Well it’s another Friday here at Wubbleyou, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to look back at a blog we did over a year ago now based on Purple Web Design. Back when we wrote the original blog, the colour purple was being used by quite a few companies to showcase their services and products.
Today I’ll take a look at some of the more recent designs to be created using a purple colour scheme. We find that it’s quite a common colour used for personal portfolios due to how well it contrasts with a white background. Here are a few examples to give you a bit of purple inspiration:
Creative2Slice
Creative 2 Slice is a company that takes Adobe Photoshop files and creates the coding required to make a website. It uses a wide range of purples and pinks that contrast to make a visually appealing website that is easy to read. They’re still developing the rest of the site but they have a strong theme developed that I’m sure they’ll follow through all of the pages.
Codigo Digital
Codigo make use of radial gradients to contrast their variations of purple. This was quite popular during the launch of web 2.0 style sites and still looks great when used with the latest available tools and plugins. Make sure to check out their services page for an excellent example of how to make use of the “glowing box” technique.
Radhe Associates
This company also makes use of adding gradients to the background of each page to make its content stand out. One reason that this site benefits from this style is the amount of content on each of the pages. By decreasing the amount of content on the page, the amount of white space at the bottom of the page is decreased so the content doesn’t appear lost. The site is simple to navigate and a great example of how to use purple effectively in a site.
Bichomalvado
This is one of our personal favourites from the list. Using the latest web-kit tools available for browsers, they are able to animate areas of the page without the use of Flash. It’s amazing the advancement in browser technology in the last few years and this site shows just how you can use new techniques to make a wonderfully creative site.
Gone Freelancing
This site is an interesting site because at first glance you would probably assume that it is a site created for a mobile application. In fact it’s a freelance designer who is going to a different place of work to every Friday for a year in the UK and then recording his experience. The site is simple in its design but is eye catching and very well created.
David Kopec
This is David Kopec’s photo studio. It follows one of the biggest trends of 2011 by using a large image as a background image for each of its pages. This site has been designed with an eye for detail and the sharp diagonal lines create a unique approach to a rotating banner. The site uses purple as a contrasting colour to the black and white background image and a contrasting white font for the text.
Brice Lechatellier
This site is simple in its design but we appreciate the consideration that has been taken into the colours that are being used. The use of a dark purple gradient contrasting with dark teal doesn’t sound like it should work but it blends quite seamlessly.
Alfred App
Alfred App has been one of our favourite app sites for a while. Its striking colour scheme is uniquely distinctive and the design that’s gone into the site is superb. It’s helped inspire us for a few of our projects now and it’s great to see all these app sites being developed as its pushing the boundaries for web 2.0 designs.
Arun’sfolio
We’re a big fan of Arun’s portfolio due to its quirky nature from its animated welcome screen, to the huge envelope design on the contact section. The site is simple to navigate which isn’t always the case with one page websites.
Alex Malukov
This is perhaps my favourite site out of the selected purple websites. I’m a big fan of using patterns for backgrounds and this site manages to switch between 6 patterns for each of the sections without confusing the reader. The use of imaged arrows definitely shows the creativity that Alex.
Well that’s just a few of the excellent examples of purple websites that we have seen recently. Check back again soon as we rotate ourselves around the colour wheel and choose a new colour to showcase examples of.
