Hello,

 

Just finished the desktop version of my website and would love to hear what you guys think.

 

Please note:

 

1- It is NOT responsive yet (should be soon but not yet)

2 - I am aiming at small and medium size companies hence the friendly yet professional approach instead of the creative.

 

The page is:

 

http://brighterwebdesign.co.uk/

 

any comments are really appreacited.

 

Many thanks

Hi, I really like the look of your site. It is very professional looking. I also like that you chose to go with red. It is not something that you see as often and I think it really helps make the site standout. I think it is great and looks ready to go, if I were to give one critique (and I stress I have been debating with myself on this), the font you use for your company logo, doesn't seem to fit the name brighter, it feels "old world" or something, and when I think brighter, I think fun and hip. Just a thought. Not sure if it is something to even think about, but I always like to give everyone that first impression feel when I look at their page.

not keen on the logo font - it's not papyrus is it?

 

"Welcome to Brighter Web Design, North West England Web Designer Professionals"
'web design preofessionals' maybe. not sure about the double navigation - not outright bad or good. hmmm. seems like duplication.

 

fully justified text looks ugly - and would benefit from more padding

 

call to action on e.g. http://brighterwebdesign.co.uk/website-bespoke-design.html#brochure-webdesign would be better as a button to stand out

 

the red works and overall it's ok.

Hi, I really like the look of your site. It is very professional looking. I also like that you chose to go with red. It is not something that you see as often and I think it really helps make the site standout. I think it is great and looks ready to go, if I were to give one critique (and I stress I have been debating with myself on this), the font you use for your company logo, doesn't seem to fit the name brighter, it feels "old world" or something, and when I think brighter, I think fun and hip. Just a thought. Not sure if it is something to even think about, but I always like to give everyone that first impression feel when I look at their page.

Thanks a lot for your feedback, you're absolutelly right with the logo, it needs changing, I myself have been debating with myself over it so the fact that you feel the same thing only shows that the logo needs to go. Thanks again.

actually thinking about it being *brighter* web design i wondered why you chose red as your brand colour?

Hi dap, sorry I didn't see your reply until now. thanks for taking the time to review my website.

not keen on the logo font - it's not papyrus is it?

 

"Welcome to Brighter Web Design, North West England Web Designer Professionals"
'web design preofessionals' maybe.

Yes, it is papyrus, clever arse! lol well, logo is being changed, agree with you it is awful.

 

thanks for spotting the typo there, changed it.

 

" not sure about the double navigation - not outright bad or good. hmmm. seems like duplication."

taking in consideration my main public is owners of small and medium business and not tech savvy people, I'm just trying to fool proof the page and make it as easy to understand as possible.

 

"fully justified text looks ugly - and would benefit from more padding"

which page do you refer to? the index page ''Why choose us'' area has a lot of justified text, it's there to make it look square without the need of a border, I agree with you regarding the padding, I will add some more padding.

the other internal pages are also justified but I think there's plenty of padding on it so I am guessing you're referring to the index.html ''why choose us'' section, right?

 

 

"call to action on e.g. http://brighterwebdesign.co.uk/website-bespoke-design.html#brochure-webdesign would be better as a button to stand out"

 

the call to action is there, right at the bottom of the page, big red button, didn't want place one between each subsection (brochure, ecommerce, cms) because I was afraid it would look too busy as I have three subsections in that page, so I placed a discreet one and a big one at the bottom. what do you think? does it make sense?

 

"the red works and overall it's ok."

 

obviously not to your taste, but that's ok, we're all different.

 

actually thinking about it being *brighter* web design i wondered why you chose red as your brand colour?

 

the red colour was chosen because I am sick of the blue / black websites and red is a exciting color while still quite professional, I can tell you don't like red hah yeah, the website is called brighter, bet you're thinking it should be yellow with sparking lights somewhere, I personally think it would be too cliche....

 

thanks for your review.

I'll be honest with you – it's bad. This is the way how websites were done like 5 years ago, the structure is old-fashioned, the graphics looks ugly (yea, you can of course blame it on "everyone has different taste")

 

I'm being harsh only because you are actually offering webdesign services, so your site should look more modern and professional.

 

To give something constructive:

1) Change the logo

2) NEVER use justified text on web

3) Less is more – noone will read all the text you got there, focus on short and brief headlines

4) Add "Our work" section

Even though seeking a review is "asking for it", I've never really understood the purpose of being so harsh in an answer - other than making yourself look like a ____. So, now that the harsh criticism is out of the way, how 'bout something that's actually constructive...

 

Disregarding any opinion about your website, because that is just what it is - only an opinion, this is what I would do if I were you:

 

1 - Look at the name of your design company. Does reflect who you are as a person and the unique value you are offering?

2 - Look at the website you've designed for yourself. Does it reflect who you are as a person and the unique value you are offering?

3 - Look at your personality and unique value you are offering. Is it relevant to the market you are targeting?

 

If all of the above is true, then it doesn't matter what anyone else has to say. If your target market likes it, that's all that matters.

Iems - i generally agree with harsh criticism not being useful but in this case i think flay has a good reason (she does offer web design) AND offered constructive criticism. think of it as focused and hard hitting

 

there are things that fall under term opinion and then there are those that fall under good practice: justified text with the current lack of hypencation support and other adjustments found in programmes such as indesign mean that using fully justified text is not good design on the web, unless you like those rivers of whitespace

 

i think most people would agree that the text is a bit wordy

 

no professional is going to suggest ever that using papyrus as a logo font for web design is a good idea

 

 

@luizarios re: the red - it works fine as i said but there's ntohing cliched about picking a colour that reflects your brand - does a mid to dark red make customers think of brighter? and acutally i was thinking more of hot pinks like those in your avatar

 

if your selling a brighter experience i.e. friendly, easy (for the customer) professional yet approachable then colours and logo and elements need to reflect that. the site could still be quite dark but with bright highlights (well would be hard to have dark ones i guess) - a kind of light shining in the dark and daunting world of web design (in customers' eyes)

Even though seeking a review is "asking for it", I've never really understood the purpose of being so harsh in an answer - other than making yourself look like a ____. So, now that the harsh criticism is out of the way, how 'bout something that's actually constructive...

 

Disregarding any opinion about your website, because that is just what it is - only an opinion, this is what I would do if I were you:

 

1 - Look at the name of your design company. Does reflect who you are as a person and the unique value you are offering?

2 - Look at the website you've designed for yourself. Does it reflect who you are as a person and the unique value you are offering?

3 - Look at your personality and unique value you are offering. Is it relevant to the market you are targeting?

 

If all of the above is true, then it doesn't matter what anyone else has to say. If your target market likes it, that's all that matters.

thanks for your kind words in a particular hard day, it has lighten up my day thanks again

Iems - i generally agree with harsh criticism not being useful but in this case i think flay has a good reason (she does offer web design) AND offered constructive criticism. think of it as focused and hard hitting

 

dap, you're wrong there, the fact I am trying to make a living as a web designer makes things worse, if you're a plumber and someone says your website is awful you think '' well, my website is not good but my plumber services will speak for me'' if you're a web designer and someone says your website is awful then you think ''well I'm fu**ed, that's what I have been studying for the past 2 years and it's all wrong, I'm a terrible designer and will never make it!'' so those words are a lot more hurtful for a web designer than to anybody else.

 

People on the internet forget that other people also has feelings and a self-confidence to be destroyed with comments. I'm not referring to your posts btw, I had some very good feedback from you and you can probably see I've made changes to my website to reflect it, I'm talking about Flay. That's how people's brain react:

 

logo needs changing = Ok, I agree, will get someone to design a better logo

justifying doesn't look good = Thanks for the tip, will change.

add more padding = good idea, will sort it

user brighter colors = hm.. maybe later

 

now when you read this:

 

"I'll be honest with you – it's bad. This is the way how websites were done like 5 years ago, the structure is old-fashioned, the graphics looks ugly (yea, you can of course blame it on "everyone has different taste")"

 

what do I think?

 

 

1- The whole site is bad, so it's all lost and I suck! Believing "everyone has different taste" is just a poor excuse bad designers like me use.

2- I've wasted all those years studying html, css, javascript, php, java and the likes, I am a rubbish and will never make anything worth showing the word

3 - I've wasted one month of my life doing a bad website

4- I can't not even make my own website, I'm goig to starve to death

 

 

Luckily I always take the opinion of a forum newcomer with a big pinch of salt, for the site structure for example, it is rubish, here's a list of successful website that have a similar structure:

 

http://www.artistsweb.co.uk/

http://www.dotlogics.com/

http://www.cheapwebdesign.co.uk/

and even our so popular host has a similar structure: http://www.heartinternet.co.uk

 

TBH I just ignored his opinion and wouldn't even bother commenting had you not commented on it too.

 

Yeah, I do plan to have a flashy slideshow as you can see by the space I left with a class called slideshow, but that's when I have a bit more money to pay someone to design nice graphics. I left a decent clerical job in an accounts office 2 years ago to start my own business, it has failed so I decided to learn web design and make a career out of it, it was the leap of faith and I am desperately trying to convince myself it was not the wrong thing to do, I haven't seen money in a while so trying to make a website with what I have in hands. That's why I'm aiming at small to medium companies who will be less fussy about it and as Iems very wise words said '' If your target market likes it, that's all that matters."

While it could've been worded better Flay does make some good points - ignoring his words simply because he's a forum newcomer won't do you any good in the long run (I'm a newcomer for example but have been a web designer for over 15 years)

 

You should take what he says with a pinch of salt, I agree with his 'constructive criticism' with regards to a less is more approach; people want a web designer, not someone who can write copy and potential clients will be more attracted to sites with more graphics and examples of your work to sell yourself. For me, your company is called Brighter Web Design… why is it designed with a relatively dark palette of reds? Red also has negative effects with user experience, not to mention people with colour blindness, maybe investigate using blue as it's a relatively neutral (but bright) colour. I would also look to replace the stock 3d white men icons with something a bit more modern.

 

Don't get too downhearted - web design is a constant learning experience and you'll always see other sites use new techniques/trends that you want to implement into yours, I should know, I've been trying to design my own site for years and I'm only now relatively fully happy with it.

 

Designing your own website is the hardest project you'll ever do as you're your own worst critic so despite the way Flay worded his comments, try to take them in your stride and use them constructively rather than disregarding them completely as you'll never please everyone and you'll never always have happy clients. It's best to grow a thick skin when you're putting your work out feedback as sometimes you won't always like what you see.

Edited February 20, 201412 yr by Bobby Anderson

Jumping in a little late here, Luizarios but I have some points to add and hopefully get this topic back on track.

 

I know what your saying L, but I wouldn't take it to heart. I like the take the perspective of people that give these sort of reviews are so passionate about what they do they have a strong belief system in the right way things should be done. Doesnt have to be yours too. Certainly disheartening to hear your site is "bad" but its one persons views. Personally I like it but its always better to be detached and just take the positives from points being brought up.

 

Overall the site is clean clear and stands out well. I like the colour contrast at the top and the glowing behind the laptops matches the name of your company well. Glad you never chose a yellow website and stuck to subtle references personally. This would be nice if new images or information come into this area (though you might be planning that?)

 

It looks like you have spent a long time designing the website and not so long on the logo, a lot of others have made this point but to me thats the only real thing that lets the site down. Its not too bad but I dont like that font - it isnt anywhere else and it looks pixelated to me.

 

Where you have the second menu it might be nice to have them with a hover state too, so that people know they are click-able?

 

the images at the bottom might be a little irrelevant. Not a huge deal but Im being picky.

 

The footers great but might not be center aligned?

 

The site has a professional design that a lot of larger company's use. I speak with a senior web designer at a company in london and a lot and his work is in this style. The footer contact form makes you look approachable and overall it is nice.

 

Thats my take on it, you certainly have good design skills, keep it up

Edited February 20, 201412 yr by danners2003

Bobby - are you confusing me with Flay?

Bobby - are you confusing me with Flay?

 

Haha yes, apologies… I'll edit if I can

@bobby lol np

 

btw luizarios (and anyone else) - for images like your video frame that sits on the red background you can use an 8-bit png with alpha transparency (fireworks can natively export these, photoshop can't without help) or better still use an online service lke https://tinypng.com/ takes it from around 112kb (?) to around 36kb every little bit helps

 

also https://kraken.io/

Edited February 20, 201412 yr by dap

While it could've been worded better Flay does make some good points - ignoring his words simply because he's a forum newcomer won't do you any good in the long run (I'm a newcomer for example but have been a web designer for over 15 years)

The reason why I ignored him was not because he is a newcomer, it was because his initial opinion on the website structure being outdated was utter rubbish, nothing to do with him being a newcomer, as previously said, I take it with a pinch of salt if I don't know the newcomers yet but some newcomers, such as my friend danners2003 who has just posted here, for example, is highly knowledgeable and every post he writes is worth being saved for reference later. BandrableWeb is another newcomer who seems to know what he's saying. I am, myself, only a ''dedicated member'' so haven't got this many posts either. Only I tend to trust people I've seen other good posts over people I've barely seen and I think this is quite reasonable.

 

 

W Don't get too downhearted - web design is a constant learning experience and you'll always see other sites use new techniques/trends that you want to implement into yours, I should know, I've been trying to design my own site for years and I'm only now relatively fully happy with it.

 

Designing your own website is the hardest project you'll ever do as you're your own worst critic so despite the way Flay worded his comments, try to take them in your stride and use them constructively rather than disregarding them completely as you'll never please everyone and you'll never always have happy clients. It's best to grow a thick skin when you're putting your work out feedback as sometimes you won't always like what you see.

 

 

very truth, thanks for your review.

It looks like you have spent a long time designing the website and not so long on the logo, a lot of others have made this point but to me thats the only real thing that lets the site down. Its not too bad but I dont like that font - it isnt anywhere else and it looks pixelated to me.

 

You're absolutely right about this, I've taken a month on the site and 10 minutes on the logo LOL but nevermind, I can't draw if my life depended on it so I have some graphic designer doing me a new logo (why does it take them so long thou? can't wait to see it!)

 

Where you have the second menu it might be nice to have them with a hover state too, so that people know they are click-able?

Very good point, I will get this sorted today.

 

The footers great but might not be center aligned?

Another great point. I increased site width and forgot to increase the inside div's width

The site has a professional design that a lot of larger company's use. I speak with a senior web designer at a company in london and a lot and his work is in this style. The footer contact form makes you look approachable and overall it is nice.

 

Thats my take on it, you certainly have good design skills, keep it up

 

Thanks very much for your review, I really appreciate you've taken the time to write it. Some very interesting points raised that I will definitely address.

Edited February 20, 201412 yr by luizarios

@luizarios acutally i was thinking more of hot pinks like those in your avatar

 

Brighter pink? Are you joking? I'm a girl in a men's profession, how am I supposed to earn my customer's respect? On top of being a girl, I'm also a girly girl? What's next? Turn up dressed in a princess dress at my customer's meetings?

 

Jokes aside I get your point, might try a brighter red sometime soon. Point taken.

 

Bobby - are you confusing me with Flay?

 

Bobby is putting words in my mouth, I think he wants you and I to fight!

Edited February 20, 201412 yr by luizarios

No problem mate will be interested to see how you go about turning this responsive with those two menus when the time comes.

No problem mate will be interested to see how you go about turning this responsive with those two menus when the time comes.

 

I will hide the lower menu, I get the feeling hiding content is naughty but in this case I genuinely believe it could be hidden without the user losing much. what do you think?

I will hide the lower menu, I get the feeling hiding content is naughty but in this case I genuinely believe it could be hidden without the user losing much. what do you think?

I would probably do the same. I quoted on a job to turn a site responsive that had a small menu at the top as well as a main menu a few weeks back. I usually use menu buttons that show the menu when you tap but it'd look a bit odd if there was two of them.

 

The page can be access easily by the links in the ticks above anyway so if you did take that option your right about the user not losing much.

I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. I just don't like telling people it's good when it's not. From my experience, people (myslef included) usually get better from hard criticism rather than soft and kind comments, just so the author doesn't get offended by any chance. I would rather hear a very harsh comment on my work from a great designer than kind and cheering comment from someone average.

 

Now, of course, I don't want to sound cocky by calling myself a "good designer", but I do believe that I have more experience with web-design than you. I was just trying to help.

 

I said the structure is out-dated. You countered that this was a utter rubbish opinion. Ok, let me explain:

1. Modern approach is showing only the most important and relevant information, short headlines, brief copy, few call-to-action elements. I will use your link – http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/ – do you really think that your website and this website are on the same page about this? You actually linked a perfect example of how this should be done.
2. You don't have any call-to-action elements on the homepage at all. You are offering the user a big number of options with the same priority – this is part of structuring the layout, knowing your goals and how you want to lead the user throughout the website.
3. Don't get me wrong. "Old-fashined" doesn't necessarily mean it's all wrong – it's just too "classic" and template-ish.

 

I would probably do the same. I quoted on a job to turn a site responsive that had a small menu at the top as well as a main menu a few weeks back. I usually use menu buttons that show the menu when you tap but it'd look a bit odd if there was two of them.

 

The page can be access easily by the links in the ticks above anyway so if you did take that option your right about the user not losing much.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who hides the odd menu to easy mobile navigation heh I'm going to use this amazing tutorial to create a menu:

 

http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/css-responsive-navigation-menu

 

 

 

I will post responsive web design soon

Edited February 20, 201412 yr by luizarios

Not really sure what to add to that now Ive been put in my place haha but I will say that there is a web agency in Colchester (not naming any names because they're great people) that has a site that looks f***ing terrible, everything is images and standard text settings on h1 tags etc. that have been run off their feet since December. Now they might not be the most amazing designers in the world and I might not be either but god damn I made a lot of money this month.

 

 

I couldnt get on with that tutorial though my phones old. I built something simple in jquery that works well. Ill send it over if that doesnt work for you.

 

Also:

 

a {
   outline: 0;
}

Not really sure what to add to that now Ive been put in my place haha but I will say that there is a web agency in Colchester (not naming any names because they're great people) that has a site that looks f***ing terrible, everything is images and standard text settings on h1 tags etc. that have been run off their feet since December. Now they might not be the most amazing designers in the world and I might not be either but god damn I made a lot of money this month.

 

My first web designer customer was a guy who wanted his website in black and bright yellow, he actually sent me the color pallets and it was awful. When I asked why he replied ;"those are my football team colors and I love my football team! " as funny as this might sound that's exactly what happens to some designers, it's not all about you and how many bells and whistles you can attach to your pretty website, it's about how your customer sees it. To review a website you have to put yourself on the shoes of the targeting market and that's why I mentioned on my first post I was targeting small to medium business, thankfully most of you understood I was after something traditional over creative.

 

danners, your website does just that, when a busy small business owner from Colchester look at it they know you are the local guy, it's straight to the point which is important because they don't have time to see all the super cool effects and pictures, they're busy people you know? They don't like computers that much so it's good that the site is easy to understand. Goal! As Iems wisely said, if your customers like it, then you're successful.

 

I've seen a very beautiful arty website I loved and was planning to use as inspiration, out of curiosity I asked someone I know who owns a small company what he thought and he said: " that guy must've been on acid when he made this page, the drawings look like child's stuff and all those buttons moving when i put the mouse on it makes me queasy! He must be one of those irresponsible guys who never grows up! " He was a freelancer looking to work for big agencies so his website did meet it's purpose as agencies will have the mind frame to understand it but not the small business owner so I personally think it's all about understanding the audience... Forgetting a bit about yourself and all the cool things you can do and view the website through a small / medium size company owner.

 

 

I couldnt get on with that tutorial though my phones old. I built something simple in jquery that works well. Ill send it over if that doesnt work for you.

 

Also:

 

a {
   outline: 0;
}

I haven't tried it yet.. Just found the tutorial and love the menu's look, I will try and if it doesn't work I will steal your code! Mwahahahahahahahah!!! Only joking... (no I wasn't joking! but he will never know) hah

That's exactly right. I find a lot of new style websites hard to navigate and usually close them but as you say those people are looking for jobs in a similar fashion to the sites they've built. I try to keep in mind how my mother is on the internet when I build things because any messing around and she'll turn it off also doesnt bother with small writing or bad contrasts on text.

 

Ive had a lot of work ruined by clients ideas but Id rather give people what they really want

 

Cheers mate appreciate the positive feedback. My site defiantly needs some work done some time soon I need to clean up a lot of the code. I wouldn't mind rebuilding it completely to make it more simple actually. definitely more words and learn to write copy.

 

lol yeah its a nice effect I tried putting it into a wordpress site and couldnt get on with it. I think that was the problem - my ways better

I am going to take the middle ground, I think that unless someone hears the truth its unhelpful as they would not ever know what needs work, but whenever I give critique I always try to give helpful hints and solutions to solve the design issues, my assessments are mostly based on design principles and coding experience.

 

The overall design is not all that bad, there are some design elements that need some work to bring it up to date but other than that I think that what you have there, in general, works well

 

I believe someone has already mentioned the logo so I will skip that except to say it needs a complete rework

 

The reason why your site looks dated is because of the gradients, shadows, patterns, images and fonts you have used, it has nothing to do with the layout, although I believe a little more white space between some elements could improve its feel the layout is pretty good, its simple, easy to use and assessable which is all a website layout needs to be.

 

You have used a bevel around the main image on the homepage, if you remove that border altogether I think it might look much better, just the mac on its own would improve white space (in your case red lol) and give it that feel of air that it needs.

 

The images you have used all around the site are very blasé, have you looked into glyphs? Glyphs will add a whole new dimension to the site.

 

just to interrupt my assessment for a moment, I think you have the perfect layout for a flat design, check them out they are so, so cool

 

I also have to mention that I think I read someone say you have no 'call to action', I think the email form at the bottom is a call to action.

 

- back to the assessment

 

I see that you have used a black boarder on top of your footer, I would remove this, the reason why is because there is so much contrast between the white and red its not necessary so removing it will once again make the site look just a tiny bit cleaner.

 

I would also remove the pattern overlays in the footer and the copyright section, also the breadcrumb section on the other pages, a simple colour should suffice, we want peoples eyes to be on your content, not your header or footer.

 

The typography does need a lot of work, look up some font combinations and try them, you could really boost the site by using more than just basic fonts, dont just use basic fonts and bold them, find different fonts that work together (make sure they are still readable).

 

I have your site open as I type this and I have just this second noticed the second menu below the header image, not good, it needs to stand out if you put it there, easily missed.

 

Tone your colour down a bit, personally I love this http://2012.buildconf.com/ but there are so many great colour combinations that look really good, like these for example http://www.surlarouteencore.com/ , http://www.rubicon-world.com/ and none of them look nearly as dark as yours.

 

Could you tell me why you chose red? was there a reason because I tend to avoid red, not out of principle or because it looks bad but simply because of what red can signify, danger to most people but it also shows passion or desire, - the first always puts me a little off lol.

 

You need a little interactivity, show off some skills, show some of the things you can do within your own site, dont just rely on your portfolio, let your portfolio website sell itself, I looked on the 'what we do' page for example and clicked on one of the links, disappointed that I was taken to another page rather than see you show off a little and using a slide reveal and hide content.

 

'who we are' dont do big blocks of text, I would stick to about 10 words per line, max 10 lines maybe, well you dont really have to stick to that but you get the point I think.

 

please, please get rid of that silly shadow behind the phone number.

 

When you build a website, build it and then remove everything that is not essential to the design, patterns, shadows, bevels, gradients etc

 

last good note, I love the coding, very clean..

 

I hope this has been useful.

 

ps

 

 

I can't draw if my life depended on it so I have some graphic designer doing me a new logo (why does it take them so long thou? can't wait to see it!)

 

Firstly you dont need to be able to draw, as long as you get the general gist of what its suppose to be, and you are able to use illustrator or another vector program, you will not have any issues. The reason it takes so long is because its not a simple case of 'lets try this or that', there is some actual research involved and several reviews, one of the things I start off with is writing words down, so for example if i wanted to make a light bulb logo I would research its history and write some down, I would take words of what it is and what it does and how it could possibly be used and write that down too. The next thing I would do is draw about 10 concepts based on those words, then do it again and again, then choose 3 of the best and make them in illustrator, then I would work them up to a point where I am happy with one of them. - not a slow process.. patience is the key, the fact they are taking some time is most the time a good sign.

Edited February 21, 201412 yr by Fuzzy Logic

Could you tell me why you chose red? was there a reason because I tend to avoid red, not out of principle or because it looks bad but simply because of what red can signify, danger to most people but it also shows passion or desire, - the first always puts me a little off lol.

 

Hi Fuzzy,

 

Thanks so very much for writing such a comprehensive review, really appreciate the time you've taken and you've made some very good points, this means I will be busy for the next days making changes to the website also, thanks for the pages you've shared, really useful for inspiration.

 

Everybody seems to be intrigued by me choosing red heh to me, red means energy, passion, radiance, determination and glamour. When I think of red it reminds me of the red carpet. I'm Brazilian, been living in England for many years and I think red describes my Latin personality perfectly, I'm bold and have an energetic personality and I'm very passionate about life in general, I can't sit still for a minute etc Blue wouldn't suit me...

Edited February 21, 201412 yr by luizarios

Sounds like a good reason to me lol

 

Just remember, as you have described to me without even realising it, colour means different things to different cultures so depending on who you are targeting will depend on whether the colour you are using is appropriate.