Black is the New Green | joomla-design-blogs

Hathway Technology Group LLC. is striving for a greener future, but this future just so happens to be black. Black is color that truly is the lack of color. When this color is applied on a computer screen it is easy to see how this lack of color could save power. When a pixel has to emit no color, in order to show black, that pixels takes up no energy to do so. The brighter the color a pixel has to emit the more energy that pixel is going to consume.

Changing your sites template to a darker one is one step to make your growing company a greener one. Once your site has a darker template you will helping your cliental save money on there power bill. Heap Media is leading this idea with their darken google theme at blackle.com. If you don't want to let your current template go, just go through the templates style sheets and darken the colors used, scared to touch them well that why we, Hathway Technology Group LLC., are here waiting to help you.

This trend, if designed affectively, can be utilized to increase the points of focus on your site. Dark colors are easier on the eyes then brighter ones, so keeping the background dark and the foreground lighter will bring the viewer's focus to the foreground. For the amount of time people spend on computers now-a-days, a darker, more viewing friendly may increase the amount of time viewers will stay on your site.

 


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