Feel free to have a look at his website ; www.markboulton.co.nz - he's had some intensive design training and has recently published a book called "Five Simple Steps - Designing for the Web" which looks very interesting.
An excerpt from an article from his as follows ;
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Begin with Grey
Next time you start a design, try this. As simple as the heading says, start your design in grey and tones thereof. Don't introduce any colour until the design is working in black and white. Chance are, your decisions on palette and colour will be made a lot easier because the design, or elements of the design, aren't relying on colour for their function. This of course is very useful for designing with accessibility in mind. I'm not addresing any accessibility issues within these articles, as I'd like to focus on the graphic design, but it's an important consideration that shouldn't be overlooked. Designing with black and white first will ensure that the solution doesn't rely on colour to work.
I often use colour to highlight specific elements of the design, but generally those elements have a function within the design solution. An example might be highlighting a search button or elements of a navigation bar. Using colour to pick out key functional elements in the interface.
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