There are four basic color schemes that you can use for a Web site. Each page of this article shows a picture of the color scheme, and how you can generate a similar scheme in Photoshop.
- monochromatic
Using colors of the same hue. They may have different tints or shades depending upon how much white or black is added. - analogous
This uses colors that are close to one another on the color wheel. - complementary
This is often seen as "opposite" because the two colors in a complementary color scheme are opposite one another on the color wheel. - triadic
These colors are evenly spaced on the color wheel.
All the color schemes will use this yellow as the base color.
