How does the color of your blog impact your visitors?
Okay, time for another Feedback Friday post.
Saint Patrick’s Day has everyone thinking green, so I thought it might be a good time to expand on what Tom revealed earlier in the week, which was how to use color to bring your blog to life … something a lot of new bloggers tend to ignore as they juggle everything else during the start up of their first blog.
Today, I want to build on that topic by taking a look at your blog and providing you some feedback … if you’re up for it. Submit the URL of your blog and I’ll check it out and post some honest, blogger-to-blogger feedback.
If you want to see a few Feedback Friday posts before ou submit, Check out 10 seconds, reason to revisit, and last week’s about SEO.
How does the color of your blog impact your visitors?
If you’re like me, you’ve thought about how some of the most popular blogs employ a splash of color in order to create a more unique, branded experience for readers. If you’ve spent any time reading about blogging, then you’ve probably noticed that both ProBlogger and Copyblogger employ a darker red, which sends a passionate vibe to many. The awesome thing about this part of blogging is there’s no right or wrong way to go about selecting a color. My friend over at Blog Tyrant uses gold, which I don’t think is used anywhere else. Here at Fuel Your Blogging we use a deep orange, Kiesha over at WeBlogBetter uses green, and over at CreativeBlogger I use teal.
So where do you stand?
Submit the URL of your blog in the comments below and find out what a visitor feels from the color you’re using.
If you need help, check out the definitive color wheel over at Fuel Your Creativity.
Christopher is the editor of FuelYourBlogging & FuelYourVenture. He’s an abstract painter striving to make full-time living from his creative work by the time he’s 30, and shares his journey at CreativeBlogger … Subscribe | Twitter | Facebook
Since my comic/blog is focused on humor, I used to go with a happy looking yellow-orange background. Now I use a white background to make it look more clean–I want navigation to be easy so viewers will want to stay and have a look around. I also like to think the white plays off of the scribbles-on-paper style msPaint drawings. The cherry on top is the accenting red I use to draw attention to important stuff.
Hey Sara! Awesome to see you hanging around this part of the webernet!
I really dig the new look of your blog. The white background is great on the eyes and super-welcoming … no, super-duper welcoming. I just got sucked in and read all your stuff and now it’s 2:50am. Yay!
The red works really well too, because like you said, it draws the attention to all the right places. Cheersies!
PS, I like the cat … reminds me of the mouse in Goodnight Moon … appearing over here … peeking over there.
I can say a light elegant design is always enticing me to stay on a web site, so I try to make my designs like this. Light greys a some contrasts. Nothing that would disturb the eye or distract from the main content.
I’d be interested to hear what you think of our blog’s colours (with a ‘u’ as we’re in New Zealand so use the UK spelling). http://www.marketinggum.com/facebook-timeline-upgrade-sizes-faqs-how-to/ The main colours are blue (for sub-headings etc) and hot pink (for the sidebar). I have a new design about to be implemented so would love your feedback before I commit to the changes. Thanks :)
Hi Christopher,
I use blue as the main color of my blog. I believe that blue represents trust. I just picked it because I like it. When I was a kid my favorite color was red.
The one thing I don’t like on blogs is dark backgrounds. It’s gotta be white or my eyes go all “wonky” after a couple of minutes.
I love blogs where ‘white’ is the dominant color. It’s simple, but bright. And a white background makes pictures pop on the screen.
I use maroon and dark red… Guess I got one right….