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> Get Articles > Web Site Design > The Power of Color The Power of Color Download as PDFJoanne Glasspoole joanneglasspoole.com Glasspoole Web Development http://www.glasspoole.com Article: The Power of Color (2001) Author: Joanne Glasspoole Contact: mailto:jglasspoolesirgo.net Web Address: http://www.sirgo.net | http://www.glasspoole.com Autoresponder: mailto:powerofcolorsendfree.com -------------------------------------------------------------- Publishing Guidelines: This article may be published freely as long as the article and resource box remain unchanged. Should you decide to publish this article in your E-zine or Web site, please notify Joanne at mailto:jglasspoolesirgo.net -------------------------------------------------------------- THE POWER OF COLOR Copyright (c) 2001 by Joanne Glasspoole Do you find it hard to choose color schemes for your Web designs? It is a question I get asked often. An effective color scheme can make or break your Web site. If it doesn't convey the personality you are trying to achieve, you may end up alienating the people you are trying so hard to get to notice you. In my quest to design successful, attractive Web sites, I spend a lot of time picking colors. Making sure colors coordinate well with each other is not an easy task. But, with the right tools and a good sense of what looks right, you can achieve the look and feel you desire. Color has the power to make us feel hungry, cool, warm, excited, sexy, joyful, sad. Can you imagine the world without color? Following is a brief summary of some of the emotions/feelings associated with color: 1. RED: warmth, love, anger, danger, boldness, excitement 2. ORANGE: cheerfulness, low cost, affordability 3. YELLOW: attention-grabbing, comfort, liveliness, cowardliness 4. GREEN: durability, reliability, environmental, luxurious, optimism, well-being 5. BLUE: professionalism, loyalty, reliability, honor, melancholia, boredom 6. PURPLE: power, royalty, elegance, artificial 7. GRAY: conservatism, traditionalism, intelligence, serious, dull, uninteresting 8. BROWN: relaxing, confident, casual, reassuring, earthy 9. BLACK: Elegance, sophistication, formality, strength, illegality, depression, morbidity 10. WHITE: Cleanliness, purity, newness, virginity, peace, innocence, simplicity, sterility The above associations are not universal. Depending on the country, different colors can mean different things. If you are designing a Web site for an international audience, it is crucial that you pay particular attention to choosing your color schemes. Choosing the wrong colors may prove detrimental to the success of your Web site. For more information about color, visit the following Web sites: The Color Schemer http://www.colorschemer.com/online/ ColorMix http://www.colormix.com/ Palette Man http://www.paletteman.com/ Pantone http://www.pantone.com/index.asp?pn=home ----------------- Copyright (c) 2001 by Joanne Glasspoole. Joanne Glasspoole is the editor/publisher of CYBER QUEST. Each issue is jam packed with original reports, news briefs, cool Webmaster tools, and more. To subscribe, send email to mailto:Majordomolists.kdv.com with "subscribe cyberquest" in the body of your message. Visit Joanne's web site at http://www.glasspoole.com How useful did you find this article? This article can be downloaded freely from http://www.get-articles.com and used on your website or in your ezine so long as the author is credited and their resource box left intact. You should not change any links in the article, and where the article is used on a website it's links should be clickable. Please see our terms and conditions page for more information: http://www.get-articles.com/authors-publishers-terms.php |
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