21 Beautiful Examples of Dark Colors in Web Design
Last week we showed you some good examples of White Usage in Web Design, and today, to go the opposite direction, we decided to gather some examples of dark colors in web design. Deciding when to go dark can be tricky, but the decision should always be about enhancing the content and the user experience. In this showcase you’ll see that the choice to use dark colors in each of these sites is appropriate and fitting.
Matthew Williams
Always Creative
O3
guest’d
The Ordinary
Paid to Exist
Barcamp
Studio MDS
RED
Legendary
Rule of Three
Joint London
Ermenegildo Zegna
5 Minutos Antes
Ocean Health Index
Me We
Banger’s
humaan
30electeurs
abm
Kreathink
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I love communication, technology, web, design, movies, gastronomy and creativity. Web writer, portuguese/english translator and co founder of @refilmagem & @mentaway Twitter: @gismullr
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7 comments
Brian Onorio (O3)
September 17, 2012Thanks for featuring O3! We’re honored to be a part of this list!
Web Design Inspiration Today
September 18, 2012Wow.. Great list. I will add them up to my own collection, some are already added though. See my collection of websites with dark (black scheme) here, http://webdesigninspirationtoday.com/design/color/black
Cebu Web Design
September 18, 2012I thought using a dark theme will limit you in terms of choice in contrasting colors, concept and genre but the examples shows differently. My top choice is Paid to Exist.
Masood
September 18, 2012Nice..Thanks to share..
Design Turnpike
September 18, 2012Great samples – food for thought.
Noreen Hick
September 20, 2012I have been hesitant with using dark colors. But looking at your examples, inspires me a lot to create designs using dark colors. The way you blended the dark colors with the light ones are really cool. I really like the contrast you put up on Studio MDS. More power to you!
Web Design Malaysia
September 21, 2012i just love how Ermenegildo Zegna designed their site. slick, elegant, dark (energy saving) loving it!