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25 Beautifully Colorful Websites - Part 2

A few months ago I posted a collection of beautifully colorful websites, and I wanted to follow up with 25 more sites that provide excellent inspiration when working with colors. The 25 sites displayed here use a wide variety of design styles, but all make effective use of color to create a fabulous look that leaves an impact on visitors.

Global Oneness Project

Global Oneness Project

Yeahstyle

Yeahstyle

Fusion Books

Fusion Books

Kingsfield Church

Kingsfield Church

Mostly Lisa

Mostly Lisa

ActionHead Studios

Actionhead Studios

Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation

Knoxville

Habitat for Humanity Youth Programs

Habitat for Humanity

Cult-Foo

Cult-Foo

Family Vacation Survival Guide

Family Vacation Survival Guide

Cottonseed Oil Tour

Cottonseed Oil Tour

Darkmotion

Darkmotion

Sharpcast

Sharpcast

Casio Exilim Lab

Casio Exilim Lab

Svilen Dimchevski

Svilen Dimchevski

Radu Cueca

Radu Dueca

Springtime in Tennessee

Springtime in TN

Pixele

Pixele

FreeAgent

FreeAgent Central

45royale

45royale

Peminoz

Peminoz

Navigant Consulting

Navigant Consulting

Outsource Czech

Outsource Czech

The Wombats

The Wombats

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Originally Published May 12th, 2008

43 comments from readers

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  • 2 mothership May 13, 2008 at 12:16 am

    I quite like a few of them, which is strange for me. Colourful is very easy to go overboard with or get totally ‘wrong’ and the majority of colourful sites do this. It’s great to see a collection of sites that get it right!

  • 3 Pasquale May 13, 2008 at 2:10 am

    Cheers for the feature!!

  • 4 Fubiz May 13, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Congrats.

  • 5 Shanna May 13, 2008 at 10:05 am

    another great list!! Thanks for putting these lists together.

  • 6 Lisa May 13, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Definitely websites that my eyes are drawn too. Keep up the great work!

  • 7 Mepho May 13, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Nice group of websites! Keep up the work~!

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  • 9 Pierce May 13, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    Thanks :)

  • 10 Kelly May 13, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    A very nice group. I especially like Cottonseed Oil, Sharpcast, and Radu Cueca. As Mothership said, colorful can easily be too much. These are bright and cheerful, but still restrained enough to be appealing to a wide audience. Well-chosen!

    Regards,

    Kelly

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  • 12 Alen May 14, 2008 at 4:21 am

    Amazing collection, Steven!

  • 13 Bagrep May 14, 2008 at 4:50 am

    I want one of those..sigh..in my dream..haha. can never achieve that kind of look. so wonderful..

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  • 15 Louie May 14, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Moshimonsters will nicely fit this category. :)

  • 16 adelle May 14, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Nice selection you have here!

  • 17 exfatguy May 14, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    That is some great web design templates. Wish I could hire someone to do exactly like those sites. Anyone?

  • 18 Warren May 15, 2008 at 12:22 am

    thanks for posting these. Always nice to find some new inspirational design.

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  • 20 JD May 15, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Beautiful Websites.
    So many web designers are using great fresh color in their graphics designs.

  • 21 Nastya Manno May 16, 2008 at 2:15 am

    This excellent compilation of inspiring sites. Thank you very much!

  • 22 VeraBradley May 16, 2008 at 7:35 am

    Honestly, i dislike a website that uses too many different colours. I’m not sure how many percentage of visitors are like be, but a uniform and clean webpage that uses less than 5 colours stands out better in terms of legibility and professionalism.

  • 23 zohai May 16, 2008 at 10:21 am

    Some of it really is great but some are too colourful and to my dislike. Eg: Casio Exilim Lab

    But using multiple colours surely won’t make a person bored and gains the audience’s attention. And it caters to the younger generation IMO

  • 24 traveler May 16, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    fusion looks great! nice simple stylish!

  • 25 Eshop May 16, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    I would pink Mostly Lisa’s page the best because i has a blue eyed girl picture in front that is most probably Lisa. hahaha

  • 26 The Bloggers Times May 17, 2008 at 4:18 am

    Great man. Keep posting more and more for new bloggers like me.

    Thank you.

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  • 30 seo May 18, 2008 at 1:44 am

    Oh my..It is so beautiful. How I wish I can design something like them..

  • 31 HostV May 19, 2008 at 2:15 am

    Always nice to find some new inspirational design.

  • 32 HostV May 19, 2008 at 2:18 am

    Wish I could hire someone to do exactly like those sites. Anyone?

  • 33 fatsgone May 19, 2008 at 7:20 pm

    Wow so colorful! Kind of psychedelic and makes my head spin. Agreed, too much color is not a good thing. But when done with restraint, it an be a very potent source of attraction to potential viewers.

  • 34 Ant Sir Pest May 20, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    Awesome post! I like seeing sites that use alot of color, but don’t look corny or overdone. Very nice list. Thanks.

  • 35 Alex May 21, 2008 at 12:41 pm

    Great article, thanks a lot for taking the time to write it!
    Good compilations like this one make browsing the web more interesting :)

  • 36 loans May 23, 2008 at 8:44 am

    so beautiful the website, can learn the style they use to design my own, nice post…

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  • 38 anggi Jun 2, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    nice list.. very inspiring :D for our new redesign

  • 39 adelle Jun 6, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    these are very tasty choices!

  • 40 Jad Jun 8, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    thanks for this list of amazing designs:D i guess they’re very inspiring and helpful for every designer

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  • 42 Aaniat Khalid Jul 1, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    I want to make my own website with colorful and stylish backgrounds. That site would be all about me and my relatives and my family.

  • 43 Marisa Jul 7, 2008 at 11:46 am

    Great list. Thanks!