Six Revisions

@Raymond Selda: Yeah, developing a color scheme is as much an art as it is a science. Is the book called “The Principles of Beautiful Web Design“?

Timothy

You have to remember that some of these that are the most visually appealing take away from the actual website’s content. The content of any page should be the focus.

It is true that you need to capture the attention of a visitor. There is a saying that if you don’t gain a visitor’s attention in the first five seconds you will loose them. If you use Google Analytics or a similar analytics service check your site’s average bounce rate to see how long you have to grab a visitor’s attention.

So, in all, a site should be flashy and eye-candy-ish enough to initially grab a visitor’s attention, but not to the point in which it will take away from the actual content.

Chris W.

Good list Jacob. What do I have to do to get you to do a list that includes Red Interactive? I love that site.

PIxys

Pretty cool designs and some serious references – Another fine source of inspiration for many webdesigners > http://www.webdesignerwall.com/

Paul

Some really vibrant, and interesting designs in there. I particularly like the way that Adit Shukla river flows into the right sidebar.

I think that sometimes a background can overpower the content, like http://www.forabeautifulweb.com does until you dim it, but these always engage the visitor of the site, and it makes for an enjoyable experience. I can see why many web design companies try this method.

WPCult

I like this collection :)

jay

http://designdisease.com/ is pretty good one. The blue and black shades meld quite well. Nice collection.

Zach Dunn

Great list! I hadn’t seen Dulle’s Dodgeball before, but I absolutely love it.

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is a fantastic book. It changed the way I thought about web design. Color schemes? Not easy.

VanishDesign

I have to say that there’s both good vibrant and bad vibrant on here. TangledDecals sure is pretty, but it’s the opposite of functional. It breaks so many usability rules my head hurts. The text on Maria Filo’s site is impossible to read (and not because it’s in Portugese). Platin uses the dreaded metaphorical navigation. I’d steer clear of calling these designs brilliant, because they’re more about look and less about content.

Silverback, however, is both great looking and easy to understand. CakePHP uses vibrant colors instead of busy images. Adit Shikla relegates his beautiful imagery to the background. These folks realize we’re not making art, we’re styling information.

jennifer Bhala Hansen

I am a learner and have only created one from a template. These one’s are much better than mine but they probably didn’t use a template.

benvds

nice collection, this is going straight to my inspiration folder

Atiq

Nice post. I like the to have the list and images :)

Michael Brito

Thank you for publishing those great designs. I’m in the middle of trying to figure out how I want our company webpage to look like, and you have provided me with some great inspiration.

thank you, very much

Mike Brito
TripEntronic Studios.

Geeee

wow big list & cool collection, must check and update my lists too … thanks for sharing and keep it up ;D

Not a Niche

Glad to see I’m not the only one who has such vibrant colors on his website, love the compelation!

Mark

Nice collection of creative design! thanks for sharing..

paul

How many times can you possibly feature Matt M.’s blog? I get it the design is really good be it has been regurgitated one too many times.

Dainis Graveris

Pretty unique designs with really interesting color schemes and solutions how to put them together, interesting article :)

Thanks :)

Nag

Thanks a lot Jacob, for featuring colourpixel:)

Tom James

An inspiring list of designs!
Great to see a Drupal site in there too!
Tom
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Drupal Social Network – http://drupalsn.com

madme

Very nice collection. Thanks!!!

Daria

Wonderful design collection, those colours are very inspiring.

steve

Really cool designs ….Good Job :)

Hedda

Eye-catching collection, love the brave use of colours, thanks for posting.

Shirtletz

Very nice collection. I’m still learning on coming up with harmonious color schemes. Thanks for sharing..

Brandon

I’ve found Kuler to be indispensable on this front.

Jacob Gube

@Nag: I must say, you’re very brave in using that color scheme – you took a risk and I think in this case it paid off. Well done!

Jacob Gube

@paul: It’s the last time, I promise!

Fabio

Cool! Thanks for posting these websites!

Cool Creatives

hats up to designers, developers and the mind behind the designs.

mellomutt

this isn’t very inspiring for the coder/developer that doesn’t have a graphic designer in employ.

how about eye-catching sites for the artistically-challenged?

Gibi

Eye-catching collection, love the brave use of colours, thanks for posting.

Scott Petrovic

There are some nice looking designs here.I also agree with Timothy’s post. Some of the designs are pretty cluttered and hard to tell what you are suppose to do.TangledDecals and alisa.mtv.ru stand out in my mind right now. Very vibrant color palettes though, they all have evoke a lot of energy and dynamism.

Chris

Wow, Really cool designs. Look my Site. Thanks

Paulo Pereira