Because of its simplicity, black and white web design has been used by quite a number of sites. Monochromatic as they appear, black and white has been pervasive to portfolios, personal and business websites of artists and creative individuals. Lacking colors, black and white websites exude elegance and efficiency in delivering the message through vivid typography. For personal portfolios, this color scheme produces a classy and stylish presentation of content, not to mention the nostalgic feel because of its vintage look. Adopting a black and white design however, is not easy considering that the only choice you have all throughout your site are black and white.
Here, we you will see some of the great examples of website using black and white on their designs. These are the sites that manage to come up with a good looking design even though they are using only black and white, and the shade in between, which is gray.
When building websites inspiration is essentiel but the platform used to implement the website is also very important. Recently WordPress has become a market leader in the Open Source CMS areas and for a reason. There are simply tons of awesome themes available making it quick and simple to get the job done. As an example – for building an online portfolio it is possible to find some high quality WordPress portfolio themes to get started.
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Marchin Kaniewski
Black Estate
Fitzroy and Finn
Circus Family
Simon J. Hunter
Its Artist
Subtraction
Rob Schellenberg
Leah Haggar
Perky Bros. LLC
Marc Ecko
Wanda Productions
Mark Wieman
Blake Allen Design
Jeroen Human
Routalempi
The Old State
Roland Olbeter
Designgive
Jon Tangerine
Expression Tints
Kramgo
Nic Fensom
Multitouch Barcelona
Postmachina
Alfredo Angeles
Area 17
Urban Landscape Lab
Ashe Avenue
80/20
Marcin Kaniewski
Toby Powell
Dragon Interactive
Fashion Photography
Master Grinding
The Grid System
Uberstealth
New York Times Style Magazine
Blissfully Aware
One Darnley Road
Rehybrid
Visualbox
Nicola Cozzolino
Wearesignals
Urban Edge Design
M1K3
R/GA
Kellie Anderson
Sunil Kansara
Harry Ford
Doha Film Institute
One Response to “50 Elegant Black and White Web Design Showcases”
October 5, 2012
MichelleNice collection. You can also check this site http://www.brokenglass.in
It’s a pure Black & White website, you can consider to include the same into your list next time.