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1. Color Wheel
Probably one of the most stressful parts of creating a design in Canva is finding the colors that go well with the one you already have in mind. Sure, you can always experiment, but do you really want to go through a million colors to find the perfect combination?
Luckily for you, Canva comes with a color wheel to help you create the color combination you need. Simply go to Canva’s color wheel and input the color you initially liked. You can then choose what color combination to generate: complementary, monochromatic, analogous, triadic, or tetradic.
Once you have the combination of your choice, you can either start creating a graphic or just export the palette.
2. Color Palette Generator
Ever came across an Instagrammable photo online and wanted to use its color scheme in a design? Canva’s color palette generator lets you do exactly that. After uploading your photo on the site, it will automatically create a palette for you based on the shades in the picture.
There are also plenty of demo images available in Canva in case you don’t have an inspirational photo to upload. Simply click on “Try demo image,” and it will show you a sample photo with its corresponding color palette.
If you still haven’t found the palette of your dreams, Canva comes with almost 4000 premade color combinations.
3. Color Meanings
Canva’s color meanings feature is easily one of its most underrated tools. You might not always have a use for it, but it is actually an excellent resource when you want to add some symbolism to your design.
Apart from telling you the meaning behind a color, it also has some other useful information like the color’s RGB values, CMYK conversion, and what other hues it matches perfectly with.
4. Design Size Guide
With the numerous things you can use a Canva design on, it can be hard to keep track of the sizes you need each one to be. There's a specific size for a YouTube video thumbnail, a Twitter header photo, a Pinterest portrait pin, an Etsy shop banner, and so much more.
If you don’t feel like searching it on the internet every time you need to know the size, just go to Canva’s design size guide. It has every dimension information you need in one place, from social media sizes to documents and paper sizes.
