Sep 12, 2011

Posted in Advertising

Colors to Use in Advertising Flyers



You must consider some psychological and aesthetic factors before choosing colors for the advertising flyer for your business. Your first goal while choosing colors for the flyer is attracting the attention of people. The color you choose must also generate a positive emotional link; this helps in influencing the viewers for reading the flyer. Below we have discussed about the three best color options your have while creating an advertising flyer.

Yellow:

The best way of catching the eyes of a viewer is using bright colors. Yellow is one of the brightest colors we have. However, you must be cautious about the magnitude of yellow used in the flyer. Too much of any color might result in eye fatigue. Use yellow in the flyer along with one or more dark colors. The best idea would be using yellow as the main color of the flyer’s background. According to theory of psychology, yellow helps in evoking cheerfulness; this feature of yellow will make sure that the viewers stay in good mood after checking out the flyer.

Red:

The words that described red perfectly are ‘bold’ and ‘powerful’. If you want to grab anyone’s attention, there will be few better options than red. Using a combination of black and red in the flyer will successfully create an exciting contrast. Red should be used for highlighting the important information that should not be missed by the readers. The emotional effects of red include stimulating our senses and inducing excitement.

Orange:

This color is created by merging yellow and red, which are the two most attention-grabbing shades. Incorporating orange while designing a flyer can be quite difficult aesthetically. This makes orange one of the least used colors as far as flyers are concerned. A truly creative individual should be able to use orange intelligently and aesthetically in flyers and make them stand out among the flyers of competitors. As orange is rarely used on flyers, using it on your flyers will increase its readability.

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