Article · 12 min read
A beginner's guide to applying color in UI design
George Francis · DEV Community Free Beginner
Color is where founders most often go wrong, and this walks you through a simple, safe system: one primary, a set of neutrals, and a couple of accents used with restraint. It explains how to build shades from a single base color so your palette feels intentional. Concrete enough to copy straight into your product.
- Start from one primary color and derive a full shade range
- Neutrals do most of the work, accents appear rarely and on purpose
- A small deliberate palette reads as more professional than many colors
