Which ad colors attract your attention?

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September 28, 2013, 3:26 pm

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I'm trying to tweak my Adsense ad colors to get the most attractive colors possible so as to attract attention from my blog readers. I want colors that don't clash with my template but also catch attention easily. Please tell me what colors you like seeing on ads and which colors turn you off?

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Beverly

Beverly

I have a yellow forum with tan ads and the colors are actually complementary. If you have a black themed background, you might try ad borders in crimson or red, or even neon green, something to contrast.

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Kat1

Kat1

Bright colors really attract me. I would have to say that neutrals really turn me off.

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Jadster

Jadster

I think that some of the main colors that grab my attention are bright colors such as pink, yellow, white (on a black forum/site) and sky blue. They just stick out to me and grab my attention away from the main site.

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Ashlyn

Ashlyn

It's OK if the background of your ads are white, if it's contrasted against a darker background, so long as you have a nice border. That will help define the ads and make them look more presentable rather than a chunk of advertising stuck in the side bar column.

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soundcloud2

soundcloud2

White background and blue links.

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mqss

mqss

You don't want Adsense ads to attract attention, you blend them with your content.

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barry

barry

Primary colors attract me. I do not much care for neon colors at all.

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Bajra

Bajra

I think Grey background ,ReD link and black font will attract more attention

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forever love

forever love

You could add a border around the ads to make them stand out from everything else. Otherwise, the ads will blend in so much an get over looked.

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AnConnor

AnConnor

Green and Blue are both professional and fit it. Other bright colors don't look as professional.

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Jagger

Jagger

You don't want Adsense ads to attract attention, you blend them with your content.

Google adsense says how you should not try to trick people into clicking on the ads by making them look like content. But, then they go on to say how you should blend them and even provide color palletes which help blend the ads with almost any template. This is kind of contradictory.

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Multimastery

Multimastery

Google adsense says how you should not try to trick people into clicking on the ads by making them look like content. But, then they go on to say how you should blend them and even provide color palletes which help blend the ads with almost any template. This is kind of contradictory.

Just take a look at Google search engine and look how blended the ads look. Sometimes it's hard for me to tell the ads from the natural search engine listings because of how even they line up the ads with search results and that ultra-light shading they have over it. But oh!, I bet if we did it our site would get banned in a heartbeat!

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shubham99

shubham99

Depend on your website,
try to use same as background colour, it looks more attractive and helps to gain more cclicks

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yagnik

yagnik

Make sure that, selected color is much enough to catch a look of traffic. But not so awkward, that irritate public to surf your landing page.

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Shortie861

Shortie861

It really depends on the kind of background you have on your website, something really bright and eye catching that does not look out of place I always find works well for any kind of advertisements.

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BlueVenom

BlueVenom

Something bright. Blue and white attract my attention.

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ShadyX

ShadyX

You should make it blend in with your websites colors. Users are probably more likely to click it if they think it is part of the content and not just another annoying ad.

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BestSevices

BestSevices

Yea you should make it blend with your website. when preparing an Ad, you can make use of a mixture of Black, Red and Blue. it all depends on your background, but make sure you don't over mix the colors so it wont look childish.

goodluck.

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Marlin

Marlin

The colors that work for me, might not be attractive to you. For instance, I like greens but not everyone thinks that is a good color to use for a website or ad scheme. Just go with your own favorite colors and try to match with your site so they don't stand out so much.

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Moazebrahim

Moazebrahim

Red, Yes the answer is Red.
Red ads attract me, I just give the advertisement a look then continue what I'm doing.

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edencaga

edencaga

Warm colors catches your attention first then blend it with its complementary color. Just take a look at some of the color principles, it might help you how to combine a better color combination. I suggest look for pantone color guide it might help you choose a good color for your ad.

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