Re: GNOME colors

["digitect" <digitect mindspring com>]

> From: "Joakim Ziegler" <joakim helixcode com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 3:51 PM

> To me, the keyword is probably "warm". . . . Lush, rich,
> warm colors, with perhaps a little dust, like when sun filters through dusty
> air inside a library building on a warm summer day. The colors of fine wood,
> old leather, finely printed books, warm sand, cream, spices, and so on.

I'm warm, too, but outside. Meadows in late spring/early summer, new green
shoots, dry earth, dandelions.


> I think this palette isn't too far, conceptually, from the
> colors people associate with GNOME traditionally, in that they're all
> slightly "dusty" and subdued, but they're also a little bit bolder and
> stronger than the typical grayish browns.

True.


> I think it's great that we're actually *thinking* about colors this time,
> since color choice the last time (and, I suspect, also the first time) was
> somewhat of a haphazard process.

This is definitely a good process. I like how your moderating us to components,
not entire mockups. I wasn't expecting us to be this disciplined. I think this
is letting us get to a deeper understanding of what GNOME is, was, and should
be. Of course, once the iterative part is finished . . .


>
> Anyway, see what you think:
>
> http://www.avmaria.com/gnome-color-proposal-1.png

(All right, whoever's been watching from the curb thus far, say you didn't
expect me to make a counter proposal.  ;)  I agree with Joakim steering clear of
the blues. I think I could also settle for bolder if I had to, but I'm still not
quite convinced. What if we backed off on the saturation a bit and leaned more
green/yellow than red? Besides being a pretty popular palette these days, I
think it also says GNOME:

http://www.mindspring.com/~digitect/gnome/colors-stevehall-01.png

Anyone else care to chime in with opinions of colors? Joakim and I have been
preaching at each other for quite a few exchanges but I hope we haven't scared
everybody else off. I'll try to keep it down a little until next weekend.


Steve  [ digitect mindspring com ]