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> Building on the previous rule, a yellow UI element must always be accompanied by some darker-shaded UI elements such as text and icons to articulate its meani
by mkehrt 4y ago
> Building on the previous rule, a yellow UI element must always be accompanied by some darker-shaded UI elements such as text and icons to articulate its meaning.
This was known long ago--it's called the Rule of Tinctures in heraldry, which says that yellow and white (sometimes rendered as gold and silver) should only appear on red, green, blue or black, and vice versa.
Edit: I realize this might come off as trivializing the author, which I didn't mean to do. I just think it's interesting that different groups have come up with the same rules over time.
- Daub 4y agoThank you for introducing me to the Rule of Tinctures. Essentially a FG/BG contrast principle several hundreds of years old! Nice.
- mkehrt 4y agoYou're welcome!
- pixelfarmer 4y agoIt is also misused in color printers which leave a repeating pattern of small yellow dots encoding model, serial number, and so on, so your newly printed money will provide a nice paper trail back to you. Also, yes, handling of colors and color combinations is a very old topic, just that this knowledge isn't given to us by birth, but through learning. Which means there will always be someone stumbling over this and make another post delving into (some of) the details. As long as it brings others up to speed, I count this as a net win. One can just hope that the history isn't lost entirely eventually ...