Why is the orange man the symbol for WikiAnswers?

The orange man isn't actually the symbol for WikiAnswers. He is the Answers.com Community Mascot and represents us, the users.

Created by famed illustrator, Leo Blanchette, the design is not a trademarked piece of the Answers.com brand. Leo works with Answers.com to create the images used around the site.

Ultimately the Orange Guy is just an inflated stick figure. The orange color is great at drawing attention and psychologically stimulates positive feelings. A leading color trend in web design. He's versatile, fun and represents a little piece of everyone that visits the site. People really enjoy running into him.

The plain and simple reason behind these kinds of images is to make the whole Q&A experience a little less formal and a bit more fun!

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