On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Bruno Friedmann
On 06/27/2011 09:50 AM, Helen South wrote:
Anyone else want to be brave and do something different this time round? 12 is a new major number for us.
Will
What about something like a deep, rich plum, accented with green http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/111832/A_Nostalgic_Drunk
or if you want to be brave, maybe something headache-inducing :)) http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/53440/a_s_p_i_r_i_n or maybe not :)
Colourlovers.com is a great place to play with palettes.
What sort of atmosphere do people want? Fresh, clean and light seems to be very 'in'. Almost like 60s/70s but without the brown.
Hi Helen, I will keep my design black,gray,silver,dark green techi industrial ... I so hate brown things, and now Dell send me a laptop bronze colored :-(
Brown can seem a little daunting at times. It is a color that can quickly go from being very light and pleasurable to something that sparks images of disaster, mud, and overall unwelcoming. Balanced properly with greens, it sparks a very natural feeling. As if you were standing on a hill and trees are around you. So it really depends on how you mix them. I proposed a color palette that includes a shade of brown. Look up "Xplana Bright" on kuler.adobe.com and you will see what I am talking about.
But Will, mark a point, we really need something that can make a difference, and create a real new trend in how people will perceive our new major numbering.
Agreed!
I've a off-topic question, but are really palettes used anymore ? I've heard that a very old fashion to do things ? (don't see any offense, I'm just curious, and really didn't know design, apart the fact to say I love. I hate :-) )
Palettes are always welcome as long as we know how to use them. Generally they are color guidelines rather than set color that will be used in icons or whatever. They serve the purpose of designer to keep their creations withing a color restriction and overall theme. However, sometimes having a palette does little. For example with the Oxygen Icon theme. Although this icon theme is very beautiful it has a strong deviance from it's color palette. Not only that, but since so many artists contributed to the icon set, the interpretation of the color palette that they gave and placed into their icons was somewhat lost. However, Oxygen is still a very complete icon theme, very detailed and with a strong backup.
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