Meagan Hanes's guest appearances

Meagan Hanes

Smart Marketing Show

WPCoffeeTalk

BoldLife

Michelle Schulp

Christie Chirinos

Joe Simpson

Chris Badgett

Adam Silver

Chris Wiegman

Miriam Goldman

Roy Sivan

James Tryon

Dan Maby

Josh Pollock

Robert Jacobi

Nick Adams

David Blackmon

Ben Pines

OwlTail

Meagan Hanes - Entrepreneur and Project Manager at WebDev Studios joins Demo and Jesse to give her tips on Project Management Software, what WordPress is really about, and the obligatory Tiki Talk.

<a href="Meagan%20Hanes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meagan Hanes</a> - Entrepreneur and Project Manager at <a href="https://webdevstudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WebDev Studios</a> joins Demo and Jesse to give her tips on Project Management Software, what WordPress is really about, and the obligatory Tiki Talk.

Meagan Hanes - WordPress is Made of People

Meagan Hanes is one of the first people in the wider WordPress community who encouraged me to connect, speak, and contribute outside of my region. She is a leader of the WordPress Ottawa community, Technical Project Manager at WebDevStudios, and (in my humble opinion) a WordPress guru. It's my pleasure to share her story on WPCoffeeTalk!

Meagan Hanes is one of the first people in the wider WordPress community who encouraged me to connect, speak, and contribute outside of my region. She is a leader of the WordPress Ottawa community, Technical Project Manager at WebDevStudios, and (in my humble opinion) a WordPress guru. It's my pleasure to share her story on WPCoffeeTalk!

WPCoffeeTalk: Meagan Hanes

Color

In web design, brand creation, and even creative, the psychology of color matters. In this episode of WPblab, Designer and Developer Meagan Hanes will talk us through some of the considerations on how color affects us — as consumers. Meagan Hanes Designer/Developer since the 2000â€™s Developers often struggle with design – color can be one of the most challenging aspects Take a design magazine, rip it up and start making a pinboard in real life – itâ€™s a great way to start training your eye http://colourlovers.com Communicating meaning in your brandâ€™s colors  There is a lot of symbolism in color choices Generally speaking, reds are passionate, greens and blues are soothing, nature colors Happy and generous can be shown with warm yellow colors  McDonaldâ€™s chose red and yellow because they make you hungry but they are also bold, agitating colors that cause customers to leave quicker, which is desirable in fast food! When communicating your branding, the colors you pick can make or break your message. Â Best to pick a color or two and stick with them! Keep it simple! Orange and Green have the highest click-thru rates Contrasting color is important – you can get color fatigue when faced with a page or design that is based all on one color. Â Your users may not notice a button if itâ€™s in the same color as everything else on your page. I use this a lot http://paletton.com/ WCAG is important too – Making sure there is enough contrast for visually impaired people can see it.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Content_Accessibility_Guidelines If you removed the color from your design, it should still work and communicate clearly in black and white There are sites where you can test colors for accessibility to make sure people with different color blindness challenges can see it as intended If you take off your glasses or squint at your page and canâ€™t see what the page is doing because of color distraction, etc. you need to rethink your design Everyoneâ€™s perception of color is ultimately different. People are starting to understand warm and cool light and what that means. Pinterest is a great tool for exploring branding and colors, use it for yourself and your clients You can choose green for your eco-friendly company, but if you donâ€™t back up your marketing with action, no one will believe you Pick a main color and then maybe a secondary or tertiary color and stick to those – it gets especially hard to change colors as a company gets bigger Supreme Red http://www.colourlovers.com/color/D02120/Supreme_Red Heineken Green http://www.colourlovers.com/color/0A7A06/Heineken_Green   Brand Guidelines â€œLike a reference guide to your companyâ€™s soulâ€  Standardized color definitions Layout, sizing, fonts, etc.  Maybe go to art shows and listen to how people react to get a better idea of how people respond to art and color Design should be somewhat rigid (color) but it should also be iterative – with feedback/time, sometimes your ideas/direction will change Tiffany Blue  https://www.pantone.com/crazy-about-tiffanys-the-story-behind-an-iconic-brand-color Colors also convey feeling and emotion – beachy colors can bring to mind memories of the smell of salty air or the feeling of sand between your toes and the sound of waves   Pinkest Pink  https://culturehustle.com/products/pink-50g-powdered-paint-by-stuart-semple http://stuartsemple.com/   The Blackest Black Exclusive Rights  https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anish-kapoor-vantablack-exclusive-rights-436610 http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/2390263/WordPress_Rocks   https://wordpress.org/about/logos/ Orange Pantone 1665 CMYK 6, 86, 100, 1 Hex #d54e21 RGB 213, 78, 33 Official Logos and Typeface   Your color palette on your website should follow what youâ€™ve established in your brand guidelines. If you donâ€™t have one yet, you need to develop one or get help creating it! Â Fonts, logo usage, size, proportions, colors, accepted uses, etc. Â Even if you donâ€™t have the money to hire someone to create it, you could even just start a google doc and start documenting the colors, fonts, etc that you decide to use.   Document what you use and save a record of what you do for your clients. Â If they come back for repeat business (which they should!), it will save you a lot of time! The post  WPblab EP79 – The Psychology of Color in Design w/ Meagan Hanes appeared first on WPwatercooler. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In web design, brand creation, and even creative, the psychology of color matters. In this episode of WPblab, Designer and Developer Meagan Hanes will talk us through some of the considerations on how color affects us — as consumers. <a href="http://meaganhanes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meagan Hanes</a> Designer/Developer since the 2000â€™s Developers often struggle with design – color can be one of the most challenging aspects Take a design magazine, rip it up and start making a pinboard in real life – itâ€™s a great way to start training your eye <a href="http://colourlovers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://colourlovers.com</a> Communicating meaning in your brandâ€™s colors <ul> <li>There is a lot of symbolism in color choices</li> <li>Generally speaking, reds are passionate, greens and blues are soothing, nature colors</li> <li>Happy and generous can be shown with warm yellow colors</li> </ul> McDonaldâ€™s chose red and yellow because they make you hungry but they are also bold, agitating colors that cause customers to leave quicker, which is desirable in fast food! When communicating your branding, the colors you pick can make or break your message. Â Best to pick a color or two and stick with them! Keep it simple! Orange and Green have the highest click-thru rates Contrasting color is important – you can get color fatigue when faced with a page or design that is based all on one color. Â Your users may not notice a button if itâ€™s in the same color as everything else on your page. I use this a lot <a href="http://paletton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://paletton.com/</a> WCAG is important too – Making sure there is enough contrast for visually impaired people can see it. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Content_Accessibility_Guidelines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Content_Accessibility_Guidelines</a> If you removed the color from your design, it should still work and communicate clearly in black and white There are sites where you can test colors for accessibility to make sure people with different color blindness challenges can see it as intended If you take off your glasses or squint at your page and canâ€™t see what the page is doing because of color distraction, etc. you need to rethink your design Everyoneâ€™s perception of color is ultimately different. People are starting to understand warm and cool light and what that means. Pinterest is a great tool for exploring branding and colors, use it for yourself and your clients You can choose green for your eco-friendly company, but if you donâ€™t back up your marketing with action, no one will believe you Pick a main color and then maybe a secondary or tertiary color and stick to those – it gets especially hard to change colors as a company gets bigger Supreme Red <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/color/D02120/Supreme_Red" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.colourlovers.com/color/D02120/Supreme_Red</a> Heineken Green <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/color/0A7A06/Heineken_Green" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.colourlovers.com/color/0A7A06/Heineken_Green</a> Brand Guidelines â€œLike a reference guide to your companyâ€™s soulâ€ <ul> <li>Standardized color definitions</li> <li>Layout, sizing, fonts, etc.</li> </ul> Maybe go to art shows and listen to how people react to get a better idea of how people respond to art and color Design should be somewhat rigid (color) but it should also be iterative – with feedback/time, sometimes your ideas/direction will change Tiffany Blue <a href="https://www.pantone.com/crazy-about-tiffanys-the-story-behind-an-iconic-brand-color" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.pantone.com/crazy-about-tiffanys-the-story-behind-an-iconic-brand-color</a> Colors also convey feeling and emotion – beachy colors can bring to mind memories of the smell of salty air or the feeling of sand between your toes and the sound of waves Pinkest Pink <a href="https://culturehustle.com/products/pink-50g-powdered-paint-by-stuart-semple" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://culturehustle.com/products/pink-50g-powdered-paint-by-stuart-semple</a> <a href="http://stuartsemple.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://stuartsemple.com/</a> The Blackest Black Exclusive Rights <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anish-kapoor-vantablack-exclusive-rights-436610" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anish-kapoor-vantablack-exclusive-rights-436610</a> <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/2390263/WordPress_Rocks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/2390263/WordPress_Rocks</a> <a href="https://wordpress.org/about/logos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wordpress.org/about/logos/</a> Orange Pantone 1665 CMYK 6, 86, 100, 1 Hex #d54e21 RGB 213, 78, 33 <a href="https://codex.buddypress.org/official-fonts-and-logos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official Logos and Typeface</a> Your color palette on your website should follow what youâ€™ve established in your brand guidelines. If you donâ€™t have one yet, you need to develop one or get help creating it! Â Fonts, logo usage, size, proportions, colors, accepted uses, etc. Â Even if you donâ€™t have the money to hire someone to create it, you could even just start a google doc and start documenting the colors, fonts, etc that you decide to use. Document what you use and save a record of what you do for your clients. Â If they come back for repeat business (which they should!), it will save you a lot of time! The post <a href="https://www.wpwatercooler.com/video/wpblab-ep79-psychology-color-design-w-meagan-hanes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> WPblab EP79 – The Psychology of Color in Design w/ Meagan Hanes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.wpwatercooler.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WPwatercooler</a>. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

WPblab EP79 – The Psychology of Color in Design w/ Meagan Hanes