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What Colour should hyperlinks be?
Blue
A Good Link is Always Blue. The principle formalized by psychology as the Mere Exposure Effect teaches us that the more familiar something is, the more appealing it is. The default color of a hyperlink in a browser, is blue.
How do you make text look like a hyperlink?
Select the text or picture that you want to display as a hyperlink. Press Ctrl+K. You can also right-click the text or picture and click Link on the shortcut menu. In the Insert Hyperlink box, type or paste your link in the Address box.
How do you indicate a link?
Guidelines for Visualizing Links
- To maximize the perceived affordance of clickability, color and underline the link text.
- Assuming the link text is colored, it’s not always absolutely necessary to underline it.
- Don’t underline any text that’s not a link, even if your links aren’t underlined.
What color is the link color?
Hyperlinks are blue for two reasons, depending on who you believe. Blue looks like a default choice. The background is already gray, the text is already black, and light colors don’t show up well on a black/white color scheme.
Why do links have to be blue in CSS?
If you decide to make links blue, then make sure no other text (including headings) is blue, because users will expect it to be a link, too. Also, don’t underline text that isn’t linked because users expect underlined text to be a link.
Do you need to underline links to make them clickable?
The position of links can help you determine whether or not underlining is necessary. The navigation menu and lists, especially along the peripheral areas of the page, don’t require underlining. Their locations identify them as links. Test your color choice for hyperlinks to make sure that people who have colorblindness can spot them easily.
Do you have to make your links green or blue?
Starbucks: Links no longer have to be blue. Here it’s obvious that hyperlinks on this page are green. The lists of items on the right side of the page suggests clickability because of their location (in a narrow column to the side) and formatting (box and bulleted list with no other text than the links).
What’s the best way to make a link look pressed?
Provide visual feedback to the user to indicate that they have clicked a link, so that they know to wait. One nice effect is to move the link down one or two pixels, which gives the link the appearance of being pressed. Work remotely?