How colours affect your website

White

Purity, innocence, peace, perfection, chastity, sterility, cleanliness. In general, white creates a cool and refreshing feeling.

Black

Night,
space, authority, sturdiness, reliability, power, constancy, prudence,
wisdom, classy, elegance, submission, mourning, demons, witches. Black
is a controversial colour as it can symbolize both good and evil.

Red

Love,
excitement, warmth, heat, fire, blood, passion, power, aggression,
action. Use red as an attention grabber. It works better as an accent
colour rather than a background one.

Pink

Love,
excitement, warmth, heat, fire, blood, passion, power, aggression,
action. Use red as an attention grabber. It works better as an accent
colour rather than a background one.

Blue

Sky, ocean,
water, temperature, ice, coolness, mist, shadow, travel, freedom,
truth, solitude, wisdom, trust, loyalty, peaceful, calmness,
intelligence, dedication, masculinity. Different shades of blue convey
opposite meanings. Light blue is peaceful while dark blue is depressing.

Purple

Royalty,
dignity, luxury, wealth, sophistication, feminine, passion, romance,
sensitivity, coolness, mist, shadows, mysterious, mystic.

Green

Money,
calm, envy, greed, nature, life, youth, renewal, hope, vigour,
fertility, rebirth, freedom, guilt. Different shades of green have
different meanings. Dark green-cool. masculine, conservative, wealth.
Emerald green- immortality. Olive green- peace. Green is the easiest
colour on the eye.

How about Yellow, Orange, Brown, and Grey Colors?

Just go to the page:How colours affect your website and read the full color effect there.

For me, I like white, blue or green in my blog. For now I use White, maybe next time I will change my blog color to green or blue.

Nice article.

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