What led you to settle for your final choice of color for your banner? Hmmm... Color gives an impression about you... and your brand when folks visit."Color is so amazingly powerful," according to psychologist Joerg Bose, "that it is no surprise people throughout centuries have sought to connect it with something meaningful beyond the experience, itself." In fact recent research shows that the color of a drink can influence how we think it tastes. In fact, color was more of an influence on how taste was perceived than quality or price information.
Interestingly, the color red can affect how people function: Red means danger and commands us to stop in traffic. Red can actually prevent us from performing our best on tests, according to University of Rochester researchers.
Colors powerfully impact people!
Marshall Sponder offers helpful tips to select the right color for your blog:
the right colors can trigger positive emotions which motivate visitors bright bold colors tend to stir us up, while softer pastel colors calm and relax us strong bold colors tend to target men while women generally prefer pastels - consider your audience limit the colors to two or three and no more make sure the colors work well together and do not clash
Here are colors blogger friends chose for their banners:
Blue Confidence, travel, freedom, truth, professionalism, wealth and power. Also tranquility, dependable, acceptance, patience, understanding, cooperation, comfort, loyalty and security. It is one of the most calming colors and is associated with the sky and the sea, intelligence, reassurance, and trust.
Chris at Branding and Marketing
David at David Airey
Frank at Know HR
Galba at Tune Up Your EQ
Liz at Successful and Outstanding Bloggers
Maria at Customers Are Always
Mike at Own Your Brand
Jeanne at Writer's Notes Blog
Arun at Arun Rajagopal
White Purity, peace, perfection, fresh, easy, cleanliness, goodness, and spirituality. Worth noting here, white represents life and marriage in Western cultures, but it represents death and sorrow in Eastern cultures.
Angela at Angela Maiers
C.B. at Flooring the Consumer
Bob at One Reader at a Time
Darren at PROBLOGGER
Elizabeth at Woolgathering
Sandee at Comedy Plus
Terry at Ramblings from a Glass Half Full
Tom at QA QnA
Purple personifies power, royalty, and richness. Dignity, sophistication, creativity, spirituality and mystery. Deep purple is associated with royalty and richness, while lavender is associated with romance and nostalgia.
Rita at Rita Perea Enterprises
Rosa at Joyful, Jubilant Learning
Sandy at Purple Wren
Greens symbolizes new growth, and, as the most energizing color, increases our sense of well-being when we wear it. Money, wealth, prosperity, calm, health, food, nature, hope, growth, freshness, soothing, sharing, and responsiveness. Green symbolizes spring, renewal, and fertility.
Drew at Drew's Marketing Minute
Mack at The Viral Garden
Tammy at Mediator Tech
Olive works well for resturants - and Coffee Houses like StarBucks... a not so drab summery green that may have military overtones for some people.
Ben at Instigator Blog
Cool Greys and blues help people unwind. A conservative color, symbolizing security, maturity and reliability.
Cord at Marketing Hipster
Dan at Idea Sellers
David at Logic + Emotion
Ellen at Brain Based Business
GL at What Would Dad Say?
Marc at My Fitness Hut
Black Space, night, authority, dramatic, classy, committed, serious, power, elegance, and sophistication.
Jon or Liz Strauss, upcoming new owner of Smart Wealthy Rich
Mark at Unconventional Thinking Blog
Red stirs life and stimulates both the appetite and brain... Action, energy, strength, passion, fire, heat, power, attention-getting. Can also mean love and romance. A strong masculine color. Red is a good color for a call-to-action. Red is cheerfulness, excitement, and warmth.
Anna Farmery at The Engaging Brand
J.D. at Black in Business
Jay at The Marketing Spot
Yellow adds warmth and happiness
Seth at Seth's Blog is unique with a small "banner" at the side between yellow and orange.
Orange makes us feel energized - hence the number of fast-food restaurants that use it in their decor. Health and vitality, autumn, youthfulness, fire, steadfastness, courage, confidence, friendliness, cheerfulness, warmth, excitement and energy. Has been known to stimulate the appetite. Vibrant and warm, orange is associated with autumn and the earth.
Ian at Phoenix from the Ashes
Jackie at Jackie Cameron Awareness Choices Change
Lisa at Design Your Writing Life
Mike at Converstations
Robert at Middle Zone Musings and browns are included, too.
Steve at All Things Workplace
Valeria at Converstation Agent
Brown Credibility, stability, the hearth, home, the earth, wood, comfort and strength. Brown can be used as a neutral or a warm color.
Dauwd at Dauwd Miracle
Priscilla at Priscilla Palmer.com
Gavin at Servant of Chaos
Thoughts...
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