What is the worst colour?

[Martee]

What is the worst colour to use for your projects and in web design in general?

For myself, I would have to say yellow or brown, they are both horrible colours in my eyes and anything I do with them never turns out right until I add shadows and lighteners until they become a different colour.

What about you? What do you think is the worst colour to use and why?

 

[xpl0iter]

Yeah I simply hate yellow. imo it never suits anything except that yellow Lamborghini Murciélago!

 

[Sylar]

What is the worst colour to use for your projects and in web design in general?

For myself, I would have to say yellow or brown, they are both horrible colours in my eyes and anything I do with them never turns out right until I add shadows and lighteners until they become a different colour.

What about you? What do you think is the worst colour to use and why?

The yellow I can agree with, one of my clients wanted me to design a yellow website for them and I went as far to say I would drop them as a client if I had to do that. As for the brown, you can do some good designs with it, so long as you do it right

 

[SeanFace101]

Im not a big fan of black websites.
They are far to dark & usually have bright text to contrast..
But, far to bright, lol

 

[razelia]

I don't particularly like sites that are fluorescent in color, like neon green or neon pink. And believe me, I've actually seen sites like that! Also, orange is a big no-no for me. It's one of those colors that hurt they eyes no matter what the shade.

 

[Sylar]

Im not a big fan of black websites.
They are far to dark & usually have bright text to contrast..
But, far to bright, lol

Most websites are not straight "black", as then you wouldn't be able to see anything
I think you can do a lot with dark themes(I recently was working with a nice darker phpbb theme), so I am going to have to disagree with you there
As for bright themes, I share your distaste. I like lighter themes....but there IS a limit

I don't particularly like sites that are fluorescent in color, like neon green or neon pink. And believe me, I've actually seen sites like that! Also, orange is a big no-no for me. It's one of those colors that hurt they eyes no matter what the shade.

I agree with you there! I remember the good ol' neon FM days!
I agree with that, orange and yellow are perhaps my least favorite colors in web design(usually they're used horribly).

 

[Southern Comfort]

ANY color can be bad if used wrong. You can make yellows and browns look decent with the right color scheme. I do agree though, yellow is usually used wrong. It takes a real pro to make a bright, nasty yellow look appealing.

 

[ashimashi]

basically what Southern Comfort said. It really depends on how you use it. Any colour can look bad or good.

 

[lowrider.STi]

Well, if a client asks you for yellow, pink...or any other color, you gotta do it. As for personal projects, I prefer more 'calm' colors.

 

[steve12]

I don't like orange color.

 

[Jason1]

Yellow with any combo

 

[YanOri]

ANY color can be bad if used wrong. You can make yellows and browns look decent with the right color scheme. I do agree though, yellow is usually used wrong. It takes a real pro to make a bright, nasty yellow look appealing.

Exactly! I don't ate a color in particular, but the color combination is what makes me hate/ like the design.

 

[Pokemon]

I really don't like yellow colored and grey colored sites. The yellow ones always hurt my eyes. Doesn't look very nice either. As for the grey ones, I just think they are too simple and boring.

 

[Xyphien]

I do agree with Pokemon, Yellow is not that good of a color alone, especially on a white, or light background. Being as most sites do tend to stick with a light theme I honestly say Yellow may be the worst color I guess, however I think no color is really bad, each color has their own place in everything, and depending on what you are making, and what the design your making is.

 

[TheBrutux168]

Any bright colours

 

[HyperActive]

For me, I hate using gray, light red, and yellow. I don't know why, but for every creation I make, those never fit.

 

[Martee]

For me, I hate using gray, light red, and yellow. I don't know why, but for every creation I make, those never fit.

I seem to be able to use gray quite well, infact I seem to over use it!

 

[HyperActive]

Gray like the background here is my favorite, I mean like light gray, very bad shade of it.

 

[Martee]

Gray like the background here is my favorite, I mean like light gray, very bad shade of it.

Ah the default background grey here is lovely. I get what you mean buddy.

 

[Nullified]

doodoo brown