If you don’t have a set logo or color scheme, look for inspiration in your products. Instead of nitpicking every color setting and customizing your CSS, spend some time considering what your color scheme will be.Ī good rule of thumb is to pick a few accent colors (we have some suggestions here) that match your existing business identity or logo, if applicable. There’s a danger you’ll end up with an overzealous and inconsistent color scheme in your shop that adds visual clutter, instead of pulling the shop together with a consistent look and feel (which is what a well-chosen, limited color palette should be doing for you). Plus, from an aesthetic standpoint, changing one color often triggers a slew of other changes as you see how the colors interact with each other.
However, this can also be a slippery path - before you know it, changing a color in one place means three other color settings need to be changed - and not all may be accessible via your theme control panel. It’s easy to get hung up on customizing the color of each and every element of your Shopify theme. Don’t worry about what color everything is
So how do you know what color settings are worth your while? In the second installment of this multi-part series, we’ll explore the dangers of going too color crazy and other places it actually pays to be picky about colors. Designing and setting up a new Shopify theme is exciting - and fun - but it’s also easy to get carried away with over-customizing your store - right down to the color of every button, border and bullet point.īesides adding additional challenges, over-customizing the colors in your Shopify theme can be time-consuming and complex to do right.