Apparently, it is true that blue is the color used by marketing and advertising campaigns. It 'sa color appreciated by the general public that creates a sense of trust and security (it is used a lot by the banks).
Since the first version of Facebook (called "The Facebook") the founder, Mark Zuckerberg used the color blue.
All about Facebook is blue or shades of blue: the top bar, menu, links, comments and so on.
And at the bottom of the Blue is the color most used online,'s favorite every webmaster. Blue is a color that does not distract the attention of users and that is perceived by the human brain as a transparent background to main content.The feature of Facebook is blue (and its shades) dominant on every page. And the shades of blue Facebook ( RGB color # 3b5998 ) has been named " Blue Facebook .
Why is Facebook blue?
Facebook is blue because founder Mark Zuckerberg is colorblind and can not distinguish the colors red and green. The best color that can distinguish is blue so that when he had to choose the color to give Facebook its was an obvious choice.
Confirmed it himself in an interview with journalist Leo Laporte years ago. Are you surprised?
Gud post. there is some thing mysterious about this "Blue" colour.Almost all the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter,Myspace,google Buzz(Blue Shades) uses blue colour.I think its the colour of trust and security.may be there should be a psychological fact/reason behind this particular colour use in many websites nw a days....
ReplyDelete@Murali : yep bro you are right . Blue is the colour of the intellect, the mind, making it the colour of communication and when you think about social media, it’s all about communicating.. :)
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