21 Inspiring Examples of Dark Colors in Web Design
We all know that color is a key aspect of web design, and here at WDL we like to show you how designers are using colors in their projects. We’ve already showcased lists showing colorful websites and sites using white, so today, to keep you inspired around colors and how to use them, we decided to gather a few examples of websites using dark colors.
Nicola Potts
Cantiere delle Marche
Luhsetea
Ascension Latorre
Dataveyes
CJS
Edoardo Leo
The Autumn’s Rain
Scandalous Dirt
mideast tunes
Soup.
Pioneer Steez
Azure Stoneworks
Under the Psycamore
Hello Cihan
OmagOma
Angelo Studio
Trippo
Tombras
Marco Pizzichemi
Josh Sullivan
Source:
The Best Designs
CSS Design Awards
Awwwards
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18 comments
Evan Skuthorpe
January 30, 2012Some nice designs. Not sure Soup is a dark site though
Sohail Amir
January 30, 2012Some good examples here!
LPG Wales
January 30, 2012Josh Sullivan is a great looking website!
Attitude Design | Graphic Design Portfolio
January 30, 2012Interesting concept for a post and some great website examples – many thanks!
Chris Allen
January 30, 2012Some great examples for sure. I was definitely quite taken with the clean and approachable design of Nicola Potts’ website. Beautifully done!
Perich
January 30, 2012If you are interested in another great dark website our agency just went live with an updated look and feel. I’d love to get your feed back on the site.
Carry
January 30, 2012Great examples, all of them but I fell in love with that Ascension Latorre website, wow.
prajyotm
January 31, 2012Great post
the examples are phenomenal
aledesign.it
January 31, 2012Dark is not my preferite colours in the net but I see some particolar interesting design here! Thanks for sharing.
Michael
January 31, 2012I still prefer white space over black space, but this collection is stunning. Thank you for sharing.
Mark
February 1, 2012As usual nice collection of sites. As a suggestion for a future article, how about–I don’t know how you’d say it–but, sites that are _mostly_ dark but with splashes of color–like Lushtea, dataveyes, cjs etc?
Samantha
February 1, 2012Nice collection. Definitely shows a great variey in layout and styles using dark colors. Thanks for putting this together!
Smart Framework
February 2, 2012amazing color concept with great example.
Web Design Huddersfield
February 7, 2012Most of the designs are on black bacground, where dark colour web design background could be other than black; I mean some dark shades of other colours.
St Albans Graphics
February 13, 2012OK, lots of examples of no contrast – one of the crucial basics in any design, involving text and readability.
Simon France
February 21, 2012Inspired by these sites, my last project has been designed along these lines. And I must say it does look quite cool, or so the client keeps saying! Am I aloud to put links on here? I would love some feedback.
Web Design Melbourne
July 18, 2012Very aesthetically and tastefully designed. Azure Stoneworks swept me off my feet.
Web Design Malaysia
January 30, 20131 year later, Luhseta is still as stunning as ever!