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If it helps to judge the situation better: I tried to find the minimal changes to the colors that don't trigger me and they are so close that most colleagues di
by jFriedensreich 5y ago
If it helps to judge the situation better: I tried to find the minimal changes to the colors that don't trigger me and they are so close that most colleagues did not even notice a difference, especially as they don't care about colors at all, they just want to not deal with the topic. I am not a designer and not saying the colors are great, this is just to illustrate how little change i would be happy with. Also having to deal with triggering colors in designs happened only the second time in 15 years so its not like this is happening all the time.
feel free to compare:
green:
#00FF96 (i hate, looks to me like a mixture of soulless startup color, poison and dentist) -> #33FF8C (acceptable)
blue
#3200FF (i hate, gives me the feeling of not being able to focus my eyes and being a generic placeholder color, soulless) -> #0B06FF (acceptable)
- jaredcwhite 5y agoSpeaking as a technical person who also has considerable design experience, those initial colors you shared seem quite poor for anything but the most subtle of accent colors (perhaps a fanciful doodle on the side, or a very particular button in one place that's supposed to really pop). But as major colors in a branding guide/ site theme—yikes. Same with the blue. Way too saturated, RGB-style primary. Unless you're in a plastic toys for babies space, hmm. If you're indeed "the product guy" on the team I don't understand how your opinion can be so overtly overruled and devalued. I'd be truly steamed.
- dalmo3 5y agoNo offence but the way you present it it seems to me only the eye focus issue is a genuine concern. All the others sound like simply your opinion. In any case, looking at it from a problem solving pov (and assuming this is a web app), why don't you use custom css to your liking?