The Colors Of Global Brand Identities

Today, more than ever, companies need to separate themselves from the others who share the same crowded marketplaces, and it is being done with branding and creating a unique and easily recognizable visual identity. The visual identity of a business can be one of its most valuable intangible assets, and big part of that visual identity is color.

Referring to Business Week’sBest Global Brands 2007‘ (link to PDF) report, which ranks “brands which place high importance on managing the economic value of their intangible assets, and primary their brands, consistently out preform basic economic measures,” we selected what may be the most easily identifiable logos in the corporate world today, then stripped them of every line and gradient to pullout just the color palettes. See if they are just as strong without the logo itself.

Google ebay

Pizza Hut Nintendo

Coca-Cola Shell

Kodak McDonalds

BP Ikea

UPS Amazon

Caterpillar Reuters

ING Harley Davidson

Porsche KFC

LG Smirnoff

Kraft Cisco

Pepsi GE

VW HP

Starbucks Dell

Header Image from Business Week: Best Global Brands 2007‘ report.

Author: evad
David Sommers has been loving color as COLOURlovers' Blog Editor-in-Chief for the past two years. When he's not neck deep in a rainbow he's loving other things with The Post Family (http://thepostfamily.com/), a Chicago-based art blog, artist collective & gallery.