Which color to choose?

Most of us have grabbed something out of the closet, put it on, and then asked a loved one, "Does this match?" only to be laughed at (gently, if we’re lucky) and offered a hand. I have seen many applications and Web sites where someone should have asked that same question.

There is help for those of us lacking the internal compass for color matching: Adobe Kuler, an Internet application that lets people create and save various color schemes. Users can also share these schemes with the rest of the community, so you can benefit from someone else's eye. In addition to color schemes, the program includes links to color theory, references to what color actually is, and even some desktop patterns.

So don't fear color — use it to help make your application stand out. Now, if only there were a way to find something to match that crazy tie my mother gave me...