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When designing a website, one of the most common challenges is to develop an effective color scheme. The 25 sites that are showcased here have, in my opinion, done a great job of incorporating color and creating an attractive appearance. Please feel free to mention which ones are your favorites in the comments.
Dadan This site features a large background image of a tree and a cloudy sky. The green of the tree and the grass look great with the blue sky. 
Veerle’s Blog Would you expect anything less from one of the leading graphic design blogs? Veerle uses a dark background and a lot of color throughout the blog. 
Destination Organic The website of Destination Organice features several colorful images that are complemented by a bright red navigation menu. 
Emotions With a colorful green background and other images that include a variety of colors, Emotions really stands out. 
Ustvarjalko A blue and green background that is bright, but not too hard on the eyes. 
Glasdach This site uses a a blue background (sky) and the green leaves of a tree on the left side of the screen. 
Life Lab A very bright site that uses blue, green, pink, purple, and orange (not the fastest loading site though). 
Tennessee Winter There are not a lot of different colors on this site, but the various shades of blue look great. 
Tennessee Summer If a Tennessee winter isn’t full of a lot of different colors, a Tennessee summer is. 
Virgin Vie Consultants This site features a light pastel color scheme that uses less images than many of the other sites included here. 
Marius Roosendaal This portfolio site has an attract color scheme that is very easy on the eyes. 
Bram Nicholson & Associates An excellent use of a background image to give color to a design. 
African S Capes This site uses a slide show effect with several different header images. 
Carsonified A nice color scheme involving green, blue, and black. The site sits on a wood floor background image. 
Web Designer Wall There’s a rainbow of colors in this blog for web designers. 
Capture the Valley This site uses a nice variety of colors without making it hard to read. 
Joomla Junkie Joomla Junkie shows that it’s possible to use a white background and still feature great use of color. 
Inspiredology This blog uses a very colorful header image and a lot of colorful photos throughout the posts. 
Global Zoo A variety of different colors and shades that come together to create a great color scheme. 
Visit Cascadia This site has been featured in a number of CSS galleries. It makes use of a wide range of colors and it relies heavily on images. 
Pixel House This Australian design company uses a few different shades of blue and green rather than using a larger variety of different colors. 
Celebrific Celebrific features very bright colors as well as some lighter pastels. 
Alaska Sun Tanning Salon This site uses a large background image, as well as blue, green, red, and orange in a pleasantly colorful appearance. 
Memorial Baptist Church This church website uses a nice light color scheme of blues and greens. 
El Tesoro This site uses a lot of graphics and photos to achieve its colorful look. 
Soruce: vandelaydesign.com
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