What’s Your Favourite Colour? [2011 Edition]
When it comes to design, colour is one of the most important tools in our arsenal. Choosing the right colour sets the mood for the design and gives a great layout that final touch. Over the last 12 months I’ve asked 35 of my favourite designers and bloggers one simple question: What’s your favourite colour? Although, as everyone will tell you, there’s nothing simple about the question. It’s really hard to find that single colour to identify with. Chances are that some of these answers are already out of date, they do however reflect the state of mind of the interviewee at the time of sending me their answer.
Rather than only having a list of all the favourite colours I’ve also made a nice infographic further analysing all of the the different answers. Let us know who your colour buddy is!
Favourite Colours Revealed
| Name | Site | Favourite Colour |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Yerkes | brianjosephstudios.com | #336368 |
| Marco Kuiper | www.marcofolio.net | #EEEEEE |
| Jacob Cass | justcreativedesign.com | #FFFFFF |
| Orman Clark | premiumpixels.com | #EFEFEF |
| Tom Ross | fanextra.com | #31a7d4 |
| Antonio Lupetti | woorkup.com | #3da4b7 |
| Jay Hilgert | bittbox.com | #E16A0A |
| Andy Sowards | andysowards.com | #FF5400 |
| Grant Friedman | colorburned.com | #FFFFFF |
| Chad Mueller | inspiredology.com | #25a7df |
| Nikki Brown | thedesignoblog.com | #2d103d |
| Steven Snell | vandelaydesign.com | #000000 |
| Grace Smith | postscript5.co.uk | #0399dd |
| Jacques van Heerden | creativeoverflow.net | #DB0000 |
| Jeff Gardner | theshoreways.com | #c7e5d0 |
| Andrew Kelsall | andrewkelsall.com | #4c5e21 |
| Walter Apai | webdesignerdepot.com | #30073e |
| Callum Chapman | circleboxcreative.com | #F59000 |
| Nick Pagano | thinkdesignblog.com | #231f20 |
| Jeff Finley | wmcfest.com | #CE6E62 |
| Chris Spooner | blog.spoongraphics.co.uk | #333333 |
| Veerle Pieters | veerle.duoh.com | #FF2E2E |
| Sneh Roy | littleboxofideas.com | #111111 |
| Jacob Gube | sixrevisions.com | #363636 |
| Rob Bowen | deadwingsdesigns.com | #8A8889 |
| Dainis Graveris | 1stwebdesigner.com | #FFFFFF |
| David Perel | obox-design.com | #111111 |
| Adelle Charles | blog.adellecharles.com | #cc0000 |
| Aaron Irizarry | thisisaaronslife.com | #1c1c1c |
| Fabien Barral | fabienbarral.com | #318a88 |
| Daniele De Nigris | behance.net/DNDesign | #c00418 |
| Gaya Kessler | gayadesign.com | #666666 |
| Simon Hartmann | studioaceofspade.com | #000000 |
| Graham Smith | imjustcreative.com | #ffc600 |
| James White | signalnoise.com | #ff6600 |
| Franz Jeitz | fudgegraphics.com | #00f0ff |
What’s Your Favourite Colour Infographic
Click on the image to get the full size version.
Lot of grayscales! Didn’t expect that. Great infographic there Franz. Glad to have helped you on this.
Thanks for including me in this fun exercise Franz! I love the visualisation.
Thanks for participating Gaya! Many of those who chose a shade of grey work in web design and love those colours because they make a great starting canvas.
Very intresting work and good presentation!
Hi Franz, thanks for the insightful article. Another interesting look into who-likes-what.
PS, There’s been a mistake, though, in my colour. I sent you #F4c5e21 by mistake, and you took away the last number instead of the “F”. Sorry about that! Please amend to my favourite colour, which is Moss green with ref #4c5e21 ..Thanks
@Sneh & @Daniele: Thanks for participating. I’m glad you like it.
@Andrew: Apologies for the mixup. I have fixed it now. Thanks for participating!
Thanks for allowing me to be a part of the hist… some great colors in there.
Franz, great work. Maybe you should repeat this exercise every year and see if there is a “trend” in the selection. Because, as you rightly mentioned, these colors will not be on the permanent list of these designers. Now, to make it a round “Shade 36″ you should add your own: the fav color of Franz Jeitz. Great work.
@Aaron: some great colours indeed. Thanks for being a part of this!
@Ashok: I did this interview a while back. Check it out here: http://www.fudgegraphics.com/2009/02/whats-your-favourite-colour/
The plan was to do it every year, it just took me longer the second time round. Also, I’m part of the infographic, so there are 36 answers in total.
@Franz, no worries – my fault for typing “F” by mistake. Keep the good posts coming in 2012
#B3DC1F
Neutral all the way along with blue!
Hi Franz, great work. I use a mix of yellow and orange, I like warm colours.
Great Work! Thanks for Sharing
Quite interesting post. It was a fun to go through it.