A few days ago I mused on Twitter:
When I need to pick a hex code color out of thin air, I always pick #ccc
Turns out, lots of folks have their own favorites! It’s little mini conversations like this that make Twitter so much fun.
DigitalSkraps
#ccc
reidab
orange
leefloyd
#e8e8e8
sksmatt
#ccc
kristarella
#ddf
mwalls13
#336699
jmdickinson
#f00
vintom
#c40000
jamesdoc
any gray
jasonhuck
#eee
joshellington
#c0c0c0
fliawebdesign
#333
Schoonology
#2c80ff
sametjan
#666
nwjsmith
#ccc
jamespadolsey
#999
Overshee
random letters and numbers
My go to hex: #ebebeb
I love #ffc and #fcc. When I need to use gray, I pick #ddd
Yay for twitter!
speaking of randomly picked colors, when im debugging a site it, at some point if not always, consists of me putting a colored border on an element to see what will happen, i almost always go with 1px solid lime/pink/green/orange/red.
this debugging scenario is the only time when i use the names of colors like this and usually proves pretty helpful.
I try to repeat this experiment, too! Great ;)
depends on the time of day… but usually: #c0ffee
@sketchpad
If only @c0ffee was actually brown, rather than that pale blue. =P
Because I used it umpteen times on a project a couple years back, #4d4d4d is my mock-up colour of choice.
I usually go with #313131. Just like many of you, I used it a lot on a project somewhen and it just stuck. I like the “almost black but still gray” tones.
blue or yellow as word – I’m not really comfy with all the hex codes ;)
For me, if I need a block of color I go to #eee (Also my fav for zebra striping tables) and for debug outlines it’s always #c00.
I tend to use primary and secondary colours when creating a layout mock up. It makes for an eye watering mess of layout-y goodness.
If these colors say something about us (maybe as designers), I wonder if mine means I’m complex? Or that I think in hex? Or maybe that I just think too much?
; )
(It’s Schoonology) – #2c80ff
From a project I worked on for too long, these greys always pop in my head: #cecece and #9e9e9e!
#ccc or #0c0
If i’m debugging, I’ll pick #f0f (magenta), because I’d almost never use it otherwise.
Otherwise, #223.
usually #CCC or #FFF coz I often enough work with gray shadows ^-^ i love grey, looks modern somehow… helvetica neue ultralight in #CCC i could die for ^-^
it’s #ccc for me too! (and #f0f0f0 or #999 if I need something lighter/darker)
How a bout deeppink and lightpink. my faves!
I go with #c0c0c0 or # and any three numbers or letters in a row.
I use go-to hex only for debugging, and it’s “red” for it’s visibility and fast writing on my azerty keyboard ;p
Like me, it seems that a LOT of users fall back to the many shades of ‘grey’.
This could be the reason so many websites out there have #cccccc, #999999, #666666 backgrounds.
Love it… I go for any letter-number pair at random just to see, f4f4f4, c8c8c8, f1f1f1… etc
lovely idea :)
Pfft, #CFCFCF.
I don’t know why, but I always use #eee for client projects when I need alternating row colors for divs.
Let other people poking at your code know you mean business with 031337.
Je préfère “red”. C’est court à écrire et facile a voir.
I’m a huge fan of #EFEFEF and not sure why to this date.
And I’m fan of #5a5a5a. I always using it for text.
Mine too is #ccc. It also happens to be one of the primary colors in the profile of the company I work for by pure coincidence.
Mine is also #ccc! that or “red” if Im just trying to see a div or something.
I use #3172D3 as its my favourite blue, it always pops up on most of my sites at one point or another :)
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I use #ececec – it’s the only one I can consistently remember. Else I just type random letters and see what happens :)
I use the color of love.