Color Concept in Design

Colors are a way of generating emotions and can engage consumers. When it comes to designing an engaging user interface, color is considered to be the most important aspect.

Colors are a very important part of the design process. As designers, we understand the struggle to find the right colors as well as color combinations. In this blog, I’ll share some of the tips and tricks you can use to find the right colors.

Color Wheel Theory

The most important thing you need to learn, as a designer, is the color wheel. Understanding how the color wheel works and what colors go well together will help you create a more knowledgeable design.

The color wheel is a simple tool for picking paint colors and deciding which hues go together. It makes color relationships easy to see by dividing the spectrum into 12 basic hues: three primary colors, three secondary colors, and six tertiary colors.

Let’s see more deep down in the color wheel and under every color section.

Primary Colors

The primary colors are the ones that you can combine to create other colors. The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. These colors cannot be formed or created from the combination of other colors.

Secondary Colors

These colors are the result of mixing primary colors like purple (a combination of red + blue), green (a combination of blue + yellow), and orange (a combination of red + yellow).

Tertiary Colors

The tertiary colors are created by combining a primary color with a secondary color. Some examples include blue-green and orange-yellow.

Apart from choosing a color from your choice, there are lots of sources available on the internet that will help you find the perfect combination of color patterns or gradient shades.

Here I recommend some helpful websites.

Material Design Color System

You can use the color tool from the Material Design Color System. With this tool, you can create color palettes for your UI. The app allows you to preview your color palette in some UI samples they provide, and if you update a color, you can see the new color updated in real time.

Coolors

If you are adventurous and like to experiment with random color palettes, Coolors is the tool. You can look at different color palettes from other designers and create yours. On its mobile version, you can quickly generate color palettes based on different methods like monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, square, and more.

Gradient Hunt

Gradient Hunt is an exquisite tool for browsing different types of gradients and color palettes. It has numerous gradient colors that can help you find the gradient you are looking for in your UI.

While color theory is a complex subject, it isn’t particularly complicated to learn the basics. From there, designers can build on their knowledge to create more varied and sophisticated color palettes for their designs.