Before I begin the technical part of this post, I want to say one thing-sometimes, I cannot believe that I even know how to do anything to change a blog theme. When I first switched to Wordpress in summer of 2006, I was scared out of my mind at the thought of having to find a theme for my new domain. When I looked at a Stylesheet back then, I might has well have been reading “Beowulf” in the original Old English.

Somehow, in the last few months, it’s like a door swung open in my mind, and suddenly I find myself pulling apart blog themes and customizing them. On MomReviews, I’m using a great theme called My April Reloaded, but I took the whole header apart and put in my own photos and banner image, which would have been completely unthinkable for me even a year ago. Go, ME!

So now, I’m working on Table for Five, and I wanted to share a site I found that helps with coordinating the colors used on a theme. Color Hunter creates custom color palettes using the colors found in an image, and it’s free. Upload your image, and the site will show you colors that coordinate with the image. I uploaded the banner image from Table for Five, and the site came up with these colors:

I would have never found those colors on my own. However, I replaced the background color of the sidebars with the color that is fourth from the left, #C2C4D3, and as you can see, the color in the palette is much lighter than what is in the sidebar. I don’t know why.

So now, I’m working on redesigning Table for Five (yes, AGAIN, because even when blog friends spend hours helping me tweak a theme, I am never satisfied. Sorry, Lisa!) And if you read this and thought you can’t possibly change a blog theme, take it from me-if I can change a blog theme, so can you!