Web 2.0 is characterized partly by the new programming methods such as Ajax, but also a very specific visual style involving simple colors but recognizable at first glance. Here are the colors used on the "big Web 2.0 sites. It is divided into 3 categories: neutral colors (colors passepartout) flash tones (high contrast colors) pastel colors (soft couleus) -The technique to be a site for Web 2.0 colors is simple: choose a color flashes choose a pastel color and finally choose as many colors as you want Neutral Shiny silver [#EEEEEE] Reddit white [#FFFFFF] Magnolia Mag.nolia [#F9F7ED] Interactive action yellow [#FFFF88] Qoop Mint [#CDEB8B] Gmail blue [#C3D9FF] Shadows Grey [#36393D] Tons flashis Mozilla Red [#FF1A00] Rollyo Red [#CC0000] RSS Orange [#FF7400] Techcrunch green [#008C00] Newsvine Green [#006E2E] Flock Blue [#4096EE] Flickr Pink [#FF0084] Tons pastels Ruby on Rails Red [#B02B2C] Etsy Vermillion [#D15600] 43 Things Gold [#C79810] Writely Olive [#73880A] Basecamp Green [#6BBA70] Mozilla Blue [#3F4C6B] Digg Blue [#356AA0] Last.fm Crimson [#D01F3C] Your site will look like a marvel of Web 2.0! ... At least look into colors ... Please show your site by commenting on this article articles sources : http://www.e-computing.co.cc/2010/04/palette-of-22-colors-web-20.html
an old article that you forgot to give the author credit for *sigh* much better at it's original location from 13th Oct 2007 http://www.info-graphistes.com/ressources/palette-de-22-couleurs-web-20.html although it's in french, it can be translated via google toolbar, and has the original graphics and colour examples/samples. or translated into english via google from http://translate.google.com/transla...20&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1B3MOZA_en-GBGB371GB371