Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration
- By Noupe Editorial Team
- Posted in Inspiration
- 22 comments
Photographers often turn to sunsets to capture some spectacular and vibrant color palettes painted across Mother Nature’s canvas. The sky turns so many different shades as the sun sinks behind the horizon, that you find many saying that sunset is a time of inspiration. As designers, we can turn to these amazing photos not only to inspire but to capture some of those color palettes for our own work.
That is why we have this post working double duty for our readers. We have collected some wonderful photographs of sunsets and arranged them in a gallery to inspire you. And we have generated color palettes from the photos that we have included in the post so that you can save them and use them later in your future designs.
The Goods
A cold sunset by Johnny Deluxe
Sunset on Goulais Bay by spisharam
Sunset by sudarshan vijayaraghavan
Sunset at Chitwan National Park Nepal by Worldizen
Fisherman and Sunset by WindyLife
Lupins Sunset by Xavier Jamonet
Hawaiian Sunset by andrewmcconville
a Boat at the Sunset by jjuuhhaa
Sunset blaze – Brampton by wildplaces
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inspirationfeed, 07 June 2011
Different, but creative article!
AijoDesigns, 07 June 2011
What a great idea. It’s amazing how many different color palettes can be made from the same sky! These are gorgeous images! I will have to bookmark this article and be sure to come back and use some of these palettes!
Thanks for the share!
Bratu Sebastian, 08 June 2011
Great examples of color palletes. I think it’s not only about the colors, it depends a lot of the contrast too, you can use the same pallete but if the contrast is not right, the pallete is worthless.
Thanks for this!
Robert Bowen, 09 June 2011
So true. It is about more than just having the right colors.
Rana mukherjee, 08 June 2011
Awesome
Neha, 08 June 2011
Good Job . Something very different
Hubert, 08 June 2011
Awesome share, thanks a lot
Barbara Loyd, 08 June 2011
Thank you for this gorgeous combo of sunsets and palettes of color! I would love to post this on my blog.
Do you have another with sunrises? I wonder if cooler colors might make up the palettes for that time of day?
Robert Bowen, 09 June 2011
Thanks for the kind words and interest.
Don’t have another with sunrises…yet. ;) That was actually something under consideration after we put this post together. Originally we thought of doing both sunrise and sunsets in a single post, but found so many great photos of sunsets that it would have just been too much in a single post. But keep an eye out, for as the sun sets, so must it rise.
Dave, 08 June 2011
The colors of summer are all around us. This time of year always gets me to notice the vibrant colors around me.
Mondo Print, 08 June 2011
Beautiful images. Thanks for sharing!
Robert Bowen, 09 June 2011
Thanks so much for all the kind and encouraging words. We are glad that so many people find the post different and useful.
Noupe Editorial
Lasantha, 14 June 2011
Great article… I really like the palette “Sunset in Oporto by nfp”, coz most of its colors are earth colors and it’s suitable for a site where users visit frequently and spend long hours.
Anyway thanx Noupe for sharing the article. Hope to use the same technique when choosing color palettes in my future designs… :) :) :)
Robert Bowen, 14 June 2011
Thanks, Lasantha, we appreciate the comments. I agree, that color palette would work well for long hour exposure on a site.
goclou, 18 June 2011
Fantastic Pictures, however I’d highly recommend paying attention to the use of the amount of colours which is a great deal in almost every case, especially in design.
The site COLOURlovers does this and J. Itten also ephasises this in his book.
Great post anyways!
Cheers,
Greg
art176, 22 June 2011
great post, and the selection of picture really does the job,
yet I always find that using 5 colors is a little too much
I would rather go with 3 colors, that work 2 by 2
the white, black or grey can come help if 3 is really too few…
Jay, 08 July 2011
Great article!
Don Dearing, 13 September 2011
Robert, I am honored to have my images included in your article and to be considered on par with the excellent images you have used to make your poignant point.
Vidya Sudarsan, 20 November 2011
Beautiful!! stunning!! thank you! enjoyed the blog very much!
ricci, 21 November 2011
incredible photos, will share the link
Sheila, 30 December 2011
Gorgeous plethora of natural color palettes – nature does it best! It will be a challenging but fun decision to make. Thank you for posting – definitely sharing this post! @isq
arslion, 30 July 2012
Fantabulous