Thread by @mirai4k

GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR BEGINNERS: A GUIDE TO COLORS. 🎨

(TIPS & RESOURCES.)

- A THREAD 🧵

The key to making designs beautiful are colors. They are the eye-catchers. They create a sense of mood.

But are you struggling putting colors together, not knowing which goes well with which? Then this thread is just for you.

TIPS:

1️⃣ Learn the color theory. Learning color theory to mix colors together is essential.

2️⃣ Find inspiration. You can always look at other designer's works to have an idea of what you can go for in your design.

3️⃣ Use good contrasted colors. Some colors, when mixed together, blend in too much. or in easier words contrast badly. It's necessary to use good contrasted colors together to not kill the meaning of a design.

4️⃣ Use color palettes. For a good color scheme, use a color palette. You can google or go to specific sites that provide color palettes for every color, to find a good color scheme.

RESOURCES:

1️⃣ | Learn the color theory here:
edu.gcfglobal.org/en/beginning-g…

2️⃣ | Inspiration for everything in here:
behance.net & all social media platforms.

3️⃣ | A useful site to keep track of the color contrasts:
contrast-ratio.com

4️⃣ | Good color palettes:
Google, coolors.co & colorhunt.co

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