Color Story: Yellow
Color can be an extremely powerful tool for your marketing and building brand recognition. BUT choosing your brand color palette is much easier said than done. So in this series, we’re going to break down the psychology and deeper emotions that we as consumers associate with color yellow and how you can use this knowledge to build a more impactful brand or product experience!
The Color Psychology Behind Yellow
Yellow is associated with happiness, joy, inspiration and warmth. It’s also often used to reference things like the sun, summertime or citric flavors.
Take a look at the companies below that use yellow in their branding. Consider how these emotions are tied to their specific product or industry and why yellow helps them effectively communicate those ideas / feelings to their customers.
If any of those emotions or themes are deeply rooted in your brand, yellow may be a smart color choice for you! But you might not want to use it alone. Below are other colors that you could pair with yellow to add more depth to your brand identity:
If you’d like to add yellow to your own brand color palette, you can steal the HEX code from one of our favorite shades below. And make sure to check out the rest of this series for more color psychology breakdowns! 🎨
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