: Colors based on category types I'm curious as to what type of colors would be good to use based on these categories High school College Military Corporate Business Charities Thanks!

@Rivera951

Hm.. I think your question is very difficult, because answers could be wildly random: any colour could do pretty much any job, it is utterly dependent on context. You could have a pink university, and you could have a shocking yellow business. Context is everything. Then of course; how you use that pink or screaming yellow: it could work, if supporting colours and design elements are good talent cast in supporting roles.

All that said, as a brainstorming on the extremely generic categories, here is a very quickly thrown-toghether thing. It would need hours of refinement, but in the case of a colour for a category, my brainstorming would start here.


Light green for high school (youth)
Bold red for uni (we are bold, and know what we are doing!)
Blue-green for millitary (insignia, branches)
Pale blue for corporate (mild, gentle, traditional, steady)
Dullish grey-blue-ish for business (solid no-nonsense)
Warm yellow for charities (hope)


However, if you ask for colours that would indicate the categories, as in a list, I would make them all a little more uniform.

Just a thought.

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