Re: GNOME colors

[Joakim Ziegler <joakim helixcode com>]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 12:14:14AM +0500, Ryan Muldoon wrote:

>> To me, the keyword is probably "warm". GNOME is very close, personal, it ties
>> stuff together. I'm associating rather freely here, this is more or less a
>> brain dump of a non-verbal part of my brain, so bear with me. 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 definitely agree here.

> My comments on the color comp are as follows:

> 1. overall, very nice
> 2. the orange seems out of place - too bright
> 3. I really like the cream colors, for accent
> 4. the salmon color (up and to the left of orange) seems a little off
>    too

It's mainly intended as a draft palette, so at least small adjustments should
be expected. The orange might indeed be a little bright, but I'd like to have
an orange in there, it's an incredibly versatile color, and used correctly,
it can be very nice (it's probably a bit much in a square block like it is on
the palette).


> 5. the top row, if used, should only be used sparingly

Yes, the top row was mainly intended for those cases where you'd need a
brighter color, like, say, if you're doing a beveled frame on one of the
colors, or for other such highlight purposes.


> I like the darker colors in the last row...perhaps we can experiment
> with using these for header text, or bolder accent lines.



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