What’s Your Favourite Colour? [2011 Edition]

Franz Jeitz — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:43:11 +0000

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 Chances are that some of these answers are already out of date, they do however reflect the state of mind of the interviewee at the time of sending me their answer.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

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What’s Your Favourite Colour?

Franz Jeitz — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:18:34 +0000

Colours tell a lot about someone’s personality. So in an effort to learn a bit more about my favourite designers and bloggers I started a 1-question mass interview to ask them what their favourite colour is. Although the colours they chose are very different these 40 creative minds have one thing in common. They are at the top of their game and I respect them deeply for their contributions to the design community. So please visit their websites/blogs and discover outstanding articles, free high quality resources and gorgeous designs.
As a bonus I made an A2 poster containing all the favourite colours with the respective names for you to download as pdf for free. All you need to do is take it to your local print shop or simply use your inkjet at home to print it.

The Cool:

Cool colours are generally associated with feelings of calmness, stability, harmony, trust and wisdom.

Full Name	Site	Colour
James White	signalnoise.com	#0e2545
Calvin Lee	mayhemstudios.com	#003399
Vitaly Friedman	smashingmagazine.com	#006bbd
Matt Cronin	spoonfeddesign.com	#00a2eb
Eli Burford	designblurb.com	#0066ff
Tom Ross	psdfan.com	#015987
Angie Bowen	arbent.net	#01689b
Walter Apai	webdesignerdepot.com	#0781c1
Chad Mueller	inspiredology.com	#0099ff
Rob Barrett	rob-barrett.com	#0099ff
David Leggett	tutorial9.net	#00aeef
Brian Yerkes	BrianYerkes.com	#28858d
Aaron Irizarry	thisisaaronslife.com	#6799cc
Nick Pagano	thinkdesignblog.com	#23a4de
Sabine Reinhart	patterrific.com	#87d6f6
Kyle Steed	kylesteed.com	#83def9
Franz Jeitz	fudgegraphics.com	#6a7d5e
Andrew Taylor	additivedesigns.com	#33cc66
Andrew Kelsall	andrewkelsall.com/	#525915
Henry Jones	webdesignledger.com	#98b22e
Fabien Barral	fabienbarral.com	#b1d300

The Warm:

Warm colours are generally associated with feelings of love, energy, enthusiasm, joy and strength.

Full Name	Site	Colour
Chris Spooner	blog.spoongraphics.co.uk	#8a654b
Andrew Houle	myinkblog.com	#fdd831
Danny Outlaw	outlawdesignblog.com	#f07818
Niki Brown	thedesignoblog.com	#c45f1c
Brian Hoff	www.thedesigncubicle.com	#ef3825
Adelle Charles	fuelyourcreativity.com	#b10f0f
Jon Phillips	spyrestudios.com	#990000
Graham Smith	imjustcreative.com	#7e000c
Brian Lovin	elitebydesign.com	#a22424
Liam McKay	www.wefunction.com	#dc0f52
AJ Troxell	phiredesign.net	#ff91c5

The Neutral:

Neutral colours are generally associated with feelings of elegance, sophistication, authority, modernity and reliabilty.

Full Name	Site	Colour
Jacob Cass	justcreativedesign.com	#ffffff
Max Stanworth	designshard.com	#e6e6e6
David Calavitta	stopdropanddesign.com	#cccccc
Tim Mercer	digital-artist-toolbox.com	#212121
Fabio Sasso	abduzeedo.com	#111111
Andy Sowards	andysowards.com/blog	#070707
Selene M. Bowlby	idesignstudios/blog	#070707
Grant Friedman	colorburned.com	#000000

The Poster:

contains 1 .pdf file – 175 Kb

Final Thoughts:

If you want to know more about your favourite bloggers and designer I highly recommend reading “Music of Design: What do you listen to?” on Outlaw Design Blog. Danny Outlaw asked a handful of popular designers (including me) to share with him what type of music gets their creative juices flowing and what they listen to while designing. The results are quite surprising and range from classical to metal tunes.

For those of you who are interested in the meaning of colours I recommend reading “Color in Web Design: Color Symbology“.

Finally I want to thank everyone who participated in this project. I couldn’t have done it without you.

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