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What colors portray fact & information?

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:54 pm
by Luke
I am building a site that I want to portray as truthful and honest. I know color has a lot to do with people's first impression of something as well as branding etc. What sorts of color schemes have worked to portray facts?

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:08 am
by feyd
I'll take a stab and say fairly light or subtle greens and blues, for the most part.

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:01 am
by Luke
kinda like this site?

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:06 am
by feyd
yes, similar.

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:55 am
by Chris Corbyn
White, greys and reds.

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:06 am
by Benjamin
Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.

Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. In heraldry, blue is used to symbolize piety and sincerity.
8O http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html 8O

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:10 am
by MrPotatoes
well black/white/red mix wouldn't work

just look up any hate site/conspiracy theory site and you'll see what not to do :)

also, don't use too many images

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:06 pm
by daedalus__
I use blue on my personal site, the one that I never finish every time I re-code it from scratch. lol

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:18 pm
by matt1019
Hi Ninja,

these are my two blue colors of choice (i Love them religiously.)

blue1: #e0ecf0
blue2: #f0f4f8;

i try to do shading.... errrm i mean... if side 1 is blue1, then the side2 is blue2.

here's an example:

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| side 1   |   side 2  |
|            |              |
|            |              |
|  blue1  |  blue2     |
|            |              |
|            |              |
|            |              |
Hope you find this useful ;)

-Matt