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title: "1 Site Where color theory Is a Top Search Keyword"
url: https://mxverify.uk/keywords/color-theory
description: "1 site on mxverify lists “color theory” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates: smashingmagazine.com."
site: mxverify
generated: 2026-11-01T13:24:36.376Z
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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](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value) adds its top five search keywords, so this list grows as sites are checked.

## Keyword intelligence

- **246K** Google monthly search volume +49% since Oct 2025
- **+7%** Last 3 months vs 3 before steady
- **61/100** Demand score moderate
- **45/100** Keyword difficulty (US) possible
- **Informational** Search intent wants to learn
- **$0.43** Google Ads cost per click top-of-page bids $0.23–$2.71
- **90.8K** Third-party estimated keyword demand −1% vs Aug 2026
- **1** Sites getting visits from it Sept 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

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

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 the keyword by site, month by month. Aug 2026: smashingmagazine.com 500; total 500. Sept 2026: smashingmagazine.com 370; total 370

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**

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 States 33%
- Canada 5%
- Germany 5%
- United Kingdom 4%
- Mexico 4%
- Other countries 49%

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**

- Phones 25%
- Computers and tablets 75%

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

- **45/100** Keyword difficulty (US) possible
- **34/100** Ranking ease hard
- **DR 88** First page, median Ahrefs DR
- **241** Linking sites per top-ten page average, US

On Google's page: AI Overview Product considerations People also ask Images Discussions and forums Short videos Related 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](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/manim) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [smashing](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/smashing) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [smashing magazine](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/smashing-magazine) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [smashing magazine wallpaper](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/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](https://mxverify.uk/publications/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.

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Source: mxverify, "1 Site Where color theory Is a Top Search Keyword", https://mxverify.uk/keywords/color-theory (retrieved 2026-11-01). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology