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Reducing Opacity To Create New Colours

Reducing Opacity To Create New Colours

We’re going to create a design with a dark and moody feel now. Create a new document 500 pixels by 500 pixels with a black background. To prepare the colours we are going to use, draw a red (#FF0000) square on top of a black square and reduce the opacity of the top red square. [...]

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Create A Buy It Now Button

Create A Buy It Now Button

Recently I created a ‘Buy It Now’ button for a website and it had to blend in with that site’s colour scheme. I couldn’t just use my favourite colours, I had to choose colours that complemented those already used on the site.
Blending In With An Existing Colour Scheme
What I did was take an existing [...]

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