Graphic Design - Colors
Appropriate color usage is one of the major challenges I'm facing in learning graphic designs. And I believe graphic designers at different levels experience this challenge as well.
To overcome this challenge a bit, I've been learning about colors and I wish to share some details with you.
Colors: meaning and usage
Color is a core and important element in graphic design. Understanding the meaning, origin, and ways to use colors is an advantage to a designer.
Here are 6 colors, their meanings, and their usage.
Red
Stands for: action, emotions, energetic, romance, powerful, rage, lust...
The color red is an intense color that releases a lot of emotions and feelings when used for design projects (love, anger, energy, etc).
Blue
Stands for: trust, security, loyalty, friendliness, business, courage, calmness...
The color blue portrays confidence, significance, and importance when used for a design project.
Yellow
Stands for: Education, brightness, law, optimism, freshness, joy, clarity...
The color yellow helps to activate the memory, enhances vision, and encourages communication.
White
Stands for: purity, innocence, safety, goodness, brilliance, balance, serenity...
The color white is often used to express purity, balance, or innocence. It provides light and gives a fresh feeling.
Orange
Stands for: creativity, independence, fun, youthful, adventurous, optimistic, fresh...
The color orange looks and feels fresh, and healthy and can stimulate appetite. It communicates activity and energy and encourages socialization.
Black
Stands for: power, elegance, mystery, authority, strength, fear, and discipline.
The color black basically indicates longevity as it is the absence of any color. It also symbolizes evil, mourning, sadness, and darkness.
Color Gradients
Gradients help make your design elements stand out and give your design a more realistic perception.
Steal these 5 color gradients for your next design.
Cherry
Lush
Green Beach
Frost
Aubergine
Color Palettes
A color palette shows a combination of colors that helps you communicate more effectively using visuals.
5 cool color palettes you can try now.
Colors have meanings and can trigger emotions. A good color combination is essential as it gives life to the design.
The lead image was designed by Leolo212 on Pixabay.
Actually I love combination of colors especially when I'm making you pour painting techniques. You have very well explain the means of colors. Thanks for the information.