Please help me with picking colors

[duke67]

Right now my site is way too plain. Heres the link:

http://windowsxp-tweaks.com/

The header thats in all black cant be changed but the rest of the site can.

Thanks, bye.

[Davey_M]

i think orange #FFCC00 would work nicely with that on the links for maybe the hover state, or even a bright blue.. #0099FF

maybe do the h1's the same colour as the colour from above u choose, u could always add a colour to the »'s too i guess... best thing to do would b experiment

good luck

[nitrexoxide]

Whatever you do, try to use "contrasting colors"
That is, colors on the opposite side of the color wheel

e.g.
black + white
blue + orange
red + green
yellow + purple

or similar colors e.g. yellow + black

[duke67]

Thanks guys for the info. I would have never thought of this stuff so thanks again. If any of you have some spare time you can email me at dkreger2000@ameritech.net and we can talk more about the look of the site. I can pay up to $15 with paypal if you would go more in detail about the look of the site.

Bye.

[TiGGi]

well since it's MS XP site then try using MS colors, Red, Green, Blue and Yellow. You'll find these colors on XP widnows logo!

[duke67]

Good point but like I said I cant change the black at the top, do you think the rest of the site would work with those colors? TIGGI, my aim name is scottk6760 if you have time can we talk?

[TiGGi]

You're not allowed to change it or don't know how to?
You can incoporate these colors to the rest of the page, like title backgrounds, buttons, .... Don't have AIM available untill I get home!

[duke67]

Really cant. Ive talked to the person who made the PSD template for me so the only way would to be to change the template but ive spent way too much money on this site and i cant really afford to spend more for awhile.