Is it bad to use a lot of white?

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omglookitsagoat

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I designed this website and I'm working on a matching buisness card. I'm using a lot of white space, though. I hear a lot of graphics design teachers say black and white are for dorks and no one uses it unless they are un creative. I'm wondering if I'm using too much white or if it matters. This is the design for the site: www.microraptorarts.com
and this is my business card: http://microraptorarts.com/images/Raptor-Business-Card.jpg

My website and business card were using other colors in place of the white space before, but the color combination looked unprofessional. I noticed a lot of the most professional looking websites have a lot of white space, so I modified my design so it had more white space. After I added the white space, it looked a lot more professional. I'm wondering though, if my design is uncreative or not for resorting to using a lot of white. What do you think?
 
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smoovo

smoovo

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I think they didn't mean to the background color, this can always be used white. The color of borders, fonts, shapes, and other designed content should be more creative, and should contain another colors.

Your website looks a little bit empty, but you can use a lot of colors combining green (gray, blue, orange, brown, and more).

You can always get inspired by searching for nice looking website, try Google "impressive website designs" or "best website designs", it will give you websites that provide several well designed websites. You can add to the search keywords also your color, for example "impressive website designs green".

- Enjoy. :)
 
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Buzz

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In most aspects of design I always love white space, the trick is making sure you get the balance right and that it helps make the areas of content more appealing and readable.
 
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Mug

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I have always taken the term "white space" as spacing in a website not filled with anything but a solid colour, ie. no clutter.
 
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d a v e

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PrefaceMedia said:
What web designers mean by "white" is empty space. On a website you never want to have a lot of "white space" or empty spaces with no content, ads, etc. Try to fill in blank spaces on your pages with content, advertisements or even widgets if you can. That way the entire page is full so that when people are visiting your site they do not get lost in all of the white.
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what a lot of bollocks :) the same design principles apply to the web as to other media: you need enough white space to allow the content to breathe and to balance the content.
 
PixelPusher

PixelPusher

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PrefaceMedia said:
What web designers mean by "white" is empty space. On a website you never want to have a lot of "white space" or empty spaces with no content, ads, etc. Try to fill in blank spaces on your pages with content, advertisements or even widgets if you can. That way the entire page is full so that when people are visiting your site they do not get lost in all of the white.
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I absolutely disagree.

White space or any open space for that matter is about dealing with balance. A balance or flow of the page. There is nothing wrong with using a lot of white space as long as it has a purpose (design, theme, etc.)

In fact, the worst thing you can do, is fill every pixel of your page up with text, graphics, widgets, ads, etc. By doing this you destroy any logical progression of the page or website. The user will not know where to look, and any marketing messages will get lost in the clutter.
 
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annemendez

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your site looks fine, hmmm using black and other dark colors is sometimes applicable for some niche. it's just depends on the market you're promoting and how you've fused all your designs on the site.
 
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