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COLOURlovers™ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color - whether for ad campaigns, product design, or even in architectural specification - a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.

The COLOURlovers™ community is regularly updated with information and examples of the way colors are used in the real world -- along with news articles on color trends and interviews with top creative professionals. Here everyone who is interested in the practical applications of color can find an index of color trends as they are happening. Together, they create a color trend index for the entire world provided by users of color worldwide. It's a tool designers and artists of all kinds use to work with colors in new ways and quickly find out what's hot and what's not. This site allows anyone to find their inspiration for color by searching, sorting and filtering through keywords to a color scheme that interests them... or create and share your own!

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Darius A Monsef IV
Darius, founder and CEO of COLOURlovers™, said, 'Our site is edgy, revolutionary, and works from the bottom up, not from the top down. It represents a new way to think about color and design. Our approach is based on the open source and common license concept. We gather creative professionals into an online community where they can share ideas about color and influence others.'

Darius has studied business management and fashion design. He is a creative consultant and web developer who loves what he does.

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Darius is very proud to say that 30% of all profit from COLOURlovers goes to HOW, to support disaster relief projects and the volunteers.

Shortly after COLOURlovers was first created, Asia was rocked by an major earthquake and tsunami. Darius felt compelled to go and find any way he could help the survivors. He spent 4 months living in Bang Tao, Thailand and volunteering to help those affected by the disaster. When he got back to the states, Darius co-founded Hands On Worldwide (HOW) a US-based, volunteer-staffed, non-profit, dedicated to timely disaster response and relief... Darius didn't stay home for very long and was soon directing the Katrina Relief Project for HOW in Biloxi, Mississippi.

LOVERS QUESTIONS

What is this?
It is a international collection of color lovers. A visual inspiration site,
where you can find, rate, review and love colors. Find color schemes that interest you and decide on what the next color trend of tomorrow is, today.

Where is the forum?
www.COLOURlovers.com/forums

How is my rating calculated?
Points are given for activities that share the love. A point break
down follows:
Submitting a new color: 5
Commenting on a color: 2
Comments on your color: 1
Voting for a color: 1
Votes for your color: ? equal to the vote
Submitting a new palette: 5
Commenting on a palette: 2
Comments on your palette: 1
Voting for a palette: 1
Votes for your palette: ? equal to the vote
Commenting on a profile: 2
Comments on your profile: 1

LINK TO US

Just copy and paste the code into your webpage

What are tags?
Tags are used as a sort of keyword indexing system. When a tag is entered it links that palette / color with all the others that have matching tags. You can type in multiple words at a time.

Who runs this?
COLOURlovers.com is a project of Lord IV, Inc. Darius A Monsef IV is the creator, developer and editor of the COLOURlovers.com website.