What Has Colors To Do With Your Website Design…? Find Out!

April 13th, 2009 | Website Design

If visitors start suffering from a headache after one-look at your website….perhaps it’s time you need to pick a better color scheme, or else you’ll be sacked for causing migraine to normal people! The main reason of using colors is to compliment the other elements on the web page like content, graphics etc. and to set the mood of the visitor. Colors should not at all dominate but should be kept at the background instead.

Every color stimulates its own psychology and meaning. Giving red roses on valentine, white on weddings, pink to friends’ traces back to the fact that every color holds a unique emotion with it. Consequently it can be said that colors have a certain impact on human feelings. Some tempt us to be vigorous, some may feel soothing, and others may evoke feelings of dullness. Therefore, special care must be taken on the designing end while selecting a color theme for your website.

Whenever a person comes to your site, he is judging with his eyes that which site is better to be explored further. Here the vision settles for websites with the most appealing colors, something that is light and gentle. Background colors that feel good to eyes and support the written content instead of overlapping it are the best of all colors.

Shocking colors instantly repel us and make us withdraw from the website, without giving heed to the fact that it may contain something of our interest. Individual colors and color blends instantly stimulate a reaction, emotion or feeling within the viewer.

What’s the point of using loud crazy color backgrounds? The only usability of such designing is to appeal some child with its brightness, that’s all! Nothing meaningful is intended when you opt for bright, neon colored backgrounds. Always avoid using dark backgrounds with light fonts, it hurts the eyes and makes it difficult to read. White background with dark text is the best choice for any kind of website.

Changing colors of links the user has already visited is great for your own benefit. This helps in three ways; firstly, the user knows exactly where he has come and where he has to go forward. Secondly, it helps him know which links he has visited and saves him from re-visiting those links unintentionally. Thirdly, it helps him to go back to those links he found useful.

Talking about colors, it is worthwhile to mention here that never color the normal text on the web page unless it is extremely necessary. Many times the users misinterpret such words with connecting links, where in reality they are not.

Once you have decided on your website’s layout, it’s time to think about the colors now. Let Cyber Designz choose the best color schemes for your website design by building you the perfect website with all the elements in harmony with the design and users taste.