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Color Theory
Here is a short article on color from iStockphoto. Recommended reading for beginners learning about color.
Excerpt: When creating a very dense composition with lots of elements stuffed into a single image, it’s easy to let color overwhelm the viewer. The trick is not to use as many bright colors as possible, but to use color to draw the viewer’s eye to whatever you want to in your composition.
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Color Emotions in Advertising
Color relates to emotions. Find out what color to use for your design with this reference chart!
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A action—brown affliction—purple anger—red, orange authority—black autumn—brown award—blue B beauty (divine)—yellow beauty (human)—green belligerence—red, orange C chaos—violet cold—blue confidence—yellow constancy—blue contentment—green D dawn—pink death—black, violet dedication—violet demon—blue dignity—purple distinction—yellow dominance—red, orange E earthiness—brown enchantment—violet enlightenment—yellow envy—green esteem—yellow eternal life—green excellence—yellow excitement—red F faith—blue fellowship—brown fertility—brown fever—red, orange fidelity—blue fire—yellow flesh—pink friendship—green frugality—purple fruitfulness—green fulfillment—red fury—red, orange G gold—yellow gourmet—brown grief—black H health—green holiness—white honor—blue hope—green human emotions—red humility—blue, black I immateriality—blue immortality—blue impressive—violet innocence—silver, white intangible—blue intelligence—yellow intimate—pink introverted—blue |
J joy—pink, silver, green K knowledge—yellow L leisure—green love (human)—red love (divine)—violet love (physical)—red, orange loyalty—black lurking catastrophe—violet M masculinity—brown maturity—brown melancholy—purple menace—violet mourning—blue, black mystery—blue, violet N nothing—blue O oppression—violet P passion—red, orange passivity—blue piety—violet playfulness—yellow power—blue, black purity—white, yellow R radiance—yellow recessiveness—blue royal—black S sacrifice—red, orange sadness—blue, black serviceability—black sex—pink shadow—blue slaughter—red, orange solitude—violet sorrow—black spirituality—blue, violet sport—brown strength (fiery)—red, orange strength (physical)—brown superstition—violet T tenderness—blue terror—blue, violet triumph—red, orange truce—white truth—blue U understanding—yellow V valor—red, orange value—yellow vegetable—green vegetable growth—red, orange victory—red, orange virility—brown W warmth (atmosphere)—brown warmth (inner)—red, orange wisdom—silver |
Learn more about color theory in design with this book below!
10 Mistakes in Icon Design
Turbo Milk wrote a nice article on the common 10 mistakes of icons design. GUI lovers be sure to check it out!
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