Color Scheme Help!

Looking for color scheme suggestions for a web site that
deals with Historic Preservation and Education. It's for a City, so
nothing too flashy.
Any suggestions would help!

hmmm... do you have an identity already? logo, etc? maybe
some color in there could serve as the base?
also, how about thinking about this from a historical
perspective.... every period has a "color history" – popular
colors used during that era... what were the colors used in that
time period in your region? have you visited some of the
buildings/homes that are protected in that city's preservation
society? what are the common colors in them? take photos and use
them as base colors for kuler themes, creating triads and compund
themse around them.

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I need help choosing colors for a multiple flavor food product line.
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