{"id":1547,"date":"2018-12-12T14:19:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T21:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ometrics.com\/blog\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2023-06-21T13:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:58:42","slug":"how-do-colors-affect-your-website-conversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ometrics.com\/blog\/how-do-colors-affect-your-website-conversions\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Colors Affect Your Website Conversions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Web Design and Its Use of Color Psychology<\/h1>\n<p>There is a sub-field of psychology called color psychology, and it focuses on studying how colors affect human behavior. The premise here is that colors have certain emotions, attitudes, and values associated with them, and it is these associations that are exploited to the hilt by marketers and designers\u2014web designers included\u2014to elicit specific reactions from their audience.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are, of course, questions as to the accuracy of these associations as perceptions of color do depend too much on personal experiences, which makes any conclusions about which color triggers such reactions incredibly subjective. Nevertheless, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/website-design\/\">web designers<\/a> continue to use color psychology in their work simply because the associations somehow make sense, and they, more often than not, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mybizniche.com\/phoenix-web-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">work in web design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some basic colors and the behavioral associations attached to them.<\/p>\n<p>Blue<br \/>Blue is associated with calmness and serenity, which is probably why many believe that the sight of it lowers blood pressure and heart rate. Trust, intelligence, security, reliability, and stability are also linked to blue.<\/p>\n<p>Red<br \/>Red is the color of passion and is also useful for creating a sense of urgency. Just think of the many sale signs and announcements you\u2019ve seen in your life, and you will realize how much marketers and designers have been using red for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow<br \/>The color yellow is all about fun, cheerfulness, and optimism. 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The premise here is that colors have certain emotions, attitudes, and values associated with them, and it is these associations that are exploited to the hilt by marketers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h1>Web Design and Its Use of Color Psychology<\/h1>\r\nThere is a sub-field of psychology called color psychology, and it focuses on studying how colors affect human behavior. The premise here is that colors have certain emotions, attitudes, and values associated with them, and it is these associations that are exploited to the hilt by marketers and designers\u2014web designers included\u2014to elicit specific reactions from their audience.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are, of course, questions as to the accuracy of these associations as perceptions of color do depend too much on personal experiences, which makes any conclusions about which color triggers such reactions incredibly subjective. Nevertheless, web designers continue to use color psychology in their work simply because the associations somehow make sense, and they, more often than not, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mybizniche.com\/phoenix-web-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">work in web design<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHere are some basic colors and the behavioral associations attached to them.\r\n\r\nBlue\r\nBlue is associated with calmness and serenity, which is probably why many believe that the sight of it lowers blood pressure and heart rate. Trust, intelligence, security, reliability, and stability are also linked to blue.\r\n\r\nRed\r\nRed is the color of passion and is also useful for creating a sense of urgency. Just think of the many sale signs and announcements you\u2019ve seen in your life, and you will realize how much marketers and designers have been using red for this purpose.\r\n\r\nYellow\r\nThe color yellow is all about fun, cheerfulness, and optimism. The color of sunshine, however, can also be a bit overwhelming if web designers used a lot of it in their work.\r\n\r\nOrange\r\nMix red and yellow, and you get orange, which is used not only to project a sense of fun but to create a sense of urgency as well, just like its two parent colors.\r\n\r\nKnow more about colors and their behavioral associations according to color psychology by checking out the infographic below.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ometrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/The-Psychology-of-Color-on-Website-Design.jpg\" alt=\"website conversions\" width=\"850\" height=\"13373\" \/>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[682423],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conversion-rate-optimization","tag-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Do Colors Affect Your Website Conversions?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Color plays a huge role in how well your website converts visitors to customers. 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