Choosing colors for application [closed]

Question

What is the best way to choose colors for LoB app, i need to style TreeView, dropdown's, textboxes and a pivot grid, so i need a bunch of colors, tried Kuler but it gives only 6 colors.

So the question is how to do it without designer?

PS. It's a silverlight app.

Answer 1

Talking as an ex-graphic designer - ask yourself carefully if you really need more than 6 colours. Using too many colours is likely to make things look like a mess. There is a reason why tools like Kuler don't suggest large numbers of colours.

If you absolutely require (which IMHO is unlikely) more than 6 then use them as base colours and make lighter/darker variations (something like this or this online tool will do this - a google for colour scheme or colour wheel and you'll find plenty of tools like this out there).