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Roses are red and violets are blue, but what color signage will work best for you?
by Ryan Ashworth, Account Representative / Excelsus Solution
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PART I: The Significance of Color
Blood red and clean white, evenly spaced, and spun together on a pole, what is it? It’s a barber shop’s pole. Do you know why these are
chosen colors for almost all barber shops? Well, the reason spans back before the invention of modern medicine. The “barber shops’” of
the middle age was a one stop shop for shaving, surgery, teeth pulling, and a number of other painful activities. At the end of the day the
barber shop would wash the used linens and hang them on a pole to dry. Some were stained blood red while others were white. As the
wind dried the cloths they would spin around and get twisted. Hence, this became the symbol of the town barber shop!
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Colors are everywhere in human life. When used correctly, color can multiply the impact of your communications. Conversely, a poorly
designed color scheme will cause confusion with your target customer, or worse send them to the arms of the competition.
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This three-part series is written to help you choose colors for your upcoming marketing promotions, presentations, mailers, website,
and any other piece of your company’s marketing collateral. Part I goes through color meanings, Part II covers how to correctly pair and
choose colors, and Part III are examples of color selection.
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