Coolors.co: A User-Friendly Tool for Picking Color Palettes
Have you ever stared at a blank screen and wondered what colors you should use for your brand-new nonfiction author website?
Or maybe you have one favorite color, but aren’t sure what other colors go well with it?
You can’t just pick one or two great colors for your site. You’ll need to establish a palette: A collection of colors that work well together and taken together, feels like the right “vibe” for your brand.
Coolors.co is a handy tool for exploring and choosing a color palette. With their palette generator tool you can quickly click through color combinations they suggest. When you find one you like, lock it in. Then keep clicking and you’ll get other colors that work well with the first one you locked. Keep going like that, and soon you’ll have a palette that you love.
You can copy down the hex codes, too, and then easily setup your brand colors in Canva, Squarespace, or wherever you need them.
I created a quick demo to help you visualize Coolors.co’s simple but powerful functionality and learn how to use it. Click the video below or watch it on YouTube.
How to Use Coolors.co
To get started, you’ll need to create an account. Their free option has plenty of functionality. Here are some key steps to use the tool:
When you open Coolors.co, go to the palette generator tool. You’ll see a default color palette. Press the spacebar to shuffle through different color combinations. Each time you press the spacebar, a new set of colors will appear, making it easy to find combinations that work well together.
Once you find a color you like, you can click on the little lock icon to lock that color in place. Every time you press the spacebar, any locked colors will stay the same, and only the unlocked colors will change. This feature is really useful if you have a brand color or any specific color you want to keep in your palette.
One of my favorite features of Coolors.co is the color picker tool, which allows you to pull colors directly from an image. This is especially helpful if you want your website palette to match a specific photo or visual theme.
After you pick a color from the image, you can use it as a starting point for your palette. Lock that color, and continue pressing the spacebar to generate new colors that work well with it. This way, you can easily build a cohesive palette that complements the photo’s colors.
I demonstrate all this, and more, in the video - watch it here.
Coolors.co is an incredibly useful tool for building beautiful, professional-looking color schemes with just a few clicks. Whether you’re generating random colors, customizing colors from an image, or making adjustments, you’ll find a lot of flexibility here.
I hope this helps you create your next color palette.
Next Steps
DOWNLOAD: Website Audit for Nonfiction Authors
Does someone you know need this blog?
Here is the sign-up page.
[ Free Learning: Crash Course for Nonfiction Authors ]
