Is Color relevant in brand and web design?

Website designers have several puzzles to solve when presented with a new Website design project. One of the main considerations that a designer must deal with is to understand what it is that the client wants to achieve with the Website design.

When we take on a new client we ask them a series of questions that illicit answers helping to bring the parts of the puzzle together. A typical question might be “What qualities does your business want to be known for?” The answer might be for a doctor for instance, “I want to be known as someone you can trust”. So the question and answer begs: How does the designer portray trust in the Website design?

Scientists have been studying the way we react to colors for many years.

Certain colors make us feel a certain way about something. As long as the website designer knows what these colors and emotions are, the designer can use that information to help present the business in the right way. These are not hard and fast rules but smart designers use the information to their clients advantage.

This fun infographic lays out the emotions and qualities that well known brands like to be known for. The color psychology is only one part of the puzzle but I think you will agree it is a very important part of it.

Before you take on a website designer for your new website design, make sure they have a good understanding of the psychology of color. It´s so easy to fall into the trap of portraying the wrong qualities and sending out the wrong message if the colors don´t work.

That mistake could cost you a lot of money in re-branding, just a short time down the line.