• Red: Coca-Cola or Nintendo – Implies excitement or happiness
• Orange: Nickelodeon or Fanta – Implies a friendly, fun time is ahead
• Yellow: Nikon or McDonalds – Implies optimism and happiness
• Green: Whole Foods or Animal Planet – Implies freshness and nature
• Blue: Walmart or American Express – Implies dependability and reassurance
• Purple: Hallmark or Cadbury – Implies a distinguished brand that has a history of quality
• Brown: Nespresso or UPS – Implies a reliable product that can be used by anyone
• Black: Chanel or Adidas – Implies luxury or elegance
• White: Apple or Nike – Implies sleek, user-friendly products

If you already have a colored logo, it makes sense to have a primary color that matches your existing branding. Nintendo’s branding is very red, and this comes through on their homepage.

This is probably the easiest step, as you’ll likely already have an idea of what color you want your website to be. Just make sure to save the hex code!

You might think that you aren’t affected by colors, but you’d be surprised to see the difference that color selection can make to a company’s bottom line. In fact, 85% of people claimed that color has a major influence on what they buy.

When some companies experimented with their button colors, they noticed a sharp uptick or decline in their conversions. For example, Beamax, a company who makes projection screens, noticed a gargantuan 53.1% increase in clicks on links that were red vs links that were blue.

And that’s not just clicks – a study run on the mental impact of colors found that colors boosted brand recognition by an average of 80%. For example, think of Coca-Cola, and you’ll likely picture their vibrant red cans.

Don’t take this to mean that red is king, however, as there’s no real rule to this. If your site is mainly red, a red call to action won’t stand out that much, so you’ll want to play around with colors until you find a combination that works for you.