SITE DESIGN FEEDBACK (new)

[stephiemarie78]

What about colors like this?

 

[BlueGiants]

Ohhhh! I like those colors! (The pink is a bit much for me. It almost vibrates when I'm looking at the page... (not as bad as the "orange" did, though!)

 

[Pipp]

Luvmyzoocrew wrote:

I am not crazy about the blue and green together.

I really love shades of blue and green together, sorry! Maybe a bit more green and a little less blue in this case, though, we'll have to see.

Stephie, I think we need stronger colours, but not that strong!! (My kitchen is wine and teal, though, love it!)

Cathy, the colours on the test site or the coloursStephie posted? I assume the test site? The 'orange' almost vibrated me off the computer!

I think with the grass greens added in and the lettering and bannerchanged, it should make a big difference.

Stephie, do you know ifthe top section where the logos/banners gocan be a different background (like the one used in the posts) or does it have to be the pink with the logo background laid over top of it?

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

stephiemarie78 wrote:

its the same blue we have now........ did u notice

I just dont like them together, not the individual colors themselves, i think that together is not pleasing to the eyes it plays tricks , sort of , on my eyes.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

too many colors

 

[Pipp]

She's messing with it.

I've sent her a note asking her to put it back the way it was when I first posted but to tryit with a grass/meadow green.

She's been adding more pastels and even yucky yellowish stuff. :yuck

I didn't take a screen shot before the fiddling, I hope she can get it back.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I agree LOL!

I was playing with colors before and I Really liked the greens, the pale blues and of course the passive colors like gray and black.

 

[Pipp]

Hey Stephie, if you're around, check out the test site, she's changing the borders.

I kinda like the blue/green border combo? Whaddya think?

 

[stephiemarie78]

its not bad pretty much same colors we have now

 

[Pipp]

Yup! I've always asked for similar if not the same colors from anybody doing banners, etc, it's a 'branding' thing, part of my PR training. (Oh wait! I was self taught, I guess I trained myself!)

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[HoneyPot]

Ok, first I'm going to quality this by saying I have 7 years of art training and I am doing a diploma in interior design and my last class was called "Color". That being said - the yellow and salmon colors on that sample are horrendous.

I can explain why - there's a reason it's so bleh to look at and it has to do with the color wheel and intensity of colors...

For it to look good, I suggest sticking with the blue and green and adding ONE other color as maybe an accent, but using shades of the blue and green for almost everything.

Also, the shades of blue and green would work out better together if the green was more toward blue (as opposed to yellow) and the blue was more toward green (as opposed to red).

Ok, easier to show than explain...

So what I did was stick to the aqua/green theme where the green is leaning more toward blue so the colors don't clash. Then an accent color... that also doesn't clash, so something that has blue in it... purples .. or reds that are more toward burgundy/purple than orange. Orange or anything with yellow in it that's really intense (ie salmon and that sunshine yellow) willvibrate off the pageand be puky with the blues and greens unless you start making your greens have more yellow in it or tone the color way down so that it's a neutral.

Also, it's an intensity thing right - you have to mix up the darks with the light or everyone will get a headache.

Anyway now I'm babbling, don't know if any of that made sense... just my 50cents.


Edit: I forgot to add that I really like the layout with the sidebar by the way - will be nice to have the stats and things easily viewable.


Nad

 

[Pipp]

YAY NADIA!!

You nailed it.

I was trying to explain that to Nancy, but I had no idea what I was talking about. I knew what worked (after days and days of messing around), but no clue why or how to articulate it.

I did initially ask her to stick with shades of green/blues/teales with a touch of pink, and maybe the pink(ish) backgroundif it was understatedenough in effect (I have noidea how these things are going to look).

Then I really confused her (and myself and everybody else)by saying the inspiration wasgreen grass, blue sky and pink bunny noses. So we got off on the 'grass' green.

Butno, from your explanation, it will be the bluish greens and teales and the not-so-pink pinks that will do the trick.

You're too awesome!

(Nancy may kill me tho) :shock:



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[Haley]

Awesome Nadia! I wish we could just pay you to design the site lol :biggrin2:

I like all the colorsin your examples (except the ones with the reds). Great job!

 

[Pipp]

For the record, thesewere the greens I suggested she use, not sure why she didn't.

Now the trick is to keep it 'meadow-ish' and not too ocean-ish.

(I honestly like the colors we have, even though I didn't know how to change the border and the areas around the buttons, but still works for me. :biggrin2:Just didn't know how much I liked them until Nadia laid it out on paper).

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I really like that bottom left hand tile of colors (with the light purpley grayish color)

Nadia - you rock! I knew we had to have someone in artistic design here! YAY!

 

[HoneyPot]

meadows and bunnies, and less ocean.... maybe move from green blue toward green yellow? But then we might risk looking like a Sprite commercial...

 

[Pipp]

yeah, you read my mind. I actually hate those colours, but the green/yellow may work better, we'll have to see. (Right now, I think a lot will depend on the logo placement, I need to see what that looks like).

But the inside colors are leaning to green/yellow withbit of blue and the pink, and it actually looks okay. It does have to go one way or the other, though. I know she's not anywhere near finished, probably just experimenting, but right now it's all over the map.

 

[Haley]

I really like those greens, but the pink has to go- it really clashes. Is she still working on that part? Something like the light background we have now with the greens in the banner would be awesome.

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

Haley wrote:

I really like those greens, but the pink has to go- it really clashes.

:yeahthat:

 

[stephiemarie78]

i love the color samples from nadia!!! it really is so much easier atleast for me when u know what colors to work with! then u have a place to start.