> I would appreciate any pointers as to what is good design, general laws, > how to pick colors ect, that would enable me to judge whether a design is > good or not choosing colours URLs: http://www.sitepoint.com/print/colour-checklists-web-design http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/09/desi/ http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/natural_selections_colors_found_in_nature_and_interface_design http://www.coolhomepages.com/cda/color/ two more colour scheme pickers: Color Scheme Generator (www.colormatch.dk) This colour scheme choosing software gives you sliders to control the amount of red green and blue of a base colour and then picks 6 different colours that always go together. It is very easy and quick to move the sliders to get a colour scheme that you like. Color Scheme Generator Color Scheme Generator (wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html) This colour scheme choosing software picks 4 colours and shows you how they go together. Can also test how colour-blind people see the colours. -- Dr Stuart Young, +64 (0)9-815 4321 x 8656 <syoung at unitec.ac.nz> +64 021 183 2846 (mob) Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Technology, Unitec New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand http://tinyurl.com/4956o (the official URL for my staffpage is too long and complex) http://blog.stuart.cpanel.unitec.ac.nz/ My Unitec internet and web development blog. http://www.pixelandgrain.co.nz/ Web development, graphic design and photography