Brand Color Part 6: Is Your Color Orange?

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If your brand attributes communicate vitality, productivity, and strength – orange is the color for you. With hues ranging from tangerine to persimmon, orange is an energetic color that can symbolize optimism and enthusiasm. According to Empower Yourself With Color Psychology, use orange to “suggest adventure, fun, optimism. It imparts a message that it is affordable yet reasonable quality, sociable and easy-going.” The complementary color is blue. Companies with the brand color orange include:

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When Not to Use Orange: Be careful when using orange in business; apply it sparingly as it tends to be the most disliked color in the western world.

Shades of Orange:

A softer version of orange, such as peach is favorable in beauty salons, spas and treatment centers and upper class restaurants.
Sports teams can use this vibrant color in their team colors to suggest energy, flamboyance and adventure. It is also a great color to use on toys for young children, along with other bright primary and secondary colors.

Watch the Reach Personal Branding video on the attributes of the color orange:

It is easier for businesses to associate with brand attributes of the company, i.e., trustworthy, secure and loyal, but for individuals it is sometimes hard to determine which color best communicates different brand attributes. This is helpful once you have your Reach 360° Survey assessment results. To determine the color of your brand, contact Robin to get started. If you think orange is your color, comment below and tell us what makes you orange.

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