Web Design Color Trends for Summer 2008

Web Design Color Trends for Summer 2008

By Linda Chadbourne on July 15th, 2008 in Articles

This article will show you exactly what summer 2008 colors are "in" for fashion, furniture and accessories and how to incorporate those into your new web designs.

Turquoise

Turquoise continues to be popular in web design. So those of you with turquoise websites are considered trend-setters!  Here is an example of turquoise.

Turquoise color sample

W. Williams

W. Williams is a nice example of the use of turquoise.

Magenta

I can hear the collective sigh behind the thought of using magenta! Don’t worry, I’ve got a couple of design ideas for you.

Magenta color sample

The first one is Weddings Actually.  A site that is geared towards women is the perfect opportunity to use magenta.

Weddings Actually

But how do you use magenta in a unisex targeted website? Check out Sabre Fox.  This is trendy without being overly feminine!

Sabre Fox

Raspberry Pink

A bluer pink is in this summer! Think Raspberry Italian Ice or Raspberry Snow Cones.

Raspberry color sample

Pizza Venetia shows how effectively you can use raspberry pink to create a site that is warm and inviting.

Pizza Venetia

So you now have the Summer 2008 color trends in hand. Are you brave enough to drench a site in one of the hottest summer colors or are you going to play it safe and use a touch of color here and there! Either way, when in doubt, remember white is the hottest non-color of the summer!

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About The Author
Linda Chadbourne

Linda Chadbourne has been a web designer since 2001. A large portion of her day also involves graphic and logo design for Cozy Penguin Web Studio which she owns and operates. Linda is also one of the co-founders of The Web Squeeze. In her free time she is an avid family person, horseback rider and reader and lover of pink. You can follow Linda on twitter too!

Comments
  • July 16th, 2008 at 5:50 am.

    very useful! keep us informed of new tendencies in design.. thx!

  • July 18th, 2008 at 1:47 am.

    Thanks for the notice Linda, and us at Agent89 are glad you like the site!

    -Matt

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