This one was already posted with all the perks earlier but I do think
http://www.110mb.com should be added to the list. It's an excellent Free Host that offers pretty much everything in one ad-free package. If you don't know HTML you can probably use one of their one click installs to make whatever you need.
Now here's one I didn't see listed. Here's a free FLASH host:
http://www.moonfruit.com. This place is good if you want to create a small good looking website but you don't want to take the time to learn HTML. It has a simple point and click interface that gets the job done.
Resource for Web Safe Colors: http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/
Resource for Premade Color Combinations: http://www.colorcombos.com/
On both sites you only need to click on your favorites and copy / paste the color coding into your HTML.
Resource for Premade and Remotely Hosted Scripts: http://www.hotscripts.com/
This offers a mix of free and paid scripts but the selection of Free Scripts is notable. There's also an entire section devoted to Remotely Hosted Scripts in case you're happy with your Host but want a particular feature they can't offer.
Resource for Copy and Paste CSS / Javascript Codes: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
Has a ton of unique looking menus for starters.
Free Website Templates: http://www.freewebtemplates.com/templates/dhtml
For those who know HTML / CSS but need a layout in a pinch.
Free Skins and Images for Invisionfree Forum Owners: http://ifskinzone.net/
You need to register to access the database of free Skins and Icons but it's well worth it.
Free HTML Editor: http://www.evrsoft.com/
This thing is pretty nice. It has a dual screen that allows you to see the changes being made to your webpage as you code them without having to check it in a browser window or upload it to your host. Also has a lot of generators to help make mudane tasks like generating tables and links easier.
Free Raster Image Editor: http://www.gimp.org/
I have to admit GIMP might be a little overwhelming for an absolute beginner but the good news is that a lot of graphical tutorials designed for Photoshop will also work in the GIMP. There's also a ton of tutorials out there to help you get better aquainted with your new graphic editor friend.
Free Vector Image Editor: http://www.inkscape.org/
If you're making your own graphics by hand you might want to consider making them Vectors so they scale easily depending on what you want to do with them. Again there are plenty of tutorials to get you aquainted with this Editor.
Free Shoutbox: http://www.shoutmix.com/main/index.php
Auto-Refreshing Shoutbox.