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I worked at Best Buy in those days. EVERYTHING was translucent. But there were some problems. The accessory companies didn't match that Mac Bondi Blue very wel

I worked at Best Buy in those days. EVERYTHING was translucent. But there were some problems. The accessory companies didn't match that Mac Bondi Blue very well. And they didn't match Blueberry, Lime, or Tangerine well either. So you'd have some weird color blue on your mouse, or gamepad, or external hard drive that didn't match up with your iMac. I seem to remember some of the "official" accessories being able to use the right colors, but back then it was such a free for all.

fredoralive 2y ago
Beyond colour matching, it felt like lots of companies didn’t get the subtleties of Apple’s design, and it often felt like they just took their existing moulds and did a run in translucent plastic. The pinstriping, use of white as contrast, the organic curves, the patterning on the “IO shield” - it’s all a bit more complex than just “do it in see through blue”.
- Clamchop 2y ago
  The iMac turned so many gizmos into various fruity colors that there was just no hope for color coordinating them. Our HP DeskJet with translucent blue accents didn't match the Compaq Presario next to it one bit, nor did it match the graphite gray iMac that did eventually make it into our house. So many minitowers of that period had a half-assed splash of color on an otherwise beige box, too. Apple did a good job at it, I still like looking at their fruity period all these years later, but man, the imitators were ugly af.