Client refuses to let graphic designer use any color other than blue for their ad, leading designer to print a giant blue square, client learns their lesson: ‘I didn’t get in any trouble’

Graphic design can be really challenging, or extremely easy, and apparently, that can depend on the client.

There are so many details a graphic designer needs to pay attention to when designing something like an ad for a business client. The font, the spacing, the images, and of course, the colors are just a handful of details that a designer meticulously chooses to match the energy the client wishes to see on their ad. That being said, at the end of the day, what the client wants is what the client is going to get, no matter what. This also means that a graphic designer can design the most beautiful or eye-catching ad in the world, but if it doesn't match the client's vision, it can never count as a job well done.

Anyone who has worked with a client in that way knows how annoying it can be to have to deal with someone who refuses to listen to the professional. Why listen to the experienced graphic designer when you can call the shots and demand certain colors or fonts, even when they make absolutely no sense?

That was basically what the graphic designer in the story below dealt with while working with one client. He was the client of the company, bringing in the most money, so he had no problem making demands. Demands like ensuring all his ads look… how do we say it nicely… really bad.

Over the years, the client's demands became more and more unreasonable, especially when it came to the colors. One by one, the client told the designer what colors they could not use, until the only color that was permitted was blue. This led the designer to do the only thing they could–design a whole ad only with the color blue. 

They spend hours using all the elements they were supposed to, but only using one shade of blue. The resulting ad? "One giant flat blue square," which the designer happily sent to the client. Unsurprisingly, the client was not happy with the result, but he couldn't really complain when it was proven that this was exactly what he asked for. 

Keep scrolling to read how the story ended!

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