Do you think colours influence web viewers?

[samoliver]

Hi all

I'm a newbie to the forum I hope I've posted this in the most appropriate section.

I am new in graphic and web design. I've decided to investigate how color may influence a viewer visiting a website.

If you could spare me a few moments to answer my questions it would help me out enormously!

So...

When visiting a website do you pay any particular attention to the color scheme? I.e. how well thought out it is and how it fits in with the overall theme of the website and its purpose?

Have you found that web designers tend to stick to pastel colors when designing female orientated websites? Or does anything go?

What would you consider to be the 'safest' color scheme which will work with practically any website and why?

Thanks very much in advance!

 

[digitaldesperad]

of course colours influence web viewers..because colour have their own language..a good example is:
white:it is the cleanliness and clarity, but also simplicity. A white background with some poor content can be a failure...the colour must respect the content of that site..