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/*
Colour palette: EMBL-EBI [project name] [main colour]
Save as [your-project-name]-colours.css
*/
a {
......
How to create and use a custom colour palette for your project
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1. Select a single colour to start with. This might be the primary colour used in a logo, if you have one;
2. Go to the Color Scheme Designer website at http://colorschemedesigner.com/csd-3.5/;
3. Enter the hex code for your colour by clicking on the "RGB" input [screenshot];
4. Choose the "accented analogic" preset;
5. Click on the 'Color List' tab in the bottom left to display the colour codes
6. Take the values displayed and use them to customise the template below
7. Save this as [your-project-name]-colours.css and link to it in the <head> of your pages, after the other stylesheets
CSS Template
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/*
*** TEMPLATE - please apply your custom values ***
Colour palette: [project name] [main colour]
Details: Accented Analogic from ColourSchemeDesigner
http://colorschemedesigner.com/[custom URL]
*/
/*
##### Color Palette by Color Scheme Designer
##### Palette URL: http://colorschemedesigner.com/[custom URL]
##### Color Space: RGB;
*** Primary Color:
var. 1 = #P1 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 2 = #P2 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 3 = #P3 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 4 = #P4 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 5 = #P5 = rgb(x,y,z)
*** Secondary Color A:
var. 1 = #A1 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 2 = #A2 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 3 = #A3 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 4 = #A4 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 5 = #A5 = rgb(x,y,z)
*** Secondary Color B:
var. 1 = #B1 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 2 = #B2 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 3 = #B3 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 4 = #B4 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 5 = #B5 = rgb(x,y,z)
*** Complementary Color:
var. 1 = #C1 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 2 = #C2 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 3 = #C3 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 4 = #C4 = rgb(x,y,z)
var. 5 = #C5 = rgb(x,y,z)
##### Generated by Color Scheme Designer (c) Petr Stanicek 2002-2010
*/
/* Color
===================================================*/
/* These style rules will over-ride the core EBI styles and apply
your custom colour palette in a consistent manner */
/* Links */
a:link,
a:visited { border-bottom-color: #P1; }
a:hover,
a:focus,
a:active {
color: #P1;
border-bottom: 1px solid #P1;
}
a.special:hover,
a.special:focus,
a.special:active {
color:#P1;
border-bottom: 3px double #P1;
}
a:link { color: #A3; }
a:hover,
a:focus,
a:active { color: #B3; }
a.special { background-color: #B5; }
/* Headings */
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { color: #222222; }
h1 { color: #P1; }
h2 { color: #C2; }
h1 a:link,
h2 a:link,
h3 a:link,
h4 a:link,
h5 a:link,
h6 a:link,
h1 a:visited,
h2 a:visited,
h3 a:visited,
h4 a:visited,
h5 a:visited,
h6 a:visited {
border-bottom-color: #P1;
}
/* Table heading cells */
th { background-color: #B1; }
/* Form submission button */
input.submit {
/* colours */
color: #fff;
text-shadow: #P3 1px 1px;
border-top: 1px solid #P5;
border-left: 1px solid #P5;
border-right: 1px solid #P3;
border-bottom: 1px solid #P3;
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #P1, #P2);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0, #ccc),color-stop(1, #P2));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#P1, #P2);
background-image: linear-gradient(top, #P1, #P2);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#P1', EndColorStr='#P2');
}
/* Define the basic colour your local masthead */
div#local-masthead { background-color: #P5; }
/* Colour the faux-underline for local menu items */
div#local-masthead ul li a:hover,
div#local-masthead ul li a:focus,
div#local-masthead ul li a:active {
border-bottom: 3px solid #P1;
}
See file: colour-template.css and save as [your-project-name]-colours.css
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