When you use clip art in your logo or for your main branding graphics, you might as well be telling the world that your company is bland, boring, and that it doesn’t stand for anything. But your company has spice, and a unique personality all its own! So doesn’t your...
Have you caught the Pinterest bug? Can’t stop sharing your Instagram photos? Addicting, isn’t it? Well, you’re not alone. Today’s consumers and Internet users are seriously image obsessed. We want to see and share pics as often as possible. We love images! These...
Last week at The Branding Spot, we talked about the color histories and color strategies of big brands, like UPS, Green Giant, and Apple. To wrap up our April series on color, let’s delve even further into the fascinating world of color psychology. Working Up to Brand...
Color is powerful. Color is dangerous. Used correctly, color digs deep inside of us, urging us to act, pouncing on our instincts, and releasing our emotions into the wild. Most of us experience raw reactions to color, even if we’re not conscious of color as that...
There’s a lot more to understanding color than meets the eye. You’ve heard it before. Branding experts are always saying the same thing: you must have your exact brand color on EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE. Yet, when you try to get your design team on the same page, you end...
Happy Spring, Everyone! There’s no better time to talk about color, so we decided to make color our April theme here at The Branding Spot! Did you know that color increases brand recognition by up to 80 percent? Source: University of Loyola, Maryland study Research...
