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colors that match your mission and the message you wish
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Of all the forms of non-verbal communication, color
is the most instantaneous method of conveying messages
and meanings. Before humans learned to appreciate the
aesthetics of color, there were far more practical aspects
of communications with color. Our very survival depends
on the ability to identify necessary objects and/or warnings
signs whether they are animal, vegetable or mineral and
color is integral part of the identification process.
Among other uses, color stimulates and works synergistically
with all of the senses, symbolizes abstract concepts and
thoughts, express fantasy or wish fulfillment, recalls
another time or place and produces an aesthetic or emotional
response
There is no better place to gauge the effectiveness of
color than in the marketplace where it is a vital key
in communicating a positive, enticing and irresistible
image to a product. Often called the "silent salesperson,"
color must immediately attract the consumer's eye, convey
the message of what the product is all about, create a
brand identity and, most importantly, help to make the
sale. At the very least (as on a Web page or in a print
ad), it must create enough interest or curiosity to induce
the would-be buyer to find out more about the product
(or service).
Much of the human reaction to color is subliminal and
consumers are generally unaware of the pervasive and persuasive
effects of color. Psychological effect is instantaneous
as color stimulates the senses and exerts its power of
suggestion. The power that color wields is seen at every
level of communication: in corporate identification and
logos, signage, advertising on television, billboards,
in print media and packaging, on the computer and at point-of-purchase.
As an example of color's power in marketing (and one
we can all relate to) as consumers speed down the market
aisles, their eyes rest on a package for approximately
.03 seconds.
In that blinking-of-an-eyelash timing, the package must
rivet the observers' eyes, inform them of the package
contents and, more importantly, appeal to their psyches.

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