Re: [IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-13 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I feel turquoise this morning. -o. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We are a design and usability staffing company redesigning our website. > > While we have come closer to the layout for our website's home page we > are > > having a debate on

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-10 Thread Bruno Figueiredo
Be aware that colors convey meanings too, but they differ from culture to culture. So I guess you should chosse the one closest to what you want it to mean. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted fr

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-09 Thread Jennifer Vignone
I would suggest that you consider your brand colors and any desire to have the color selections for the overall site work with those colors, thereby providing a resonance with the brand message and a color foundation to the design. Jennifer Vignone [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vignone.com & (_o_

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-09 Thread Daniel Szuc
Suggest also looking at longer term impacts of color after continued use of a site and function. For example, a color may look nice on the first, second and third visit etc but may become increasingly distracting or even annoying after continued use. One way to test this is have user try tasks on

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-09 Thread Jeffrey D. Gimzek
On May 9, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Harvinder wrote: We are a design and usability staffing company redesigning our website. While we have come closer to the layout for our website's home page we are having a debate on the colors to use on the home page. Since our target audience would be designer

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-09 Thread Michael Micheletti
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Harvinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are a design and usability staffing company redesigning our website. > While we have come closer to the layout for our website's home page we are > having a debate on the colors to use on the home page. Hi Harvinder, Pref

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-09 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > We are a design and usability staffing company redesigning our website. > While we have come closer to the layout for our website's home page we are > having a debate on the colors to use on the home page. You might be asking the wrong question. Instead of asking what colors designers will li

[IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-09 Thread Harvinder
We are a design and usability staffing company redesigning our website. While we have come closer to the layout for our website's home page we are having a debate on the colors to use on the home page. Since our target audience would be designers and usability people would you like to suggest what