Sunday, July 9. 2006
We all know that there are different tastes in different cultures. If you were to e.g. ask someone in India or China what would be a nice website design, I am sure you would get different answers than what we would consider as "good". This has - also - to do with how colours and the combination of them are perceived. The Register had a week-end contribution that tries to show what the sexually most attractive colours are. This title was only a way to attract viewers though since the underlying list is more generic and can be applied as a first step when selecting at least a prime colour for many things such as also your website: - Black: Sophistication, elegance, seduction, mystery, sex, banishment, binding, protection, evil
- Blue: Trust, reliability, belonging, coolness, tranquility, peace, calm, wisdom, justice, depression, understanding, patience, loyalty, sincerity, honour
- Brown: Earthy, conservative, protective, constructive, hard-working, solid
- Copper/Bronze: Love, passion, friendship, sex
- Gold: Prestige, expensive, elite, authority
- Green: Nature, fresh, cool, growth, abundance, rejuvenation, recovery, healing, harmony, balance, peace, hope, jealousy, envy
- Grey: Neutrality, staleness, depression
- Magenta: power, magnetism, spiritual power
- Orange: Playfulness, warmth, vibrant, encouragement, luck, kindness, stimulation, optimism, abundance, success, independence, sensual
- Pink: Soft, sweet, nurturance, security, tenderness, peace
- Purple: Royal, spirituality, dignity, divination, inspiration, meditation, compassion
- Red: Passion, energy, excitement, danger, speed, impulsive action, stimulation, assertiveness, aggression, strength, sex, revolt, war
- Silver: Prestige, cold, scientific, stability
- Turquoise: Intuitive, insightful, inventive, original, renewal, change
- White: Pure, virginal, clean, youthful, mild, peace, truthfulness, enlightenment
- Yellow: Warmth, cheer, happiness, vitality, change, progress, clarity, communicativeness, affirmation.
The sexual attractiveness part you can read up in the Register. They also summarize what influences buying behaviour, here it is: Red-orange, black, and royal blue attracts impulse buyers. Pink, light green, light and navy blue attract tight budget shoppers. Pink, rose, and sky blue attract conformists.
Now, if you want to go a step further and believe in Chinese Feng Shui or Indian Vastu Shastra then you should look at this book here to check if your website complies with it: WebVastu
Soon T-Com will be starting with its T-One service, offering a phone that can be used at home over WLAN and the DSL link, outside looking for a WLAN hotspot (6'500) and only when not available using the T-Mobile wireless network. This allows users to use one number and also recieve just one invoice.
As reported by Heise Online the pricing is very aggressive with a flat rate of 10EUR per month. This includes up to 4 handhelds of which two can be used concurrently. Each person also has their own phone number. If all of this comes true I would be surprised if they do not reach their target of 700k users by end of 2007 with ease.
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