{"id":106,"date":"2009-02-04T18:33:33","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T23:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/?p=106"},"modified":"2009-02-04T18:33:33","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T23:33:33","slug":"do-colors-really-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/archives\/do-colors-really-make-a-difference","title":{"rendered":"Do Colors Really Make a Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"12\" width=\"70%\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#eaecec\" bordercolor=\"#3c78a7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>A fun look at the emotions stirred by various colors.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;\">Colors can have a powerful effect on us, even though we may not be aware of their impact. Businesses have long used colors as part of their marketing strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For example, have you noticed that fast food restaurants tend to use the colors red, orange and yellow? That&#8217;s because these colors together are known to stimulate the appetitie.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fun look at the &#8220;meaning&#8221; of some basic colors. How will you use color in <strong>your<\/strong> marketing materials?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red<\/strong><br \/>\npassion, energy, dominance, attention<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pink<\/strong><br \/>\ngentle, tender, pleasant, sweet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orange<\/strong><br \/>\nstimulates appetite, warmth, assurance, revitalizing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yellow<\/strong><br \/>\nsunshine, intellect, confidence, stimulates the mind<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green<\/strong><br \/>\ngrowth, prosperity, life, money, relaxing, spiritual rejuvenation, fruitfulness<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue<\/strong><br \/>\nbusiness, professional, peace, healing, patience, calming, loyalty, tranquility<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple<\/strong><br \/>\npower, royalty, spirituality<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brown<\/strong><br \/>\nhesitation, muddy, unclear<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brown &#8211; Earthy Tones<\/strong><br \/>\nwarmth, intimacy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black<\/strong><br \/>\nwisdom, mourning, loss, elegant, sophisticated, can also convey simplicity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gray<\/strong><br \/>\nneutral, technology<\/p>\n<p><strong>White<\/strong><br \/>\npure, clean, simple<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jewel Tones<\/strong><br \/>\nregal, money, opulant, excessive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fun look at the emotions stirred by various colors\u2026(click the title to read the article)\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[45,48],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-websites","tag-marketing-tools","tag-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}