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9: Text doesn’t have to be black
Many businesses, regardless of whether they’re adding text to a website, descriptive copy in a brochure, or even text as a logotype, stick with the default colour presented to them by their software program – black.
To some extent, I can understand why – black is perfectly readable (a pre-requisite for a piece of communication) and not to be sniffed at. However, what black is not, is distinctive or subtle. It is also more difficult to use black to communicate that extra bit of style or class.
Fortunately, it’s easy to make an instant improvement. How? Turn black to grey.
We designed the Stone & Water identity for a small Lincolnshire based business, specialising in solid granite products. The impression of quality of the logo, along with the text example (below), were both improved by changing black to grey.
So, the next time you’re commissioning a new website, a new a piece of marketing literature or even company pencils, just think, text doesn’t have to be black.
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