Checkmycolours.com spots color gaffes in your web designs

If there's one thing I've learned from watching the front page of Delicious, it's that designers love to bookmark things. More to the point, they love handy web tools that help them with their creative work.

One more tool to consider adding to your arsenal is Checkmycolours. Drop a URL into the box and press the check button, and you'll receive an exhaustive analysis of page elements and their contrast ratio and brightness/color difference. You can view the complete report or switch to an error-only view to focus on potential problems.

No, an automated checker isn't a substitute for years of design experience and an eye for what works, but this can definitely be a helpful reference point.

Here's a shocker for you - Checkmycolours.com passes their own tests with flying...oh, never mind.

Want more great color tools? If you missed it, Dolores put together a fantastic roundup of 10 great online color apps.