Shutterstock has released its 2021 Color Trends Report based on billions of pixels from images and videos downloaded from their platform around the world. In their annual Color Trends report, the team at Shutterstock looks for colors that have seen increased activity in the last year, appearing in more image and video downloads than the previous years. By looking at the HEX … [Read more...]
Tri-Color Palette Ideas For Your Next Design Project
It's easy to find two colors that go well with each other, but things get tricky when you add a third color to the mix. Each color must complement the other two perfectly. If you’re looking for tri-color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design, Wolvus Technology has come up with a series of beautiful combinations that look great together. You can use these colors for … [Read more...]
Names And Codes Of All Color Shades
It's "maroon", not dark red. Just like it’s "navy", not dark blue. Graf1x has created a handy Color Thesaurus – a collection of charts and posters that list the correct names and hex codes of all major color shades. The charts are a useful reference tool for artists, designers, studios, students, teachers, interior decorators, make-up professionals, and just about anyone. … [Read more...]
Top Digital & Graphic Design Trends For 2021
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design and logo design for 2021. In today’s post, we focus on the latest digital design trends with the help of this handy infographic by Coastal Creative. An unconventional year will lead to unconventional trends. The team at Coastal Creative believes that the graphic & digital design trends of 2021 will be bold, … [Read more...]
Top 12 Graphic Design Trends For 2021
Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design for 2021. In today’s post, we focus on the latest graphic design trends with the help of this excellent video by GraphicMama. 2021 will be all about 3D design, geometric shapes, custom illustrations, and nature-inspired design. Expect to see more use of 3D typography, gold design, monochrome & duotone, optical illusions, … [Read more...]
Top 10 Logo Design Trends For 2021
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design for 2021. In today’s post, we focus on the latest logo design trends with the help of this handy infographic by brand identity builder Logaster. A major logo design trend we’ve seen over the past few years is minimalism – the removal of excessive elements from the composition. This seems to be consistent with trends in … [Read more...]
Top 11 Graphic Design Trends For 2021
With each passing year, we see new trends emerging in the world of design and old ones fading out. And given the state of affairs in 2020, trends in the new year need to be like a breath of fresh air after the chaos. 2021 will be all about putting people first. Expect to see a revival of classic symbolism with aspirational icons and empowering figures. Authentic images and … [Read more...]
8 Useful AI Tools For Designers For 2021
Artificial Intelligence can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with resources and inspiration. AI design tools can also speed up workflow by taking care of tedious tasks that require a lot of time and effort. Wolvus Technology has come up with a handy list of AI tools that can generate color combinations, remove backgrounds from images, suggest font … [Read more...]
New Feature In Illustrator Can Extract Colors From An Image And Apply Them To Your Vector Artwork
The Recolor Artwork tool in Illustrator lets you select and change the colors of your existing vector artwork using a color wheel. But choosing the right colors and changing them individually can be a tedious process. Now, Adobe is coming up with a Color Theme Picker for the Recolor Artwork tool that will let you extract colors from an image or palette of your choice, and … [Read more...]
Mastercard Uses Its Iconic Logo To Highlight The Importance Of Experiences
McCann Colombia, Wernersam Studio, and Latina Studio came up with a brilliant campaign for Mastercard that uses their famous 'overlapping circles' logo to highlight the significance of experiences and special moments. The campaign consists of eight print/billboard ads based on different activities like travelling, sports, music, gastronomy, etc. The central objects in each … [Read more...]
7 Graphic Design Trends For 2021
Venngage has come up with a handy infographic that shares the top graphic design trends that will dominate 2021. 2020 has been a rough year with not too many brands taking design risks. The team at Venngage believes that designers in 2021 will focus on invoking a sense of calm, understanding, and positivity in an ultra chaotic world. Expect to see muted color palettes, … [Read more...]
9 Useful Design Tools You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Online design tools and web apps can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with resources and inspiration. They can also speed up workflow by finding design assets quickly and performing relevant tasks. Ottawa-based visual designer Ismail Benmbarek has come up with a handy list of (relatively less known) websites that let you remove backgrounds from videos, … [Read more...]
27 Valuable Resources For Graphic Designers
Online toolkits and web apps can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with resources, tutorials, and inspiration. They can also speed up workflow by helping you find design assets quickly, thereby reducing project turnaround time. Wolvus Technology has come up with a handy list of websites that let you browse, explore, and download color palettes, icons, … [Read more...]
World’s Most Popular Colors For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, logo design, digital design, and typography for 2020. Today, we focus on the latest color trends with the help of this handy image series by Wolvus Technology. The list features the top eight most popular colors of 2020, with their RGB values, hex codes, and sample images of each color. Check them out below and tell … [Read more...]
Graphic Design Trends For The Second Half Of 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design, digital design, colors, and typography for 2020. Today, we focus on popular trends in graphic design with the help of this handy image series by Wolvus Technology. The list features the top 8 graphic design trends to look out for in 2020, with relevant examples of each trend. These include bold typography, mixed media, … [Read more...]
25 Free Beautiful Vector Gradients For Your Next Design Project
New Delhi-based designer and 3D illustrator Amrit Pal Singh has come up with a free collection of 25 trendy vector gradients inspired by Unicorns. These kind of holographic and multicolored pastel gradients are one of the major trends in graphic, web, and UI design nowadays. Amrit claims that no unicorns were harmed during the making of this product 🙂. Check out the … [Read more...]
8 Free Design Tools To Improve Your Workflow
Online design tools and web apps can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with resources and inspiration. They can also speed up workflow by helping you collaborate better, find design assets, and perform relevant tasks. Montana-based graphic/web designer Josh Corbett has come up with a list of free tools that can help you explore color palettes, browse … [Read more...]
How To Make Hundreds Of Color Palettes From Just One Color
How do you create color palettes in Photoshop? What methods do you use to combine colors, and how do you know if those colors go well with each other? Greg Gunn from The Futur Academy has come up with an excellent tutorial that shows you an easy process for creating color palettes that work. He takes you through an interesting "arc" technique with which you can create … [Read more...]
Top 8 Graphic Design Trends Of 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in logo design, digital design, colors, and typography for 2020. Today, we focus on popular trends in graphic design with the help of this handy infographic by Depositphotos. The infographic features the top 8 graphic design trends of 2020, with relevant examples of each trend. These include Bauhaus style, Cyberpunk aesthetic, 3D/2D … [Read more...]
Top 8 AI Tools For Designers
Artificial Intelligence can help designers boost their creativity by providing them with material and inspiration. It can also speed up workflow by taking care of boring and tedious tasks that require a lot of time and effort. Albanian UI/UX designer Dorjan Vulaj has come up with a handy list of AI tools that can help you enhance images, create font combinations, generate … [Read more...]
Top 10 Graphic Design Trends For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in digital design, logo design, colors, and typography for 2020. Today, we focus on the most popular trends in graphic design with the help of this handy infographic by Bannersnack. The infographic features the top 10 graphic design trends to look out for in 2020, with relevant examples of each trend. These include color gradients, bold … [Read more...]
This Free Online Tool Will Create A Color Palette From The Letters Of Your Name
New York-based product designer Bernadette Sheridan has a condition called Grapheme-color synesthesia, in which, she perceives letters and numbers as very specific colors. As a result, when she meets new people and hears their name, her mind starts visualizing the colors of each letter. To document this phenomenon, Bernadette has launched a synesthesia project titled What … [Read more...]
How To Create Color Schemes For Your UI Design Using The 60-30-10 Technique
Selecting the right colors for your UI and applying them effectively can be a tricky task. You want to choose colors that go well with each other and create a sense of harmony within the design. You also want to pick the right accent colors to highlight elements like buttons and call-to-actions. Venezuelan product designer Dan Romero has come up with an excellent list of … [Read more...]
Top Logo Design Trends For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, digital design, colors, and typography for 2020. In today’s post, we focus on the latest logo design trends with the help of these handy infographics by Zillion Designs. The infographic series features the top logo design trends divided into three parts. Part 1 explores the latest trends with a focus on the basic … [Read more...]
Top 10 Graphic Design Trends For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in digital design, logo design, and colors for 2020. Today, we focus on the most popular trends in graphic design with the help of this handy infographic by 99designs. The infographic features the top 10 graphic design trends to look out for in 2020, with relevant examples of each trend. These include cyberpunk color schemes, ultra thin … [Read more...]
Top 10 Logo Design Trends For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design, digital design, and colors for 2020. In today’s post, we focus on the latest logo design trends with the help of this handy video by GraphicMama. The video features the top 10 logo design trends to look out for in 2020, with examples. These include geometric shapes, gradients, metallics, custom fonts, 3D styles, and … [Read more...]
2020 Color Trends: The World’s Most Popular Colors
Shutterstock has released its 2020 Color Trends Report based on data from billions of image and footage downloads on their platform. To discover which colors are on the rise, the team at Shutterstock sorted through their customer downloads and analyzed billions of pixel data from all those images. They then mapped each pixel to their closest hex code and analyzed which … [Read more...]
47 Beautiful Color Schemes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color schemes for your graphic, web, or UI design? SchemeColor is a handy online tool that lets you create, save, and customize beautiful color palettes. You can browse and filter schemes by color or keywords like pastel, rainbow, monochromatic, etc. You can modify the color palettes, and download them in .PNG format. The RGB, CMYK, and hexcodes of each color are … [Read more...]
Top 10 Logo Design Trends For 2020
Previously, we featured the top trends in graphic design and digital design for 2020. In today’s post, we focus on the latest logo design trends with the help of this handy infographic by online branding tool Logaster. A major trend we’ve seen over the past few years is logo simplification – the removal of excessive elements from the composition. This seems to be consistent … [Read more...]
Top 13 Graphic Design Trends Of 2020
GraphicMama has come up with a handy video that shares the biggest graphic design trends of 2020. They've conducted a deep research to spot the rise in particular trends which have been popular in the graphic design industry. 2020 has been all about innovative typography, 3D realism, metallic textures, geometric designs, and liquid patterns. Expect to see more use of line … [Read more...]
6 Useful Tips To Help You Create Better Gradients
Gradients are a popular trend in graphic, web, and UI design nowadays, but it's important to know how to use them correctly. Smooth, minimal transitions look great in UIs. Use analogous and monochromatic colors instead of complementary colors. When it comes to text, you can use gradients for headings and quotes, but never for body copy. Venezuelan product designer Dan Romero … [Read more...]
Top Digital & Graphic Design Trends For 2020
With each passing year, we see new trends emerging in the world of design and old ones fading out. 2020 is all about looking towards the future, with immersive virtual reality panoramas, zero-gravity layouts, surreal product photography, and vivid, futuristic colors. Expect to see more implementation of realistic textures, astronomy and cosmos imagery, multimedia portraits, … [Read more...]
39 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color schemes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Ocean.ui is a handy Instagram account that shares a beautiful new palette everyday, with hex codes of each color. They also share font combinations, patterns, and UI elements made using their color palettes. We’ve shortlisted some of the best palettes on the Ocean.ui page in terms of aesthetic appeal, usability, … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Design Call-To-Action Buttons That Get Clicks
A call-to-action or CTA button is an interactive UI element that guides users to take certain actions on a website or application. For example: Sign Up, Book Now, Buy Now, Subscribe, etc. The objective of a CTA button is goal conversation for your website or application. It is the intended action you want the user to take, like buying your product, making a booking, signing … [Read more...]
Colors Used By Famous Brands (With Their Codes)
BrandColors.net is the largest collection of official colors of popular brands. It was created by Design Bombs to serve as a useful reference for brand color codes that are needed most often. The site features over 600 brands with 1600 colors, and the collection is ever-growing. You can search by brand name or color code. We've shortlisted some of the most well-known … [Read more...]
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