Pretty in Pink Part 6
6th edition — by Patrick McNeil — Dec. 11, 2007
Connotations of Pink
The color pink continues to be a popular color in web design, which is of course a bit surprising. This is certainly not the color one might expect to be so widely popular. Interestingly this color is found in many place one might not expect it. Its playful, happy, and hip connotations make it an attractive color to those looking to set a different type of expectations and mood on a site. As with all things, don't just follow the herd but rather consider the purpose behind your color selections and see if this one might solve your design problems.
Connotations: Passion, romance, love, innocence,
soothing, relaxing, fresh, sensuous, restful, tranquilizing, marriage, healthy,
happy, sweet, nice, playful, good health, life, sexuality, purity, gratitude,
appreciation.
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
