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Sites where “color theory” is a top search keyword

One site on record lists “color theory” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates. It is searched about 246K times a month on Google, worldwide (Google Ads, Sept 2026), at about $0.43 a click in search ads: a month of its searches would cost about $105.8K as search ads. Each site checked on the backlink value checker adds its top five search keywords, so this list grows as sites are checked.

Keyword intelligence

246KGoogle monthly search volume+49% since Oct 2025

+7%Last 3 months vs 3 beforesteady

61/100Demand scoremoderate

45/100Keyword difficulty (US)possible

InformationalSearch intentwants to learn

$0.43Google Ads cost per clicktop-of-page bids $0.23–$2.71

90.8KThird-party estimated keyword demand−1% vs Aug 2026

1Sites getting visits from itSept 2026

What the data says

Demand is up on the year, now levelling off: Google searches for “color theory” rose 49% (165K to 246K) from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026.
The listed site takes about 370 visits a month from “color theory”, 0% of its 90.8K searches (traffic estimates). The other 100% goes to sites not on record here, or ends without a click.
From Aug 2026 to Sept 2026: smashingmagazine.com lost most (500 → 370).
At $0.43 a click (Google Ads), the listed sites' 370 visits a month from “color theory” would cost about $159 as search ads. That is what the traffic would cost to buy, not what it earns.

1Demand

Search demand, month by month

Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide)Third-party estimated keyword demand

Every month's figures

	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	Jun 2026	Jul 2026	Aug 2026	Sept 2026
Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide)	165K	165K	165K	165K	165K	201K	201K	246K	201K	201K	246K	246K
Third-party estimated keyword demand	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	92.2K	90.8K

Google monthly search volume: Google Ads, worldwide, read 1 Nov 2026. Third-party estimated keyword demand is a separate source, on the same axis: the two can differ.

2Who gets the traffic

Visits from it by site, month by month

smashingmagazine.com

Visits from this keyword (est.), stacked by site: a column is all the listed sites' visits from it that month.

Share of the visits, Sept 2026

Site	Share	Visits	As ads	DR	Linking sites
smashingmagazine.com	100%	370	$159	90	60K

Each site's latest estimate of its visits from this keyword; “As ads”: those visits at its cost per click, what they would cost to buy; DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating; linking sites: sites linking to it (third-party link index).

Where these sites' visitors are

United States33%
Canada5%
Germany5%
United Kingdom4%
Mexico4%
Other countries49%

The listed sites' own visitors by country (all their traffic), weighted by each site's visits from this keyword: their audience, not where the keyword is searched.

Phones and computers

Phones25%
Computers and tablets75%

Page loads of the listed sites by Chrome users (Chrome UX Report), weighted by each site's visits from this keyword: a site's device mix, not the keyword's. No source gives a keyword's device split.

3Ranking competition

45/100Keyword difficulty (US)possible

34/100Ranking easehard

DR 88First page, median Ahrefs DR

241Linking sites per top-ten pageaverage, US

On Google's page:AI OverviewProduct considerationsPeople also askImagesDiscussions and forumsShort videosRelated searches

Google's first page, United States

#	Site	Page title	DR
1	adobe.com	A guide to color meaning	95
2	youtube.com	Learn EVERY Colour Theory Technique in ONE Video!	99
3	uxdesigninstitute.com	What's colour theory? A complete introduction guide	73
4	study.com	Color Theory Definition & Examples - Lesson	85
5	drawbotanical.com	The Basics of Color Theory: A Guide for Botanical Artists	37
6	youtube.com	What Nobody Will Tell You About Color Theory	99
7	shutterstock.com	Color Theory: A Comprehensive Guide for Designers	91
8	annieselke.com	Color Theory and Mixing: A Complete Guide for Artists and ...	63

Google's results for “color theory” in the United States, in English, read 1 Nov 2026. DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating; “—”: Ahrefs gives no rating.

Keyword difficulty is 45 of 100 for US results: possible on the vendor's scale.
youtube.com has 2 results in Google's top 8 for “color theory”.
None of the 1 sites listed here is in Google's US top 8 for “color theory”.
The first page's median Ahrefs DR is 88; the lowest-rated result, drawbotanical.com at #5, has DR 37.
The top ten pages have about 241 linking sites each on average (US results, third-party link index).
Google shows an AI Overview for “color theory”, citing 9 sites: it sits above the results and takes clicks from them.

4Intent and related searches

Informational: wants to learn
The searcher's goal, as a third-party keyword database classifies it (US).

Google's related searches

Color theory book
Color theory wheel
Color theory PDF
Color theory psychology
Color theory clothing
Colour meaning
Color theory for each color
Color theory meaning in art

Keywords the same sites get visits from

manim 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
smashing 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
smashing magazine 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
smashing magazine wallpaper 1 of these sites · 1 site in all

Keywords the listed sites also get visits from, the most shared first: linked by the same sites' traffic, not by meaning.

5Opportunity

61/100 · Demand score, moderate

How much searching there is and what advertisers pay for it.

Searches	88	246K a month · weight 40%
Year	64	+49% since Oct 2025 · weight 20%
Momentum	57	last 3 months +7% on the 3 before · weight 20%
Commercial	9	$0.43 a click (Google Ads) · weight 20%

34/100 · Ranking ease, hard

How open Google's first page is: 100 minus its difficulty and strength.

Keyword difficulty	55	45 of 100 (US) · weight 50%
First-page strength	12	median Ahrefs DR 88 · weight 50%

What to do with it

Strong demand but a hard first page (ease 34): aim at its related searches first and build links before the head term.
Google answers part of it in an AI Overview: the pages it cites get a link above the results.
The listed sites take 0% of its searches: most of the traffic goes to sites not on record here.

A business score needs your own figures (conversion, deal value) and is not made here. Scores are fixed formulas over the figures shown; they are not Google's.

6Sources

Google monthly search volume, Google Ads cost per click, bids and paid competition: Google Ads, worldwide, read 1 Nov 2026.
Third-party estimated keyword demand, cost per click and each site's visits (est.): third-party traffic estimates, Aug 2026 to Sept 2026.
Keyword difficulty, intent, SERP features, top-ten links: a third-party keyword database, United States, read 1 Nov 2026.
Google's first page, AI Overview, related searches: Google search, United States, read 1 Nov 2026.
DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating. Linking sites: a third-party link index.
Phones and computers: Chrome UX Report.

Tiles, findings, scores and actions are worked out from the figures on this page by fixed rules.

Site	Report	Visits (est.)	Month
smashingmagazine.com	Valued	370	Sept 2026

Listed A–Z. A top search keyword is one of the searches that bring a site the most visitors, by estimate. It is not a position in Google, and the order here is not a ranking. Visits (est.): the traffic estimate's own figure for the keyword on that site, which behaves like visits a month, not an amount of money (2026-09-29: it had been shown in dollars). Ad value is what advertisers pay for the keyword — its searches × cost per click — not how hard it is to rank for. This page is kept out of search results until 15 sites share the keyword.

Searches, cost per click and ad value above: Google Ads, worldwide. Sites and their visits: third-party traffic estimates, Sept 2026. The traffic estimates' own searches figure for the keyword is in the section below; the two sources often differ several times over.