Red Part 2
2nd edition — by Patrick McNeil — May. 26, 2006
The Design Element
Red is a tremendously powerful color. It speaks boldly and packs lots of
punch. I also think it is incredibly memorable. The TubAtomic
Revolver
site is a perfect example of this. When someone recently talked to me about
designing a site using red, this site imediatly came to mind. It has a huge
visual impact, and is not quickly forgotten. This is in part due to the beautiful
design, but I really belive that color plays into this more then we think.
Red is confident and bold, and says "hey, I know what I am talking about
and you should listen!" I am suprised this isn't a more popular
script. You see the LightBox script in countless
locations. Perhaps the Revelover script is out there, I just don't realize
I am using it.
I think the point here is that red is not subtle, it isn't passive, and
it certainly isn't tame!
Connotations of red: Patriotism, conservatism, Christmas,
stability, power, trustworthy, warmth, fire, fun, blood, success, sacred,
hearth, emotion, courage, love, good fortune, heat, hot, evil, hell, anger,
stop, respect, vitality, strength, aggression, intense, high energy, danger,
communism, passion, and of course Valentines Day.
Sample Usage
Links
Genopal (Color pallet creation software)
COLOURlovers (Excellent color pallet collections)
Kuler - pallet builder from Adobe /
ColorBlender.com (The
best tool I have found for easily creating beautiful color pallets)
Great color browsing resource (Named colors, by hue, etc)
Color
Scheme Generator
Color
Blender (On MeyerWeb)
Color In Motion
Color Schemer Online v2
Color Schemer Gallery
Color Symbolism
