Colour in Web Design – Orange
Orange feels like an appropriate colour to kick off our Colour in Web Design series. It’s a vibrant colour which conveys excitement, movement and enthusiasm – which are of course all suitable words to describe this blog! Enough of my wishful thinking…
Typically, orange is used to communicate a friendly and inviting feel and is often used in designs that want to appear fun, flamboyant and energetic. If you want to create a calming effect, it is best to stay well away from this colour; its complementary colour, blue, would be a far better choice to achieve that outcome.
I’ve compiled a collection of beautiful websites that have utilised the colour orange to fantastic effect. Here’s the best of what I found…
Fajne Chlopaki
So1o
Jessica Hische
Grip Limited
Happycom
Dunnellon
Glue
Bhoff
These Are Things
Mail Chimp
Panelfly
TedX Toronto
Joshua Giblette
The Conan Blimp
Ngen Works
Kyle Kramer
The Hickensian
Collision
Mealeo
Karlsruhe Blog
About Stephen Greig
Stephen Greig is a 25 year old Freelance Web Designer/Front-end guy, currently living in Nottingham, UK. Stephen is also the creator of messivsronaldo.net and author of CSS3 Pushing the Limits, a book on advanced CSS3. You should follow him on Twitter where he talks about the web, sports, music and swears a lot. Stephen's also on Google+ if that's more your bag.
