Digital color is something i've already had to deal with multiple times while dabbling in the processes of web design. It's something i've dealt with, however i've never fully understood it. So this week's lecture was awesome to help me understand what I was dealing with.
When I first started designing aspects of my site, I used Photoshop. I'd spend a long time creating something and when I was done, I'd finally import it into the site. It would come out looking really weird, the colors weren't right at all. I was doing something wrong and I had no idea what. Finally, I discovered this little check box on the color wheel in Photoshop that said something like, Web-Safe Colors Only. Clicking that gave me a selection of RGB colors that would look good on my website.
Another problem I ran into was printing. I wanted to print certain designs I was using and bring them to some other people I was designing the site with. I'd print them out and they'd look absolutely nothing like they did online. Little did I know that RGB and CMYK colors were completely different and it didn't translate over to my printer.
When choosing colors in Photoshop, the six digit code we talked about in class was always there but I never knew what it meant. Now, when I design, I can change those numbers based on the colors I want to use and alter them slightly. I've never been able to find an Orange similar enough to one that I want. Maybe now I can find one.
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