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What Color Do Green and Purple Make?
Green and purple mix into a muted brown, slate or gray. See why this happens in paint, print and design software, and how to handle overlaps in vector logo palettes.
Preview a Color from RGB Values
How to turn RGB values into a visible color preview, check gradient stops in vector logos, and know when an RGB preview isn't enough for delivery or print.
HSL Color Picker for Logo Design
How an HSL color picker helps you build logo palettes and gradients, how it differs from HSB, RGB and hex, and what to check before delivering gradient logo files.
PC Logo Design for Favicons: Building a Monogram That Works at Tiny Sizes
What a PC monogram favicon is, how it differs from a full PC logo, and how to design, check and deliver vector artwork that stays legible in browser tabs.
Notre Dame Brand Colors
Notre Dame's colors are blue and gold, with green as a secondary athletic color. Learn where the palette comes from and how to handle it correctly in vector logo files.
Set a favicon in Blazor
How to add or replace a favicon in a Blazor app: where the icon link goes for each hosting model, how to use an SVG logo safely, and which fallbacks to keep.
Three-Color Combinations for Logos
How three-color logo palettes work: giving each color a role, choosing a color harmony, testing contrast, and setting up the palette correctly in vector logo files.
Encode an SVG Logo as Base64: What It Does and When to Use It
How Base64 encoding works for an SVG logo, how to convert one, what it changes and what it does not, and when an external SVG file or URL-encoding is the better choice.
Univers Font Family: What It Is and How to Recognize It in Logos
An overview of the Univers typeface family: its origins, its numbered weight-and-width system, how it differs from similar sans serifs, and what that means for vector logo files.
Convert a Photoshop Selection into a Vector Shape
How to turn a Photoshop selection into an editable vector shape layer, with steps for cleaning up hand-drawn logo sketches, a final inspection and handoff notes.
Colors That Go With Light Blue: Palette Pairings for Vector Logos
Which colors pair well with light blue in a logo, why they work, and how to set up and test a light-blue palette in vector artwork for print and screen.
Low Contrast Colors in Monochromatic Logo Palettes
What low contrast means in a single-hue logo palette, where it causes legibility problems, and how to check and adjust it in vector logo files.