The funny thing about inspiration is that you never know when it’s going to hit you. I happened to be trying to come up with a color scheme for a site I was designing, and after about an hour of disasters, I saw the London Calling album sitting on my desk, and knew those were the colors I wanted.

I decided to see if any other album covers had nice color schemes, and was surprised that most of them do. I took the time to create downloadable color palettes for Rolling Stone’s Top 20 albums of all time. I’m very happy with the results, and hope a few other designers can use these for inspiration. Enjoy the list!

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band, The Beatles

Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

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Continuing in the theme of web design inspiration, I decided to take the time and make downloadable color palettes using colors inspired by Rolling Stone’s Top 10 Albums of all time. People love album covers, and there’s a reason – they’re cool to look at – and a big part of their coolness is usually the colors. So, for your next website project, consider using the colors of one of these great albums.

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