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I've used #412f1c for years as my personal site background. I've now changed it to #4A412A (Pantone 448 C). Looks just as good to me. Has better story. https://

I've used #412f1c for years as my personal site background. I've now changed it to #4A412A (Pantone 448 C). Looks just as good to me. Has better story. https://www.ronilan.com/ https://www.ronilan.com/ What do you think?

function_seven 7y ago
I just switched back and forth between old and new color. Old one looks way better than the new one. But the story might be worth keeping the change :)
mywittyname 7y ago
Thanks for this! Seeing how a color interacts with other colors is really crucial for appreciating it. I get why it failed market research, it's surprisingly bold for such a drab color. Which I think makes for an interesting feeling because I find drab and bold to be antithetical to each other, yet this color manages to be both. Also, it feels neither warm nor cool, which is also a little off-putting. I was playing around with making the grey banner at the top a more warm grey, and it was terrible, but I went with an even cooler grey, and it was still terrible. The most complimentary color I found was something around #dedfd9, and it's still merely, not terrible. It does kind of remind me of an old Gameboy, especially with the sepia picture of you.
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mattrick 7y ago
This made me curious which projects on Github use this color, and it seems pretty common as a shadow color in Material design: https://github.com/search?q=%22%23412f1c%22&type=Code https://github.com/search?q=%22%23412f1c%22&type=Code
falcarius 7y ago
Not sure if you've considered accessibility, but the original color has better contrast with the font. That being said, it's not a huge deal and it's certainly a cool color to use.
- ronilan 7y ago
  Thanks. I learn a new thing every day.... updated text to #afafaf (which according to https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ is WCAG AA OK in contrast to the ugliest colour in the world)

function_seven 7y ago

I just switched back and forth between old and new color. Old one looks way better than the new one. But the story might be worth keeping the change :)

mywittyname 7y ago

Thanks for this! Seeing how a color interacts with other colors is really crucial for appreciating it. I get why it failed market research, it's surprisingly bold for such a drab color. Which I think makes for an interesting feeling because I find drab and bold to be antithetical to each other, yet this color manages to be both. Also, it feels neither warm nor cool, which is also a little off-putting. I was playing around with making the grey banner at the top a more warm grey, and it was terrible, but I went with an even cooler grey, and it was still terrible. The most complimentary color I found was something around #dedfd9, and it's still merely, not terrible. It does kind of remind me of an old Gameboy, especially with the sepia picture of you.

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mattrick 7y ago

This made me curious which projects on Github use this color, and it seems pretty common as a shadow color in Material design: https://github.com/search?q=%22%23412f1c%22&type=Code https://github.com/search?q=%22%23412f1c%22&type=Code

falcarius 7y ago

Not sure if you've considered accessibility, but the original color has better contrast with the font. That being said, it's not a huge deal and it's certainly a cool color to use.

ronilan 7y ago
Thanks. I learn a new thing every day.... updated text to #afafaf (which according to https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ is WCAG AA OK in contrast to the ugliest colour in the world)