Basic Color
“Color adds tremendous meaning to communication as it vitalizes the visual message, delivering an instantaneous impression.” —Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color Green is the color of nature itself. It is nurturing and secure. Deep greens are lush and prestigious. Light green is minty and refreshing.
Strategic Adjectives
When in the beginning stages of a design, I recommend using descriptive words before you settle on colors and imagery.
The Psychology of Color in Marketing and Branding
A friend sent me this link to the FastCo article about choosing color for logos. I am including the infographics here. The original article has an introduction and additional links.
Color Selection
We know the importance of precision when selecting a color scheme for a brand or project. (See the earlier post Introduction to Color.) But how do we decide on the colors themselves? Each color has a number of qualities that evoke cultural and personal associations in the mind, and elicit hormonal responses in the body. In […]
Advanced Color
“All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.” —Marc Chagall Colors evoke emotions. Advanced use of color takes advantage of the following characteristics to set just the right mood. Hue is another word for color. See Basic Color for descriptions of individual hues. Saturation describes a color’s intensity. […]
Introduction to Color
With only a split-second glance, color can convey a memorable message. Color speaks to us by instantly evoking physiological reactions and cultural associations. Utilizing the ideas we link to colors helps a designer build a brand identity. So how do we describe colors and combine them into the message we want to send?