In my opinion, yellow doesn´t mean error for people. Maybe red does. You can check an expert opinion in Leatrice Eiseman books
On Nov 3, 2007 7:56 PM, Ben Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on a web app that has a brand color palette with 6 bright, bold > colors: > > - very dark blue/black > - baby blue > - magenta/pink > - yellow > - orange > - lime green. > > > The app needs to have a young, vibrant feel to it and I've been thinking > about how to best use these colors. > One way is to use the colors to color-code types of action. Right now I have > the magenta to indicate 'action'. Green can mean 'save' or 'confirm' and > yellow or orange can be used for error messages. > > But I'm also drawn to the idea of using the colors to identify types of > content within the app. So, for instance, user contributed opinions might be > orange; neutral, informational stuff might be light blue; stuff pulled from > other external sites might be yellow. That kind of thing. > > I'm wondering if people have any experience or advice about how to approach > setting up design patterns using color. What are the good ways to manage the > potential conflicts between 'function color coding' and 'content color > coding'? Are there any good resources out there on this? > > Another conflicting need, of course, is the need to make the page look nice > and balanced, and reflect the brand. Sticking to a strict functional color > scheme can make this difficult I think, because, for instance, many pages > may end up with very few of the colors and lack balance. > > > My usual approach is to use a much more conservative palette for most of the > screen real-estate (maybe light, de-saturated blues/greys) and use colors > sparingly. Then it becomes a little easier. But the bright, bold nature of > this brand means I'm being asked to have areas of solid, bright color on the > page, which seems tricky to me. > > P.S. The IXDA beta website is definitely coming along - looks promising. One > usability gotcha right now is that, although you can reply to discussion > threads via the website, there doesn't appear to be any mechanism for > starting a new thread. Or at least I couldn't find it... > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help > -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rafa López Callejón [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.libros-web.org http://www.nativos-digitales.net http://del.icio.us/rafalopez +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
