Do you know how powerful the colors are on a website? Colors make a first impression and also evoke emotions. Sometimes a simple change of colors on a website can create a whole new look and feel while keeping the same basic design.
It’s a good idea to have the colors of your logo be represented on the website. This creates a branding image in the mind of your customers. Whenever we see yellow & red & the golden arches we know what famous fast food chain that represents.
As with everything, there are positives and negatives to each color. Knowing your target audience will determine which colors you’ll choose to convey. When you’re appealing to a global audience, knowing the color meanings of different cultures will be beneficial. See a Cultural Color Chart.
Cash Colors – This 30-page ebook shows how to use color to create web pages that sell. For every color the author lists the feelings the visitor will experience. He also mentions industries that benefit by using certain colors and color combinations.
Meaning of colors according to the Small Business Association:
White – pure, clean, youthful, coolness, cleanliness, safety.
Black – power, elegant, secretive, classical, serious, stability.
Red – passion, excitement, danger, strength, bravery, energy.
Orange – vibrant, warm, healthy, exciting, fun.
Yellow – happiness, excitement, cheerful, alert, warm.
Green – natural, health, plentiful, wealth, freshness.
Purple – royalty, wise, celebration, romance, femininity.
Blue - intelligence, peaceful, trustworthy, authority, security.
A few websites to help you choose colors:
I’ve seen speakers wear the colors of their logos and websites to leave a lasting impression on their audience. Are the colors on your website appealing to your target audience? Leave a comment and share some sites that have a good use of colors.
Tags: attracting clients, effective web design, website colors, website redesign
Good post you got here. I appreciate the effort involved in coming up such informative post. I will be coming back for more. Thanks!
interesting article, thankyou for sharing this post
Thanks for the sensible critique. Me & my neighbor were just preparing to do a little research on this. We got a grab a book from our area library but I think I learned more from this post. I’m very glad to see such excellent info being shared freely out there.
Greetings! I know this is kind of off topic but I was wondering if you knew where I could find a captcha plugin for my comment form? I’m using the same blog platform as yours and I’m having problems finding one? Thanks a lot!
Hi Angelo, You can use Askimet spam plugin but there are also captcha plugins like:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/ Hope that helps! – Anita
Great post. I was checking continuously this blog and I’m impressed! Very useful info specially the last part
I care for such information much. I was looking for this particular information for a very long time. Thank you and best of luck.
thanks for sharing this! I bookmark your site!
This is excellent information, Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge on this topic. It’s much appreciated
I know this if off topic but I’m looking into starting my own blog and was wondering what all is required to get setup? I’m assuming having a blog like yours would cost a pretty penny? I’m not very web smart so I’m not 100% certain. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
WordPress blogs are great and easy for you to manage. Feel free to give us a call at 303.791.9539 to provide more details on the features you’d like your blog to have. Then we can provide an accurate estimate for you.
cool article… thanks
Very good site you have here but I was curious about if you knew of any message boards that cover the same topics talked about here? I’d really like to be a part of group where I can get feedback from other experienced individuals that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks a lot!
Its like you read my mind! You appear to know a lot about this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you can do with some pics to drive the message home a bit, but other than that, this is magnificent website. An excellent read. I will certainly be back… Tomas Recor