My thoughts on color schemes in templates...

I have been asked to scour the web and find favorite blogs or templates utilizing the following color schemes:

• monochromatic
• analogous
• complementary
• saturated
• unsaturated

No small task, the inter-web is no small place, but I think I have found some that I really appreciate. 

1. Monochromatic:    wpzoom has a really strong, symmetrical, minimalist theme called photoland that I really appreciate; it is marketed toward the photographer or designer, and I agree as it has a showcase sort of feel. I like it as a portfolio option because it is no fluff, no funny business, let my work stand on it's own in a clean and elegant sort of way. If it were free and not $49 I would try it out.
2. Analogous: I really do have a thing for orange in design, I think it's a big thing right now. This analogous Drakon design is the perfect amount of texture in my opinion, without going overboard; plenty of white space and a neutral grey background to serve as a resting place. 
3. Complementary: call me a sucker for bookish templates I guess but this painted life template really appeals to me. The muted but still complementary color tone adds to the artist's painterly feel for me, and would be a great template for arts education, I feel. 
4. Saturated: Freshie Book  uses saturated colors in the small overall pattern of the background, which helps break up the harshness that can often occur when using a lot of saturated colors. 
5. Desaturated: Samanta by blogger styles has a beautiful desaturated palette in my opinion, with a sparsely used lime green for contrast and emphasis.

I still like my diary template better, but this has been an interesting exploration, bloggerstyles is a great resource for finding blogger templates.

Amber