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PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOUR Psychology of colour relates to persuasion and so it can be a very important aspect of marketing.

Even though colour is dependent on personal experiences of people however, colour perceptions of people have rather messaging patterns. It is found that about 90% of snap judgements can be based on colour alone. Another study found that the relationship between brands and colour depends on the perceived appropriateness of the colour being used for the brand. The purchasing decision is greatly affected by colours because they affect how a brand is perceived. So, colour will play a very important role in deciding whether your product is liked and bought by your customers or not.

Different colours mean different things and they are generally associated with different meanings for different people. For example, red is often associated with your body and it means physical courage, strength, warmth, energy, basic survival, stimulation, masculinity and excitement. It may also mean some negative things like defiance, aggression, visual impact and strain for some other people. It is a powerful colour.

IMPORTANCE OF CHOOSING A GOOD WEBSITE BUILDER TEMPLATE It is very important to choose the right website builder template because the template is the base of your entire site. Website builder templates are designed by keeping in mind the psychology of colour. Depending on your brand and the perceived image of your brand, it is important to keep the design and color choices in mind. The colours of the template should match with your brand. Making the right colour choices can help to convert more clients for you.

If you have tough competition and you want to differentiate from your competitors, your website can help you to do that. It is possible to use colour to achieve that goal. Colour appropriateness is far more important than the colour itself and you will need to remember that while creating your website. The colour should complement the image your brand has and what your clients and customers think about your brand. If there is a mismatch between the perceived image of your brand and the colour you use in your website, it can work against you and may shoo away customers from your product.

According to research done by different researchers there may be different dimensions of the brand personality and the colour will vary accordingly. For example, the blue colour may mean sincerity, down-to-earth, honest, wholesome and cheerful products whereas yellow and its shades may mean outdoorsy, masculine, western, tough, and rugged.

If you do not know colour psychology and do not know how to match the colour which your brand, it is always better to buy a good website builder template which is designed keeping in mind the colour psychology. If you are not doing that, it means you’re not only losing possible clients and customers which you could have achieved without doing anything else, but you are also forcing your prospects away from your products. Just find out the right website builder template for you from popular and trustworthy sources like Best10WebsiteBuilders and others and see how the psychology of colour can help you to get more business.

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There are different principles when choosing a color scheme. Based on these you can put together color combination for any type of website. It is essential to know the purpose of the website right at the start. It’s obvious that you would pick different colors for outpatient clinic, for a restaurant etc.

PROVEN COLOR COMBINATIONS

The basic know-how of every designer is the ability to sense which color scale to apply when creating a website. There is a large number of variables involved in the website building process which can limit the designer’s creativity. One of the factors mentioned previously is the purpose of the website. There exist PROVEN COLOR COMBINATIONS in this regard. What does it mean?

That they simply fit together.

On the one hand THE INDIVIDUAL COLORS AND SHADES BLEND IN. They may be monochromatic or complementary; or opposite. Simply these are any colors which fit into standardized color schemes.

On the other hand there are color combinations that users subconsciously ASSOCIATE WITH CERTAIN TYPE OF INDUSTRY. Furthermore, the right selection of colors INCREASES THE CLICK RATE AND PAGE CONVERSION.

As such color combinations are universal for certain website types, they became a guide or an aid for designers. Why to think of something that has already been invented and already brings the results?

WHY ALL MEDICAL WEBSITES ARE WHITE

Proven color schemes become a must-have for specific types of WordPress templates and websites. The associations these colors invoke for the users are the reason why these color scales can be recycled and repeatedly used for the given industry. And these color combinations will never go out of fashion.

White color will always be the designer’s first choice for creating medical websites, websites for doctors or dentists; because it is associated with the cleanliness, airiness and sterile environment (which is characteristic for hospitals etc.).

In addition, WHITE COLOR IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOR ANY MINIMALIST BUSINESS WEBPAGE.

Also, it is not accidental that you come across a blue color whenever you open a bank or insurance website. Blue color (especially in dark shades) combines respectability, reliability and strength - the attributes that clients expect from financial institutions. But also from companies. Blue color will therefore always be a good choice for corporate websites and for Directory portals.

Analogous to white or blue color, there are also other colors that call up certain associations. Green color is related to environment or healthy lifestyle websites, black color to luxury product pages and so on.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT COLOR FOR THE LAYOUT

Another factor that affects the use of a particular color scheme is the template layout itself. Not all the color schemes can be used universally for each layout type - THE ARRANGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS CAN LIMIT THE COLOR SELECTION.

There are 2 completely different approaches to layout creation - GRID LAYOUT (or Card design layout) and BROKEN GRID LAYOUT.

GRID LAYOUT ALLOWS YOU TO EXPERIMENT WITH IMAGES

When working with Grid layout, you can choose from several color scales depending on the website type. For the presentation and business websites you can use more bold color combinations and shinier shades.

Apart from presentations, Grid Layout is often applied for websites with large amount of photos and content, such as portfolios, blogs and case studies.

If the Grid layout is used for portfolio, website color scheme should be simpler. Images in portfolio are highly colorful. NEUTRAL COLORS should be used as a base, so that PORTFOLIO ITEMS CAN STAND OUT. Thanks to simple colors it is possible to add and combine different photos - both color and type. Beware, however, of their composition.

YOU HAVE TO ANTICIPATE WHEN USING BROKEN GRID LAYOUT

BROKEN GRID LAYOUT is a new approach that violates the rules of organized boxy layout design. Since the main principle of Broken Grid layout is seemingly random placement of elements on the website and their overlapping, the selection of right colors is essential.

Therefore we recommend to sensitively consider color scale and ask yourself if it is suitable for this layout type. Will it visually fit together with other graphic elements, embedded pictures or typography?

Source: Multimedia Guides in Culture.pl

WHERE TO FIND INSPIRATION FOR YOUR NEXT WEBSITE?

Even though design blogs and portals can be a good source of inspiration for color scale selection, WordPress themes as such often use proven color combinations therefore can provide useful guidance too. It requires some sense for colors, but remember that sometimes less is more, especially if you’re a beginner.

You will certainly pick your design WordPress template from 70 unique business and directory templates made by Ait Themes.

1. WHAT WAS THE THING OR WHO WAS THE PERSON THAT HELPED YOUR CAREER THE MOST? IN WHAT WAY? Nobrow. They published one of my comics and it pushed me to jump into self-employment. I worked on a comic for them called "Jeff Job Hunter" while I was unemployed, and it helped me to find freelance work. I got a variety of work off of the back of projects I made with them.

2. WE COULD SAY YOURE A FAMOUS ARTIST NOW. COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR STRUGGLES TO GET HERE? WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES? WHAT WERE THE HARDSHIPS? As you start to make a name for yourself, a lot of people want your time and attention, but without paying for it. Its learning when to step away and when you can tell someone is trying to string you along and waste your time. There still are hardships, to keep consistent money coming in. Im too trusting of people. Especially with freelance, give someone an inch, and theyll take a mile. You need to have contracts written out to protect yourself. Good communication with a client is very important. Some can be very difficult to get a straight answer out of!

3. WAS IT WORTH IT? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? Yes, it was definitely worth it. Its extremely rewarding to be creating things to your best ability every day and pleasing clients, as well as fans. It feels good to make people happy. I would have told myself to stop making comics a few years earlier when interest started to fade. Id also tell myself not to do favours. Dont treat clients like friends. You have to treat it like a business. When you start being friendly, people walk all over you. Keeping all of that in mind, you can have a very happy, healthy career.

4. IF YOU COULD GIVE AN ADVICE TO ASPIRING ARTISTS TRYING TO MAKE IT, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? _Dont work for free._ There will always be work around the corner. You may think this is your big opportunity and you wont work again, but its not true. _Your time is the most valuable thing you have_, so be vigilant and plan how you want to build your career, and what you want to do. Basically, work smart, you can save yourself a lot of trouble by planning well. _Always focus._ Dont try to think too much like an artist, but more like its a regular job. Just focus on doing the best you can, and if there are imperfections, it doesnt matter, move on. As an illustrator, you want to make a living from this. Youre not setting out to make masterpieces (unless of course, you want to create personal artwork in your own time).

To see more of Jacks work, please visit his website and his Behance profile.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM JACKS EXPERIENCE COLOURLOVERS? HAS IT BEEN USEFUL? IS THERE SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT YOUVE EXPERIENCED YOUD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY?

1. TELL US ABOUT THE TIME WHEN YOU WERE STARTING OUT. HOW WAS THAT LIKE? DID YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR YOUR CAREER? From a very early age, the only plan I really had was to ‘draw’ for a living - I didn’t know exactly how I could do that and coming from a working class background in an industrial town in the northwest of the UK it wasn’t the usual career path. I left school at 16 (not being the most academic student) and studied technical illustration at a local college. This was 1992 and the pre-digital process was a very slow, constrained drawing process using rulers, ellipse guides and technical pens - I carried a briefcase full of my equipment to college every day - certainly not how I had envisioned art college and I was really missing freehand sketching. Aged 19 I left college without finishing the course - I’d been offered a job working in a large animation company and I jumped at my chance of escape. I think of the 6 years I spent there as my training ground for the career I now have in illustration and design. I was eager and inquisitive, always looking for ways to learn from the hugely talented bunch of guys I was working with. I spent a lot of my free time drawing and improving my skills.

I moved to Ireland in 1990 and spent a few more years in animation, by that stage I was working as an art director and director - I was getting frustrated by the lack of actual drawing I was doing and ready for a new challenge.

2. WHAT WAS THE THING OR WHO WAS THE PERSON THAT HELPED YOUR CAREER THE MOST? IN WHAT WAY? After a spell doing comics I found illustration - or maybe it found me:) It was the mid-nineties and I’d been playing with Macs and Photoshop for a couple of years at this stage. I’d moved in to a studio in the same building as a graphic design company. One day my door was open and the guys stuck their heads in and said ‘oh, you’re an illustrator!’ - I was calling myself a cartoonist at the time but that meeting really changed the direction I was heading - It led to a long term relationship, illustrating for them and being introduced to other local design companies and ad agencies. I even took up desk space in their studio and was able to pick up the basics of graphic design, new software and general best practice. Looking back, this chance meeting was perfectly timed. It came just as Macs and Photoshop were becoming powerful enough (and affordable) to be able to create large scale illustrations. Back then ‘digital illustration’ was seen as a style of illustration. There was non of today’s subtlety - it was bright and brash. It was also perfect for design and advertising - it really stood out from the conventional illustration techniques. The big advantage I had was that most established illustrators didn’t want to change their style and those who were playing with digital weren’t established illustrators which left a gap in the market for someone like me who had 10 years experience, albeit in animation and comics. Within a few months I had stopped doing comics and was fully engaged in illustration.

3. WE COULD SAY YOURE A FAMOUS ARTIST NOW. COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR STRUGGLES TO GET HERE? WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES? WHAT WERE THE HARDSHIPS? My style back then was all over the place, I had worked on so many different animated series in other peoples styles I didn’t have one of my own - not only that, I had painted backgrounds for certain shows and designed characters for others - I’d never really done a whole image. At the beginning it didn’t really matter, art directors were using me for everything from realistic to cartoony styles (sometimes the same AD in the same week), part of the success I was having was my flexibility. Much of this was pre- web folios and social media - finding other illustrators was done mainly through source books - it was another few years before I actually met another illustrator in person. When I did I suddenly realised they all had a distinctive style and looking at my portfolio, I looked more like an illustration agency in comparison. I took my work to a portfolio clinic at the AOI in London in the hope of getting some direction on which way to go. I’d broken it down into what I thought was 3 styles and presented them in 3 portfolio cases. I was told there were at least 20 different styles and even though the work was good I needed to pick just one style and focus on that. I should go back and take all the other work off my site and only show the one style.

This was very deflating, it made sense but felt like I would be starting all over again. Eventually, I decided I couldn’t afford to do a complete re-start and thought I’d try something else. I knew making my portfolio appear cohesive was vital but as I didn’t have enough of any one style to do that I kept all the work that could be grouped together using colour. I had been developing my limited palettes for a while and by taking out every piece of work that didn’t conform to this approach suddenly it all started to gel. Twenty plus years later and I’m still taking the same approach and its still working :)

4. WAS IT WORTH IT? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? I’m very happy with where I am, I’m getting to work on some amazing projects with top brands and agencies right across the world.

However, looking back now, I wonder where my career path would have taken me if I’d taken a course more focused on drawing and painting when I left school - maybe one day I’ll do that…

5. IF YOU COULD GIVE AN ADVICE TO ASPIRING ARTISTS TRYING TO MAKE IT, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? I was always eager for advice when I was starting out, always looking for feedback from people I looked up and admired.

My advice, looking back, would be to question every piece of advice you are given (except this one - ahaha).

Much of the advice I was given really only related to a particular time or project but at the time I didn’t realise that. Some advice works for one person but not another. I would advice aspiring artists keep that in mind.

You can see more Steves art visiting his Behance profile and his website.

DID READING STEVES STORY HELP? DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT? LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.

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A home ought to be both a sanctuary and a personal statement, all rolled into a straightforward, functional package. It should be comfortable and classy, able to accommodate a restful weekday evening and an eventful weekend night. But too often homes are cobbled together hastily, neglected in favour of a hectic schedule, and never given the proper attention they deserve. And then there’s the other main obstacle, of course, which is money – renovations can cost a good amount of cash to be completed in a basic way, let alone in a thorough, classy manner.

This article is going to look at home renovations as though money wasn’t an issue; think of it as a sort of aspirational guide to home renos, one that’s here if you want to renovate your home after winning the lottery or scoring that major raise you’ve been gunning for. Renovations are separated broadly into three categories: the basics that you need for your house to function properly; the aesthetic embellishments you can add to turn your home into a sophisticated personal statement; and the luxury features you can add on to make your home a complete dream home.

Think of these categories as tiers of necessity – if you’ve come into a small amount of money, tackle the first category. If you’ve come into a lot, tackle the second. And if you win the lottery, go ahead and tackle the third category!

The Basics

These basics can be some of the most expensive, but they’re the most necessary. If your house has foundational issues, if the roof is leaking, or if the plumbing is suffering some congestion, work on those first. As a baseline, your home should function properly. No damage that could seriously affect its value or affect your wellbeing. If money is no object, go ahead and invite the plumber, the electrician, the roofer, etc. to come in and make sure that you have a happily functioning, livable house. _That_’s the basics.

Aesthetic Embellishments

Here’s where you get to have a bit of fun, and where the real “renovations” – as they’re commonly thought of – begin. This can be broken down further into four categories: physical space, room design, colour and light.

If money is no object, then considering physical space is a simple matter of optimizing your home for traffic flow, sightlines and openness. For this, hiring a design consultant can make a great difference. Essentially, you’re looking at what divisions _should_ be there, and which ones can be torn down to facilitate a better sense of movement within the house. Are you going for a more modern, open concept, or are you dealing with a more classical home, where smaller rooms can add a sense of bespoke charm. It’s all case-by-case. You’re also looking at maximizing storage space (or, to put it in inverse terms, minimizing cluttered space), which could mean sectioning off – or even adding to your home, since money is no issue – storage rooms.

Next comes room design. You’ll want to work with an interior designer to decide on a colour palette, design flourishes, and a style you want to evoke. You don’t want to go “all in” on a single colour, lest your home end up looking too uniform and precious, but you want complimentary colours to create a sense of unity. For flourishes, consider the style you’re evoking – if, for instance, you’re going for a more industrial look, you might want a cast iron basin in your kitchen, reclaimed wood or copper accents; if you’re going for a Scandinavian mid-century design, your living room might work around a few choice, teak pieces of furniture. The style will probably dictate, to a certain extent, both the colour palette and the design flourishes, which is why it’s important to consult a design expert.

And then there was light! If money is no object, go ahead and let that natural light in by installing large bay windows or skylights. From there, consider the three main types of lighting: ambient lighting, task lighting and accent lighting. Ambient lighting is the basic, uniform illumination that brightens everything, whereas task lighting targets a specific room and accent lighting targets a particular design feature. Having a smart mix of the three can create a layered, sophisticated lighting setup that brings out the most in both the basic space and room design.

Adding Some Luxury

Finally, this is where you want to throw around your money. Add a Jacuzzi in the bathroom, a hot tub out back, a home theatre in the living room, and a brand new, gas-range stove in the kitchen. These are the type of over-the-top features that require a lot of money, but hey, this article is supposed to be about what you would do if money were no option. Consider what brings you bliss – whether it’s a quiet bath or a blaring sound system – and add features according to preference.

Depending on the kind of money you have, you can either do basic, aesthetic or luxury renovations. When tackling the basics, you want to ensure that everything is in working order and the value of your house isn’t compromised; when tackling aesthetics, you want to create a space that’s stylistically unified and well-lit; and when tackling luxury, really, the sky is the limit. Ask your boss for a raise, or buy a few lottery tickets. Your dream house may be more attainable than you think.

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If it was a Jeopardy question, would you be able to identify the present status of the national terrorist threat level without guessing? That’s what we thought. As presently configured, this color-coded warning system seems to have all the gravitas of the flag rotation at the beach that advises of strong undertow or the presence of too many jellyfish in the water. Actually, the resemblance is uncanny. Each has a five-color system that seems to randomly land on a selection depending on what a lifeguard or the Director of Homeland Security had for breakfast. Is it time to simplify our terrorist warning system from five flags to three?

THE HISTORY OF THE FLAG SYSTEM

Color has a powerful influence on humans, shaping our moods and having a larger than you might imagine effect on your personal opinion of any particular day. In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, officials in the newly created Department of Homeland Security decided a color-coded system was the best way to gain the attention of the average citizen, enabling them to discern at a glance the prevailing overall threat level, ranging from Green for “low risk of terrorist attacks” to Red for “severe risk of terrorist attacks.” In the near two decades since its establishment, the Threat Level Advisory System has been adjusted 17 times, the last in 2006 when it settled on Yellow, a “significant risk of terrorist attacks.”

Recently, the Homeland Security Advisory Council decided there might be a few too many flags and they may drop the bottom two, presumably on the theory that there’s a good chance we’ll never have a “Low” or “Guarded” state of affairs again. We can look to Israel for guidance here. Think they ever let their guard down? We’re guessing not. And presumably, five flag colors upon which our life depends is deemed more than the average citizen can keep up with

STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND WATCH FOR MADMEN IN TRUCKS

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano received the bad news from her council in the form of an official letter describing the current public indifference and lack of confidence in the Threat Level Advisory System. Though some panel members were in favor of scrapping the colored threat system entirely, the current non-binding recommendation is to move to a simplified three-color system that includes:

Yellow: A “guarded” state in the nation that urges all citizens to assume “standard” vigilance against potential terrorist action. This would be the new lowest threat level.

Orange: An “elevated” suspicion level in which protective measures are implemented upon the basis of specific information regarding a terrorist plot. An example - Johnny Jihad gets on Facebook and threatens to blow up the Super Bowl.

Red: This “high” alert level is intended to exert maximum protective measures against an ongoing or imminent terrorist action.

KEEP THE POLITICS OUT

One of the compelling reasons to change the color-coded threat system, according to the council, is a recent revelation in former Homeland Security head honcho Tom Ridge’s book, _The Test of Our Times_, that members of George W. Bush’s cabinet urged him to increase the national threat level in the days leading up to the 2004 presidential election, theorizing that the move would go a long ways towards securing a second term for the sitting president.

Obviously, this kind of political chicanery doesn’t do much to increase public trust. Now the politicians at Homeland have decreed that the new system, “for reasons of public credibility,” won’t be politicized. They go on to assure us in the most insistent of terms that the new threat level will be changed only when public safety and security compels it. Riigghht. Well believe it when we see it.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Ultimately, the world is a squirrelly place; it doesn’t seem we’re safe online or off. For the former, there are legitimate security steps you can take to protect yourself. With the latter, it may very well make all the sense in the world to simplify the Threat Level Assessment System, but the way to gain credibility is not to claim there will be no politics involved. That’s an insult to Americans everywhere. Of course, there will be politics involved. Politicians can’t help themselves. The best we can hope for is that, along the way to politicizing this new system, they might inadvertently do a good thing for the rest of us.

We shared, you voted. This article will present the best colour palettes of the previous month that you can combine and use for your creative projects.

1. STORY TOLD IN WAVES

2. FIVE SHADES OF DARK

3. THE SHADOWS OF THE SEA

4. JUST A SUMMER DAY

5. MAGIC IN COLOUR: ORANGE

6. MAGIC IN COLOUR: PURPLE

7. MAGIC IN COLOUR: YELLOW

We asked a fellow Colourlover, Antonio Sánchez, to help us out and make colourful mandalas using the color combinations from palettes that were the most popular on our Instagram account in the past month.

Can you match the mandalas with the palettes?

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If you want to try and make something similar, head up to his blog and check out the code he wrote for previous collaboration with ColourLovers. Isnt it great?

If there are any of you Colourlovers that love to be creative, original, love to share your work, shoot us an email or a social media message so we can see how we can collaborate and inspire our community.

HOW DID YOU LIKE MANDALAS? DO YOU DO SOMETHING SIMILAR? LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENT SECTION.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Antonio Sánchez Chinchón is mathematician who works as data scientist at Telefónica, where he tries hard to extract value from data every day. He is the creator of Fronkonstin, a blog on mathematical experiments, data science, data art and R programming. He plays the banjo in a rock band. You can find him on Twitter @aschinchon.

The colour choices we make influence our life on a daily basis. Every colour bares a message, it makes us feel relaxed, happy, energized and safe or insecure and hungry. The choices we make while creating our pieces of art also send a message about how we feel at that precise moment and what we want to share with the world.

Dont be scared to experiment, try new challenges, think of new ways how to use colour and how to combine it in your designs.

We suggest you try some of these natural palettes inspired by the most beautiful part of our being: the eyes, both human and animal eyes.

Let us see if you dare. Let us know how it went.

Post pieces of art that you created inspired by March colour palettes in the comments below. Post them on Instagram (#colourlovers) and Twitter (@colourlovers).

Create, share and inspire each other

1. BLUE LAGOON

2. MAGICAL SUNSET GLARE

3. EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW

4. CHANGE IS ON THE WAY

5. BREATHING STRENGTH

6. SOMETHING TO SAY

7. TOGETHERNESS

8. GLADLY SILENT

9. CLOSE TO NATURE

10. BE LIKE ONE

11. SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING

12. COLOURFUL HUG

WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE? WHICH ONE MADE YOU LAUGH? WHICH ONE INSPIRED YOU?

I keep this artwork that dates to the beginning of my career as a reminder and a storyteller of my artistic and personal development. I also use it to see how much Ive grown as an artist. It is still available in my portfolio at Behance. What youll see in this folder is not something we can call illustrations that you could sell for big money. So, the first piece of advice would be: if you want to become a successful illustrator, dont try to draw like this.

You can find Fil on Behance, Facebook, Instagram

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT FILS STORY? CAN YOU IDENTIFY WITH IT? DOES IT MAKE SENSE? DO YOU HAVE A STORY YOUD LIKE TO SHARE FOR COLOURLOVERS BLOG? TELL US ABOUT IT! WERE DYING TO HEAR.

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