Comments on: #InfographicInspiration: Choosing Colors

By: Ben Joel

Ben Joel — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:43:14 +0000

I absolutely agree that colors in a table or general document design help to make that piece stand out. I use to always struggle with how to make tables look better when they were going in a presentation. It wasn’t until I started playing around with colors and shading that I felt I could make an appealing display. I’ve made dozens of spreadsheets in my internships, and I always found it easier to navigate and look through though spreadsheets when I used borders, shading, etc. One current example of how I apply colors to work I do is with my senior design project. My team gives weekly presentation to our faculty advisor, and we often include tables and charts. To make those tables and charts look more presentable, we often use shading to help break up the rows and columns so the eye can see them better.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:48:28 +0000

Personally, there is nothing more irritating than trying to read something that uses poor color choices. This is especially true for PowerPoint presentations. (blue hyperlink font does not work with a black background!) Therefore, I always try to keep this in mind when creating any kind of document that incorporates color but the idea of using a color wheel had never crossed my mind. I honestly don’t think I have even looked at a color wheel since my last art class in middle school. I believe that this will be yet another helpful resource in the future, both academically and personally.

By: Cassie Bienert

Cassie Bienert — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 20:48:09 +0000

Im usually hesitant to use colors in writings as I don’t want it to appear childish or unprofessional. I’m glad we read this infographic as it explains how to incorporate color to highlight important information and how to use this color properly. I like how the information is also presented using color, as it reinforces the message in the infographic. I also really liked the analogy of highlighting in notes; I can definitely see how you can over highlight and fail to emphasize things. I will definitely keep that in mind when I look at my overall document.

I do think that this infographic is more relevant to independent pieces of work such as infographics or posters rather than writings made for a company or group. In these cases, I think its best to stick to the color theme of the company or business so that everything seems standard and connected.

By: Moqi Zhang

Moqi Zhang — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 20:26:45 +0000

That is really helpful for me, I always use one color to take notes. Most of the keywords are not easy to be found, and maybe I need learn more from this article in order to take notes efficiency.

By: Daniel Ott

Daniel Ott — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 19:30:36 +0000

I have always had trouble determining what colors go well with each other. This info-graphic is a very useful tool that will help me decide which colors look good together and which do not. I feel as though this will become very useful in the future when I need to design presentations, or any other sort of visual presentations.
Additionally, it is interesting to see the color schemes displayed in this graphic because I have begun to notice them being used in other logos and graphics. I look forward to using these color schemes in the future.

By: Kelvin Prempeh

Kelvin Prempeh — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 05:12:42 +0000

There’s no doubt colors are a great way to convey a message. Different colors are attached to different emotions and I believe most of us have been taught the color wheel; which colors are opposite and those that go together. This infographic is a great reminder not only as to how colors should be used, but to what extent. As an artist, I’ve always found the use of colors as a big challenge and try to stick to the monochrome colors, but there is no denying that colors add flavor and good vibes to everything.

By: Youngsu Kim

Youngsu Kim — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 02:10:56 +0000

I find this infographic very helpful and it’s definitely something I would refer to when working with tables to make it more readable. Even in the text editors, color coding is very important since it makes the reader or author notice what the line of code is by just looking at the color of the line. Also, using the colors effectively according to themes it’s going to be used is a very brilliant idea to make it look more professional. I will surely use this technique when I work on the assignment.

By: Zachary Cohen

Zachary Cohen — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:24:30 +0000

I think that effective use of color is an extremely important topic. A lot of times I find that infographics, flyers, or other forms of visual media use too much color and it makes it impossible for the important information to stand out. I’m a Geography major, so I frequently have to make decisions about color choice when making maps, and the most important thing for color choice in a map-making scenario is ensuring that the most important elements of the map uses the most eye-catching colors on the map.

By: Jeremy C.

Jeremy C. — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:46:37 +0000

I am a web developer and I use these tools all the time. Highly recommend!

By: Jack Hesse

Jack Hesse — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:01:44 +0000

This infographic is very helpful in showing the impact that color choice can have on projects and presentations. When making a presentation colors can really help with directing the people viewing the presentation to the important information on a slide and help keep the viewers attention. This information will help with the analysis project through providing another way to organize the project through using colors to direct the viewers eyes to different parts of the project.