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SMS messages on iOS have always been green. iMessage was released four years after the original iPhone.

• ronyeh 3y ago
  People keep telling me this as an excuse but the original color scheme was more pleasing to the eye. The current color scheme is painful to the eyes. I know because I see the ugly green bubbles on my messages app on my iPhone. I also have an iPhone 3 in a drawer that sadly no longer works. You know you wouldn’t want to swap the green and blue bubbles.
  • cityofdelusion 3y ago
    I run dual sim, so my other number is not enrolled in iMessage and is all green. I don’t care and imagine most people don’t. It’s a neutral, normal, natural green color.
    • ronyeh 3y ago
      I’m glad the white text on green is neutral and pleasing to your eyes. I wish I could change just that one color in my iMessage app without messing up the rest of my iOS color scheme.
  • qup 3y ago
    It's 2023, why can't the iMessage app allow some user preferences. Christ.
    • ronyeh 3y ago
      Apple.
  • jxdxbx 3y ago
    Instant messages on the Mac were the same green for a decade before that.
• markus92 3y ago
  They used to be black-on-green, now they are white-on-green. iMessage also used to be black-on-blue, see the announcement at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrBIgjodpFs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrBIgjodpFs