Way kul

When I was trying to figure out what our wedding colors were going to be, a coworker e-mailed me this totally ridiculously awesome Web site that I lurve and you will too, called kuler. Like "cooler," but cooler. :)

kuler is a site where you can create color palettes to work with, and not only that, but it gives you the RGB, CMYK and HEX numbers for if you're doing your own design work or Web site colors (woohoo consistency!).

You can look through other people's color boards and play around with the color combos they've created as a starting point for creating your own.

If you look at the left side of the screen, there's a link that says "Create." You should click that.

The first option you have is to create from an image. This is pretty sweet if you already have an inspiration picture you want to work off, because you can upload your image and set the little color identifiers for different color points in the image.

Or, if you want to create from a specific color you have in mind ...

You have the option to select your base color and then drag the color identifiers around on the circle to see what shades complement your base color! You can also choose to darken or lighten your colors depending on what shades you're using.

Another thing you can do with it is select only certain colors. Up at the top of the screen to the left of the circle are your "Rules" - you can choose monochromatic if you want to use several shades of the same color, triad for only three colors, various shades of the same colors ... the sky's the limit! Kul, huh? :)

(all images are screenshots from kuler)