do you pay attention to colour when building your site?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by 10biscuits, Jul 15, 2011.

  1. #1
    ok stupid question ...of course you do.
    What i mean is do you use colours to your advantage. i have heard of colours sometimes enhancing certain moods and wondered if this could help with buying etc?
    what are your thoughts?
    thanks in advance people!!
     
    10biscuits, Jul 15, 2011 IP
  2. lupanu

    lupanu Greenhorn

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    Yes! I pay attention at site design! At colours! At Header and footer size! Also, i pay attention at arangement in page. etc!
     
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  3. ApocalypseXL

    ApocalypseXL Notable Member

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    OFC a color dominant will influence the user . Look at the major websites and you'll see that they are designed like rooms of a house .
     
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  4. flamedesign

    flamedesign Guest

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    I would like to know how colors are chosen, like using Kuler or something? Is there an online course I can take to educate me or podcasts, tutorials? Thanks.
     
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  5. thunder9x

    thunder9x Peon

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    Yes The website look is very important for me. It should engage my website visitor. So I select those colors which soothes them.
     
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  6. SSC

    SSC Active Member

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    Choose the ones which you think are good for your eyes and makes the page looks good and easy to read.
     
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  7. karthimx

    karthimx Prominent Member

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    Yes, depends on how the site is reaching to people. If its a site which attract girls then it will be good to build in baby pink or light blue color.
     
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    3dy.ro Member

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    Yes, I do... but not exactly on the colors, more on the hues. They are the ones who decide if a site will look tonic, calm, violent... it's great to play with them, especially when there are so many software that help you making great color schemes.
     
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  9. lupanu

    lupanu Greenhorn

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    Ussualy for my sites i chose Orange, Blue, Green and sometime Black/White! Depending on the structure of the sites i use this colours
     
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  10. Clive

    Clive Web Developer

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    There are some really nice articles about choosing the right color schemes for your websites and the proper strategies to follow. Here's one I found by a quick google search, there's a lot more to check out.
     
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