be useful for [...]
Those who work in Wordpress themes, or have a blog in this CMS, know that for having a lot of options for personalize it has some pieces of code that we should know.
A cheatsheet is a sheet for help in which are published the more important things and where we can find some details that [...]
Interest created by the advertising agency BBDO in United Kingdom. Transmitting the idea and leaving it clear in creative ways. Spanish translation: “Johnnie walked – If driving, do not drink – for greater accountability at the wheel.”
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CreativeCurio shows us 4 tips to design a poster that we should take into account if we are willing to make that step, which is important in the life of a designer. Why is it harder? Because the space occupied is greater, and do it the proper way.
1. The first user is: Consider what is [...]
Learn to choose the correct font for a design is essential part of it. We can give you a touch or cool completely ruin if we do not know how. AllGraphicDesign published a list of items to teach us to choose the correct source for our project.
The fonts can be chosen by
How it affects the [...]
