Blue


Characteristics and associations in the color blue.
Blue is the color of water, the color of a cloudless sky. It is a color that is all around us present in nature and associated with, among other things, freedom and distance.

Positive associations:

Rest
Authority
Loyalty

Honesty
Responsibility
Openness
Self-control
Reality
Ambition


Negative associations:

Egocentric
Mistrustful
Economical
Rigid
Exacting
Fear
Eccentric
Impractical


Blue and personal taste:


In the personal character blue stands for creative, sensitive and open-minded. People who would rather not stand in the foreground and have a great sense of responsibility.
The color into blue often used to evoke a calm and fresh atmosphere, ideal to combine with grey and brown colors.


Examples of blue in web design and logo


The association with the term freedom and the color blue:

The association with the term openness:



Tips for using blue on your website:
If you want to exude confidence? Blue is the ideal color. It associate with freedom, ambition and realism also provide a good basis for your logo.
The flip side of this coin is that blue, through his associations, the most common color in branding and websites is. And when you choose the color blue, be sure you make a recognizable and distinctive style.



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CathyS Premium
Very awesome!
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Loes Premium
Thanks Cathy
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Zuzanna Premium
Very interesting Loes! It is rather obvious but I've started creating my first website and have been using colors that.. I simply like. I will definitely have a look into psychology of colors! Thank you!
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Loes Premium
It seems to work great, Zuzanna, all commercials are obsessed by it:)
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mlshands Premium
I like all the thought and work you put into this Loes. My site is full of pink for babies. One of my goals is to learn how to code so I can change colors in the theme where I want to do so. I also need to spend time working on pictures to help them stand out where needed and just support if that is the purpose.
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Loes Premium
This site can be of great help to you :) Melanie http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/hex-colors.html#colorscheme
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mlshands Premium
That is a great site! Thanks so much. I have bookmarked and will be using it. I am excited at the possibility of being able to change the coloring on my site!
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Sibyll Premium
Good article and thanks for this link, very useful. It seems to me there was a fashion about 10 years ago to have black background sites. I see much less of that now- white as a background seems to predominate.
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Debbi26 Premium
Nice job in training, Loes. I have a scrapbooking site and it's FULL of colors -- mostly muted red. I'm not sure what that means in your scheme of analysis. LOL. Of course today, I'm fighting with a new version of the theme. UGH.
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Loes Premium
Hi Debbi, red is an advertising color, like Look what I have made:)
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dhayman Premium
Very good Loes. Am saving for reference.
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Loes Premium
Hi Doug and Debbie! Long time no seeing:) Thanks!
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