Blog Post #2 Roots Project

Blog Post #1

The background of my blog is shown with books including a wide range of colors. According to color psychology, there are groups that prefer warm colors (red, yellow, and orange) and there are also groups that prefer cool colors (blue, green, and purple). I picked the different colored books because they matched the preferences of each group and therefore establishes a common ground. This allows me to appeal to my audience at a more high level exemplifying my actions of promoting diversity through this blog. Furthermore, the books signal my passion for learning and reading; therefore, this tells my audience that I am a knowledgeable source. Additionally, my adjusted title color is warm green. I believe this sort of hue prescribes to a more calm and welcoming tone to my blog. The color of hypertext links also show a sense of quietness. The original hypertext link emits as a light green color similar to the color of the page; the welcoming tone of the color gives the audience the motivation to check out the link. If the audience hovers over the hypertext link with the cursor, they can see a more slightly dark green which makes the audience more curious as to what the link might lead into. Overall, the color scheme mainly follows a more light green because it represents my interest of nature. This color scheme soothes the audience when they are reading my blog after a stressful workday. The color scheme of this blog allows me to connect with the audience at more personal level.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Moreover, the text font also gives a warmer feel to the overall blog. My blog title incorporates the Calligraffiti font, which is simply cursive writing that can be deciphered easily with a huge sized text. The conventional wisdom of cursive writing is that it carries a philosophical and natural feel. Since these two words “philosophical” and “nature” fit into my characteristics, I decided to incorporate this font for my readers to take me in as a person with wisdom. I wished to keep the normal text within the font of Times New Roman as it is a text that is readable and also simple. The character of simple fits in with me as a person. The idea of simplicity does not overwhelm the blogs viewers and also the font allows for the reader to interpret the information at a fast rate. The font within my blog reveals my welcoming nature allowing for the viewers to easily get attracted to the information.