Being able to create transitional effects using two or more colors layered with one another is a vastly utilized technique in web design. Color gradients sometimes can be extremely easy to create, while others can be somewhat difficult and require discipline.

Below we’ve compiled a showcase (to inspire you) that contains various websites with a variety of gradient effects. Some of the effects will be within the background of the site while others will be located within several other elements of design such as the menu, sidebars, footers, and more.

365 Days of Anatomy

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Whether you are just starting out or a seasoned veteran these tools, tutorials, lists and other resources are great sites for any web designer. Organized into helpful categories (design inspiration, CSS resources, web design guides, color tools, free fonts and more) this collection not only has useful resources but also categorized links to other lists with 100s more. If you’re not a designer but still need to create sites you still might be best off spending a few bucks on a web page creation tool with a simple GUI than hiring a designer but can still use the first section below and these great wallpapers to get design inspiration!

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