Color psychology is something that interests me but I never seem to get around to studying it. Whenever I create a new web site, in the back of my head, I am thinking: “What color would be the best to convey the message I want to get across?” But again, I get busy and don’t get to it.
I found an interesting article that gives an quick and easy-to-read breakdown of colors and how they affect us.
Check it out: Color Psychology
If you think about it, most of the descriptions are pretty obvious. But it’s a good reminder as to how colors in our art can be perceived too.
I particularly like the last part about blue not being appetizing and the idea of dyeing food blue to make one lose their appetite.
What do you think? Do you use color psychology in your work?
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I make everything blue… I even tryed to make my wedding cake blue. I make everything blue because it makes me happy. Although I do try to overcome my love of blue it just sneaks up on me. I do enjoy red food though like Strawberries.
That is so funny to me because blue has never been a favorite color. Even with my own favorite color I haven’t liked everything around me in that color. I think people who like purple do that a lot…get everything purple! I’d love to see a blue wedding cake. I wonder if people would eat it?
Well I feel vindicated for choosing a blue/white colour scheme for my blog.
Thanks for the info
Green is my favorite color, and now I think I know why! We painted a room in our house sage green (it’s now the bedroom of our two toddler boys — though we didn’t know we’d have two boys when we painted the room that color), and it always makes us feel good to look at the room and the walls. We got dark green curtains to contrast with the sage walls, and it works well. It certainly doesn’t keep our two toddlers from bouncing off the walls (!), but my hubby and I certainly enjoy it!
Thanks for this,
Michele