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    Business Card Colour

    Hi peeps,

    Im designing a new business card for our firm and really looking to make it very vibrant and sleek.

    What colour do you think stands out best?

    Bright Yellow / Black type
    Bright,Sky blue / White type

    What colours do you guys think really hits off on business cards?

    Any ideas or color codes will be great.

    Thank you.

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    The colour is any product is very important, it's very hard to direct you when you haven't told us what your business does. But Yellow on Black will definitely stand out!

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    Here's a link to a great infographic on the most powerful colours in the world:

    Business Blog / The Most Powerful Colors in the World by COLOURlovers :: COLOURlovers
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    You're putting the cart before the horse. What does the company do? What's their image? What are you trying to portray with the business card? Should it be big and brash, or calm and refined? Once you've answered those questions, the colour should pick itself.
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    Hey,

    Thanks for a quick and good response, the question was very bland and vague.

    I am referring to people in PRINT, and what colours they see off the press which are very bright and vibrant.
    My work is more online than print, and we do have print jobs but very bland (what the company likes) so as you can understand I dont have great understanding of which bright CMYK colours really stand out and are shockingly vibrant.

    The cart is firmly behind the horse - it is for a new marketing/advertising company, we have full control of their identity, thats why we are forward thinking of the colours we are going to use for print...


    I have been looking at -
    306 with white type.
    102 with black type.

    Also adding Spot UV colours on the type and logo design.


    If anyone has any really good bright pantone colour combinations or ideas would be great!

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    I still think you missed my point. The colours should come out of the identity, which should have an idea behind it. So if the idea is to do with (and this is a horrible cliche) 'blue sky thinking', that leads me to think of certain colours. There should be a reason to pick the colours, not just "We want something bright."
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    You can't guarantee if a CMYK swatch is going to look vibrant overtime. Each swatch can be at either end of it's tolerance. This is the reason for choosing a Spot Colour as there is no variants in colour tolerance.

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    Thanks Toppers, Ill definitely look into that :)

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    No worries!

    My post should read "vibrant overtime" not "overtime".
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    It's been a long day. "Everytime" not "Overtime"!

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