The online publication Spin successfully uses color to code its subject headings. The home page itself is midnight blue. Once the user clicks on these boxes, the background for the page will be congruent with the respective boxes. For example, all of the feature stories are on a light blue background like their respective box on the home page. All the subscription information is on a green background, etc . .
Color is also the primary means used to identify links.
In the Scuba Diving Magazine web site, all of the links are blue. According to Jakob Neilson, blue is the color most accepted in the web community for links. At the web page, there is no mistaking the links for anything else. By effectively using a standard color, the designers of the publication's site allowed for easier link identification which subsequently enhances navigation by the users. Identification can be severely hindered when the web page inconsistently uses colors for its headlines and links, as in the case of the web site at Better Homes and Gardens Not oneelink or headline is consistently one color.