MY problem with ANY color pickers is knowing what "matches", or "goes together", or "looks good together". I do know what colors I **prefer** (beige, a certain maroon but not red, hunter greens but no other greens, and pastels but not blues). I can't pick shades well. I must have tried 30 different "maroon-like" colors, only to realize each looked more like "firey red" than really being maroon. Then, I tried so many colors I thought were light enough "beige" only to have each be more "brown-beige" than I wanted. Hence, I rely on images where I can really see the color I'm seeking. But, I could also pick 3 images I *think* match only to realize later that they look terrible together. If I went to a store, I'd have to put 2 colored items beside/on top of each other in natural light to tell whether they "go together" and even then I wouldn't feel sure. Not color blind but something like "shades blind"? So, if I have a background with print or pattern, such as what I have on this page, I don't know what solid colors to pick to go with that pattern. Most color pickers do an array of what's considered matching --- but the color array does not match the colors I have in my head as a preference. Not sure I've explained this well, but I just wouldn't make a good interior designer with being unable to pick matching shades of colors. LOL I'd have a houseful of solid colors I like, rather than shadings of complimentary colors. Doesn't anyone else have a similar problem with using color wheels, etc.? Judy On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Patricia Geary <patgeary@comcast.net>wrote: > At 03:32 AM 1/19/2010, J.A. Florian wrote: > >3. BIG issue-- what #colors go with the colored-images I used? If my > images > >fail, I need the background colors to be there, but I'm not sure I picked > >good #colors. I'm not color blind, but I can't tell shade differences > very > >well. Can someone check my colors, and tell me what #colors I should use > in > >each layer? > ============ > For anyone using Firefox, there is an addon that I find particularly > helpful in doing just this. Colorzilla http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/ > > once installed you can click it, hover over an image or any part of > it and select the color number. I use it all of the time for background > colors. > > Pat >