You can easily select colors you want by visiting one of following links. Some of these sites will help you pick a main color while others will show you what will work well with that central theme.

• Visibone - http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/big.html
• MoreCrayons - http://www.morecrayons.com/
• Color Scheme Generator 2 - http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
• Color Schemer - http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html
• Defence Mechanism - http://www.defencemechanism.com/color/
• Slayeroffice - http://slayeroffice.com/tools/color_palette/
• YCOLN Design Services - http://www.ycoln- design.com/WebColorCharts/WebColors.asp
• Color Blender - http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend/

After you have chosen colors you want to use, I'd suggest trying them out on a sample page. See how they work together. If they look good to you, then add some text to see how easy it is to read. You can change text color if need be. I've seen various sites use white, red or beige text, and it worked very well. If you are going to have pictures or artwork on site, you should also put several pieces on your sample page. Make sure that pictures show up well and don't blend into background, or that colors in artwork don't clash with your site.

I've found that it's a delicate balancing act between my vision of a site and what it looks like in reality. Always keep usability as one of your key measures when designing a site. If people find your site hard to use, look at or read, then they will leave quickly, never come back and won't tell anyone about your site. Or they may submit your site to one of those website that lists terrible sites. There's just some publicity that you don't want.

So think about what you want and use sites I've listed. You'll find that choosing colors for your site is fast and easy and you'll get a site that's more in tune with feeling you want to convey.

Blue – Suggests security, trust, reliability, coolness, faithfulness, belonging, and dignity. Blue is most popular color. It is second most popular color. In business it suggests fiscal responsibility and sanctuary.

Green - Suggests abundance, health, fertility, freedom, healing, nature, growth, jealously, and cool. In business it suggests status and wealth. It is easiest color on eye.

Brown – Suggests effectiveness, politeness, richness, and helpfulness. Brown is color of earth, and is abundant in nature.

Gray – Suggests earnestness, authority, and practicality. In business it suggests traditional and conservative.

Pink – Suggests softness, sweet, femininity, well-being, innocence, and nurture.

Purple – Suggests dignity, spirituality, royal, luxury, wealth, authority, mournfulness, and sophistication. In business it is upscale. Purple is favored by artistic.

Orange – Suggests playfulness, pleasure, cool, warmth, cheer, vibrant, strength, endurance, and ambition.

Yellow – Suggests sunshine, warmth, cheer, happiness, cowardice, and jealousy. In business it is appealing to intellectual types and is good for accents. Yellow enhances concentration, increases metabolism, and is most difficult color for eye to take in.

Gold – Suggests expensive, and prestige.

Silver – Suggests cold, scientific, and prestige.

Whenever you begin to choose your colors, think about your target market. What emotions do you want to evoke? Give some thought to current emotion of your prospect and to message you want to send. Then choose your colors.