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Preferences in color

by DesignWarrior
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I've done several e-covers recently and wanted to ask if you could help me make some decisions. I want to create around 20 generic or, standard lets say, e-covers. Basically I will create the background, stand point and the header, then I would simply fill in the content and add a few custom options to make each one unique. My question is this, what colors are of preference right now? The last several I have done were all shades of green or blue. Are those the colors most prefer? The deeper colors, say blue, green, black or likes? Would yellows, oranges, turquoise or even red be of interest do you think?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon MacPherson
    Hi Design Warrior,

    I say let the people choose.

    Go to places like the clickbank marketplace and look for the most popular products with ecovers.

    Good Luck, Jon
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  • Profile picture of the author DesignWarrior
    Hmm. I figured that would be majority rules Thanks for posting back. I thought there may be some demand for "QUICK" e-covers. Say if someone needed one within an hour, if I have the major work done, adding content could be easily finished in a very short amount of time. I figure I will stick with the old fashion way then.
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    • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
      Originally Posted by DesignWarrior View Post

      Say if someone needed one within an hour, if I have the major work done, adding content could be easily finished in a very short amount of time.
      Can't you put the color on its own layer?

      Have the raw color on one layer, the content on another, and a highlighting layer on top to fake the 3-d effect with multiplication blending. Then you can just recolor the one layer to change the ebook's color.
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      • Profile picture of the author DesignWarrior
        Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

        Can't you put the color on its own layer?

        Have the raw color on one layer, the content on another, and a highlighting layer on top to fake the 3-d effect with multiplication blending. Then you can just recolor the one layer to change the ebook's color.
        Ok now I feel really lame, why didn't I think of that? I certainly can do it like this and what a time saver. Your a genius! Thanks to you for your post. GREATLY APPRECIATED!
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  • Profile picture of the author Dre25
    I like black backgrounds with a nice color green for text and script.
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  • Profile picture of the author chadmunsey
    If you really want to get into it do a little research on color theory. There are definitely colors that "sell" and colors that don't. As well as what color combination's will provoke a desired response. It is quite a science when you really get into it and it can make a big difference in your bottom line.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kezz
    I do a lot of looking around at the templates and colors of the day, and I have spotted a prevalent theme, and that is blue. There is definitely a majority of designs, that I've seen anyway, using different shades of blue as the base color, and then combining it with a highlight color such as green, yellow or red.

    That may or may not mean that's what you should go with for your own stuff, but in terms of a majority, that's what I've seen.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tracey_Meagher
    The colours people want will have a strong correlation with the market their product is in. I notice that software and scripts often have clean blue colours with maybe an orange compliment. What I call 'Tactic' ebooks that teach people to dominate some market or method are often black or dark greens.

    There are definitely customs and trends when it comes to specific types of products.
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  • Profile picture of the author staffelseo
    go to adobe.kuler.c*m that woul give you a head start in color combinations
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