--- title: Web design principles | daily.dev description: Choosing the right colour is very important and you can’t just choose your favourite colour. A colourful website does not mean using all the different colours,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/web-design-principles-544p5rlco twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Web design principles | daily.dev og:description: Choosing the right colour is very important and you can’t just choose your favourite colour. A colourful website does not mean using all the different colours,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/web-design-principles-544p5rlco og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/544P5RLcO.png og:image:alt: Web design principles og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Web design principles **[Dev Genius](https://daily.dev/sources/devgenius)** · [@itsrakesh](https://daily.dev/itsrakesh) · 5 min read · 158 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary Choosing the right colour is very important and you can’t just choose your favourite colour. A colourful website does not mean using all the different colours, be consistent and choose a single colour as your theme colour. When picking colours think about the mood of your colour palette. 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