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I think you're misunderstanding the part about pure colors. I am not a designer, but I think it's that you won't really find pure colors around in the real worl
by dsego 13y ago
I think you're misunderstanding the part about pure colors. I am not a designer, but I think it's that you won't really find pure colors around in the real world. Greys will always have some tint, blueish or yellowish perhaps. People will consider one colder and the other warm. If you use pure grey, the design will look dull, the same is true with other colours. The same thing in music, if you only use simple non-embelished chords, your music will sound amateurish, dull and un-inspired.
- corresation 13y agoTheir example replaced gray with pure white, and I'd guess that the former is far more prevalent in the world than the latter. They also complain about colors being too saturated (even though the colors they talk about range from 60 - 80% saturated, and are in no way "pure", ignoring that such a notion is an artificial one to begin with). But I'm not sure why prevalence in the real world is relevant at all. We're not talking about some Samsung claim of being inspired by nature, and skeudomorphs are not the goal. I don't think natural prevalence is relevant at all. So white is "better" than gray. Less saturated is "better" than more saturated. At least in the author's opinion. Narrative beyond that (such as the notion that some colors are too easy) is just trying to build some structural justification for those notions.
- dsego 13y agoYes, replaced with white because it enhances contrast, to liven it up a bit (also the white portion is somewhat an inversion of the orange buttons). The overly saturated colors look too bright and intensive, they overpower everything else. It's just not pleasant to the eye.