Being a web designer, I know how difficult it is to choose a good looking background for your websites. To do that, you will have to design a graphic first, export it to JPG or PNG format, upload it to the server and modify the html. It is not a complex process, but it is quite tedious to design variety of background patterns to find out which one will suite your website better.
However, I came across a simple Bookmarklet called Subtle Patterns, that lets you preview your website with wide range of background colors and patterns. Yes! It’s a simple bookmarket and when clicked will let you instantly apply different styles of background colors and patterns. How cool is that?
The Subtle Patterns is powered by a script that will change the background color of any website. The bookmarklet comes with more than 300 unique background options to choose from. For instance, here are the few : blizzard, aluminium, cartographer, squiary, geometry, diagonal etc…
All you need to do is, just head on to the link provided at the bottom of this post and simply drag and drop Subtle Patterns to your bookmarks toolbar. Now click on the Subtle Patterns whenever you visit any website to reveal a pull down menu at the bottom of the browser; where you can choose variety of background colors and patterns. The background patterns are read from Subtle Patterns website. Well, if you want to set out your own custom pattern, then you can’t do it with Subtle Patterns.
Overall Subtle Patterns is a must try for any web designer. Check it out and let us know your comments.
