Numerous websites go pink for October, but not many web designers dare to use the pink color as it is in their works. Why? Well, maybe because of the stupid stereotypes that pink is a feminine color and tends to be associated with "cotton candy and bubble gum and babies, especially little girls."
"Color Psychology in Online Marketing" describes pink as a color "associated with softness, sweetness, innocence, youthfulness, tenderness."
When I recently asked a friend of mine who is a freelancer what he thinks about using pink in the web design, he said it’s "too delicate…" But beneath "delicate" I read "feminine, weak." And this is unfair. I like pink. I like pink in clothes, interior, furniture, cosmetics, etc. It doesn’t feel feminine or weak, but rather empowering and energetic. And after some research I’ve done I like pink in web design.
Below is the pink web design collection – some cool pink color schemes, some interesting pink elements, some famous brands created for and by women as well as men, but the ones that nevertheless contradict the stereotype of pink as a "little girls’ color."
Suit-men - global digital entertainment company founded in Japan.
Digital Devotion is online portfolio for German web designer Klaus Lehmann.
The Happy Corp is a Global Initiative seeking improvement of gross national happiness through the invention, management, and maintenance of progressive brands and ideas.
Jibbla Computer Co. W.L.L is a businness consulting company based in Kuwait, Middle East.
Catalyst is one of four brands from High Society, a New Zealand based fashion company. Catalyst is Catalyst is jointly designed by Laurinda Sutcliffe and Jane Laird.
Grapefruit Graphics is a freelance Web & graphic design services gency. now in the process of redesign.
Goodmorning Technology is a strategic designhouse with an integrated approach to graphic design, industrial design and user-interface design.
Tickled Pink Designz is a creative design agency based in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and focuses on helping small business with their website and logo design needs.
Pink Feet Photography is a lincolnshire based photography company who specialises in portrait and wedding photography.
The Rocket Science Group - another business consulting agency :)
Victoria's Secret is the women's fashion clothing brand.
T-mobile is one of the leading cellular and wireless internet services company.
Cosmive is the online portfolio of a web designer named Uzair.
CSS Season is a daily updated web design gallery showcasing CSS-based websites.
Delicious Days - a food blog by German couple in Munich, Nicky & Oliver.
CSS Princess is project with the main idea of promoting and supporting beautiful and interesting css sites made by women.
LIWL, or Lost in Wonderland, is the blog of Isa, 28-year-old photography and web design enthusiast.
James Ryan Merket CBS Interactive is the online portfolio of a California-based web designer James Ryan Merket.
Moddular - stuff about html, css, javascript and flash by Andrew Walker, a web developer from South-East England.
Pepto-bismol is a website for an over-the-counter drug produced by the Procter and Gamble company used to treat minor digestive system upset.
MTheory Design is artistic portfolio of Lisa Michitti.
CSS Hazard is the showcase created by Kazuma Ieiri from Tokyo, Japan.
Ungarbage is the online portfolio of Brazilian web and graphic designer Mourylise Heymer Marreiros.
Teamworx is Ireland’s retail recruitment and fashion experts agency established by Dale Powell and Denise Brady back in 2002.
Thomas Pink - a website for a designer brand and boutique closing store from London’s Jermyn Street.
Owens Corning is a website for one of the market leading glass fiber technology company.
Pink Balloon - website for baloon company.
OKSuzi - Marketing Services Company.
Picspack.de is a picture archive where users can upload their pictures in high resolution up to 1200×1200 pixels.
Helen Walker
