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It's not just the layout, the terminology is based on presumed knowledge. The second panel of information is a video covering "color theory" and goes off almos
by Malcx 11y ago
It's not just the layout, the terminology is based on presumed knowledge.
The second panel of information is a video covering "color theory" and goes off almost straight away talking about using "the 500s" and moving to "the 700s". I've no clue what this means. What is a 700?
Strangely a google search yields no results as to what this means, but the video takes it as fact I should know what it's on about.
- Animats 11y agoThey're referring to Pantone series 500 and 700 colors.[1] Obviously, you're expected to understand the Pantone Color System. There's a whole color industry, and a trade organization for it, the Color Association of the United States. They're not as influential as they used to be, but they still orchestrate, among other things, the cycle of consumer electronics from white to black to off-white to grey and back to white again. (You thought that just happened by accident?) The Material Design people are trying to promote that concept for web sites, so last year's web sites will look dated as the recommended colors change. [1] http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/color_xref.aspx http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/color_xref.aspx [2] http://www.colorassociation.com http://www.colorassociation.com
- clay_to_n 11y agoI think they expect you to be familiar with the Material Design spec and the Colors page: http://www.google.com/design/spec/style/color.html http://www.google.com/design/spec/style/color.html