Daily Reads

Essays and guides on color, design, and creativity

Color Palettes for Figma: Your In-Canvas Color Toolkit

Color Palettes for Figma: Your In-Canvas Color Toolkit

Browse thousands of palettes, check WCAG contrast, and build harmonies without leaving Figma — install the Colorsinspo plugin today.

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Tools
Color Tools Hub Is Live on Colorsinspo

Color Tools Hub Is Live on Colorsinspo

Explore the color wheel, analyzer, and games from one place — the new Color Tools hub is ready for your next project.

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Product Launch
The Art of Using Color

The Art of Using Color

Explore the meanings of colors and how they shape emotion, communication, and visual design.

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Color Psychology
Outstanding Uses of Colour in Branding

Outstanding Uses of Colour in Branding

Successfully owning a colour is a big deal—see how memorable brands use it effectively.

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Branding
Color Psychology

Color Psychology

Learn how colors can affect moods, feelings, behaviors, and the way people experience the world.

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Color Psychology
Gradients in UI Design

Gradients in UI Design

Gradients can introduce depth and dimension while solving some of the limits of ultra-flat design.

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UI Design
Color Theory for Product Makers

Color Theory for Product Makers

Choosing color combinations carefully is essential when designing a digital product.

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Product Design
How to Decide Color Schemes for Websites and Brand

How to Decide Color Schemes for Websites and Brand

Pick a primary color, build a triad palette, and apply the 60-30-10 rule — a practical guide to website and brand color schemes.

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Color Theory
All You Need to Know About Colors in UI Design

All You Need to Know About Colors in UI Design

A series of tips, theory, best practices, and examples for using color to design interfaces.

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UI Design
Complete Resources to Learn Color Theory

Complete Resources to Learn Color Theory

Color can draw attention, evoke a mood, and communicate something important without words.

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Color Theory
A Guide to Choosing a Color Palette

A Guide to Choosing a Color Palette

A practical introduction to the terms and ideas behind choosing an effective color palette.

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Color Palettes
A Crash Course in Color

A Crash Course in Color

Color harmony is the science and art of putting together colors that look good.

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Color Theory
Tips on Choosing UI Colors

Tips on Choosing UI Colors

Six practical tips for choosing interface colors thoughtfully around user experience needs.

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UI Design
Best Color Palettes to Inspire You

Best Color Palettes to Inspire You

Explore memorable color palettes that can inspire thoughtful and distinctive graphic design.

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Color Palettes
How to Use Color in UI Design Wisely

How to Use Color in UI Design Wisely

Practical guidance for using color to create a clean, elegant, and effective user interface.

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UI Design
Choose Your Brand’s Perfect Color

Choose Your Brand’s Perfect Color

Learn what you need to know about branding colors and how they shape a brand’s personality.

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Branding
Color Theory: A Brief Guide for Designers

Color Theory: A Brief Guide for Designers

Learn the basics of the color wheel, RGB, CMYK, and the main models of color harmony.

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Color Theory
RGB vs. CMYK

RGB vs. CMYK

Learn what RGB and CMYK are and how to keep colors bright and vivid in your designs.

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Color Systems
Color in UI Design: A Practical Framework

Color in UI Design: A Practical Framework

A practical framework for choosing and applying colors while designing user interfaces.

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UI Design
Designing in Color

Designing in Color

Color draws the eye, evokes emotion, and communicates meaning in the hands of a designer.

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Design
Color Contrast for Better Readability

Color Contrast for Better Readability

Are you checking color contrast in your design for optimal readability?

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Accessibility
Color Theory 101

Color Theory 101

First impressions are everything, and how you present your work shapes how it is perceived.

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Color Theory