For those of you who who are looking to find some inspiration in colour design check out the website ColorLovers.com.  The site lets designers share 5-colour palettes with other designers.  Sometimes users will also post the photograph that inspired the palette, or share a story of how they came across the color combination.

The site has all of the typical web 2.0 elements, like discussion groups and the ability to rank and collect favourites.  Because the site content is driven by designers, what you get is a reflection of what trends are popular at the moment.

The best part is that you are able to search through thousands of colours, palettes and patterns.  Once you’ve found a colour combination you love, try the feature that lets you create patterns using those colours.

There’s a blog on the site sure to be of interest to true designer geeks.  They talk about the latest trends and drawing inspiration from the real world.  Check out this intesting post where caterpillar colour schemes are used for design.