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By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide to Desktop Publishing since 1997

What's Classic to You, Black or Blue?

Wednesday September 3, 2008
I have extensive material on color symbolism -- what colors means culturally and how people react physically and emotionally to different colors. But here's a fun and interesting twist. At Cymbolism they give you a word and its meaning then you pick one of the 19 colors they offer that goes with that word in your mind -- words like classic, busy, or spring.

As you keep selecting colors the bottom of the page shows you your selections and how they stack up to what other site visitors chose. I found that I'm with the majority with some words but not so much so with many others. Some words just don't shout any specific color to me. How useful it might be I'm not sure but I can certainly spend a lot of time playing around with it. Tell me what you think of Cymbolism.

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October 16, 2008 at 10:02 pm
(1) Online Logo Design says:

Good application (and test) of collective intelligence theory.

October 16, 2008 at 10:04 pm
(2) Logo Design Contests says:

Good application (and test case) for collective intelligence theory.

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