I want to thank all the folks here who were kind enough to take my kids' color poll online for her science fair project. She didn't get a prize (rats!) but her science teacher did give her a 100 on the project--it counts a lot toward her Science grade.

She ended up with 831 votes total. The underlying purpose of the poll (which I didn't reveal earlier so as not to spoil the results) was to determine if web site color preferences change as people go from childhood to adulthood. Being interested in graphics, I think the results are interesting because they're not exactly what I expected. They were more even than I thought, and the kids went for more conservative colors overall than I would have predicted.

http://compcolors.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/pollresults/001 -- kids
http://compcolors.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/pollresults/002 --adults

THANKS AGAIN FOR HELPING!!

good project, I was amazed to know what are people's color preferences.

the results can be used in building web sites.

cheers :beer:

edit: best of luck. ;)

Yes very interesting, while we are on to the topic of colors - I bet color schemes affect our visitors willingness to buy :)

Does anyone know of links to researches on that???

I read somewhere that blue makes people want to stay at a site longer. Maybe that's why the top colors in the poll were blue-ish? (Unless I'm being blind again and totally missing something)

Originally posted by ASPCode.net
Yes very interesting, while we are on to the topic of colors - I bet color schemes affect our visitors willingness to buy :)

Does anyone know of links to researches on that???

Actually yes, I read a pretty lengthy article in a book some time ago all about colours, how the effect people, where they can be used best, etc.

If I ever find the article I'll be sure to let everyone know what book it's in (I type fast, but I don't want to take the time to type out the whole article)

fortunately my new web site design is also blue and we are using navy blue as main color ;)

actually never think of that but was sure blue have something which makes web site professional that is why many and many companies use blue colors. :cool:

I read somewhere that blue makes people want to stay at a site longer. Maybe that's why the top colors in the poll were blue-ish? (Unless I'm being blind again and totally missing something)

Sweet! My whole site is blue.

There's been a few studies on it over the years. I don't remember a lot about them but a few that stick in my head offhand were:

Blue - People felt more 'trust' when seeing it
Red - appeals more to men (aggressive/action color)
Green - radiates wealth and prestige
Black - gives a feeling of secrecy and mistrust
Black and Yellow/Red and Yellow - shouldn't be used together as they send a warning (poisonous animals use these colors in nature after all)
Strong/Bold colors - appeal more to men
Pastel/Light colors - appeal more to women

interesting to note also the green statistic is more relevant in the US then anywhere else, mainly due to the color of money.

Also Red/White/Blue combinations appeal more to US people than elsewhere for obvious reasons.

For the most part they're pretty obvious when you see them written out - after all the studies are a sample of people just like you :D

Greg Moore