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WHAT IS COLOR PSYCHOLOGY AND HOW CAN IT HELP YOUR BUSINESS

October 8, 2021
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Colors are extremely powerful. They can influence people even when they don’t realize it. In fact, colors affect people so much that there is an entire psychology field dedicated to it. Learning what color psychology is could help you enhance your designs to the next level.

What is Color Psychology?

It’s the study of colors and how they can affect people’s behavior. People in this type of psychology field analyze how colors can affect humans’ day-to-day decisions. They can even figure out if colors affect what people buy, which is important to your business.

Image of a brain with different color paint splattered all over it

The Psychology of Colors

Each color has its own meaning and associations with it. Using certain colors correctly could influence your customers.

Red

Color psychology says people connect red to

  • Excitement
  • Passion
  • Love
  • Danger
  • Energy
  • Power
  • Anger
  • Action

Companies tend to use red for calls to action, like “Order Now” buttons. If you do choose to use red, use it sparingly because it can easily overwhelm the viewer.

Orange

Orange represents

  • Creativity
  • Adventure
  • Success
  • Balance
  • Enthusiasm
  • Encouragement
  • Optimism
  • Self-confidence

Orange is great because it’s still attention-grabbing while not being as overwhelming as red. You should use orange in your branding if your focus is on creativity of any form.

Yellow

Yellow is often associated with

  • Happiness
  • Positivity
  • Caution
  • Intelligence

Use yellow to add a little bit of cheerfulness to your site or design. If you use too much though, the caution effect can kick in and cause nervousness and anxiety.

A rectangle with 3 different images separated by white lines: on the left is an advertisement for back-to-school with a red button, the middle is an orange advertisement for home decor, and the right is a yellow pet bed with black paw prints all over it.

Green

Unsurprisingly green is connected to

  • Growth
  • Nature
  • Generosity
  • Healing
  • Selfishness
  • Envy

Health and fitness brands tend to use green to emphasize their services or products.

Blue

Blue is associated with

  • Calm
  • Trust
  • Peace
  • Sadness
  • Coldness
  • Stability

Use blue to emphasize trustworthiness to your customers by using the color on any guarantees you have. If your design is trying to portray peace but seems to be missing something, add a little blue.

Purple

Purple is tied to

  • Royalty
  • Luxury
  • Power
  • Wisdom
  • Spirituality
  • Imagination
  • Arrogance
  • Frustration

When using purple carefully, you can convey elegance in your designs. Using too much purple on your website could overwhelm and alienate potential customers.

A rectangle with 3 different images separated by white lines: on the left is blue notebook with a stack of books on it, the middle is a beige pillow with green cacti all over it, and the right is a purple phone case

Pink

Pink tends to lean more towards

  • Femininity
  • Playfulness
  • Love
  • Youth
  • Immaturity.

If your target audience is women, using a shade of pink in your branding or designs is a smart move.

Black

In color psychology, black is associated with

  • Mystery
  • Power
  • Sadness
  • Anger
  • Elegance

Black is a favorite among retail stores. It’s easy to read and black and white photos portray a lot of emotions.

White

White means (in North American cultures)

  • Innocence
  • Cleanliness
  • Sterile
  • Cold
  • Humility

It tends to be the most used color on e-commerce websites because white with black text offers the best readability. Design-wise, white is a great base to build off of with other colors.

2 images within a rectangle: the left is a pink phone case featuring elephants in top hats and bow ties, on the right is a black and white ad for GearLaunch

Gray

Gray is associated with

  • Balance
  • Loss
  • Depression
  • Neutrality

While it’s neutral, without other colors gray can quickly become dull. Gray is good for headers and text within websites and can be a great base color in designs.

Brown

Brown is connected to

  • Earthiness
  • Comfort
  • Security

Brown is usually used with natural products and food. If your designs are nature-focused, you should definitely use brown.

2 images within a rectangle: on the left is 2 pillows, 1 gray and 1 blue, with white geometric lines across them, on the right is a dinner table set up with a brown table cloth and orange and brown placemats

How Will Color Affect Your Business?

Whether you want to apply this knowledge to your branding or your designs is up to you. A perk of working with GearLaunch and print-on-demand, in general, is that you don’t have to store any unsold stock. This means you can try a bunch of different designs and see how your customers like them.

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