Site Colors

[shall]

Hi friends,

I'm building a site for Downloads for e-Reader devices, maybe not important... Anyway I'm having problems choosing a good color theme/scheme for the site, every one I tried looks weird to me. Does anyone know what would be a good color theme for producing most conversions? ...or is that just liquor and guessing (and split testing)

Thanks

 

[nvanprooyen]

In regards to conversions and color, the thing you need to be most aware of is visual cues / eye paths. More explanation here:

Designing for Conversion – 8 Visual Design Techniques to Focus Attention on Your Landing Pages | Unbounce

In regards to producing something that is visually appealing, here is a protip for non-designers who want to produce something that looks good. Hell, I even use this sometimes when I'm a little stuck creatively....

Step 1 - Go to Premium WordPress Themes and Web Templates - ThemeForest and find a site that you like visually. Take a screen shot of it and save it locally.

Step 2 - Head over to kuler , upload your picture and tweak to your preferences. E.g. move the points on the screen shot that it automatically chooses, switch from colorful / bright / muted etc.

Step 3 - If you want, you can register an acct, save the color pal, export the pal to photoshop etc.

Good luck bros.

 

[shall]

Very helpful answer! Thanks man

In regards to conversions and color, the thing you need to be most aware of is visual cues / eye paths. More explanation here:

Designing for Conversion – 8 Visual Design Techniques to Focus Attention on Your Landing Pages | Unbounce

In regards to producing something that is visually appealing, here is a protip for non-designers who want to produce something that looks good. Hell, I even use this sometimes when I'm a little stuck creatively....

Step 1 - Go to Premium WordPress Themes and Web Templates - ThemeForest and find a site that you like visually. Take a screen shot of it and save it locally.

Step 2 - Head over to kuler , upload your picture and tweak to your preferences. E.g. move the points on the screen shot that it automatically chooses, switch from colorful / bright / muted etc.

Step 3 - If you want, you can register an acct, save the color pal, export the pal to photoshop etc.

Good luck bros.

 

[-God-]

I've found some nice palettes below. But I now use Color Schemer Studio.

Color Trends + Palettes :: COLOURlovers

 

[maxifwl]

You can find nice palettes at COLOURlovers, but also you can also use Color Explorer to get a nice colour scheme for your site...

 

[shall]

thanks guys you've been very helpful

 

[nvanprooyen]

we have our moments

 

[-joe-]

Don't forget, if you're targeting at less savvy users, a website that looks weird to you may look brilliant to them.

 

[seo4ubest]

thanks for info..

 

[maxifwl]

COLOURlovers or Color Explorer

 

[imkazu]

if you have a clear conversion action defined for your site, i think the best would be to use google website optimizer and test it for yourself.
have a look at this post for some motivation How I Almost Doubled My Conversions In Less Than 5 Minutes

 

[gracyj]

Thank you guys.. Even i've been searching for that...