Purple MicroOS (and blue Kubic)
Hi, So as you may know, I talked a little bit about making openSUSE distribution logos a little bit more consistent and so I created two PRs that address that: https://github.com/openSUSE/artwork/pull/50 https://github.com/openSUSE/distribution-logos/pull/2 For Leap the situation was pretty easy: Leap uses the same colour as the project logo, which makes it seem like the default option, which isn't that great when we want to make it seem like there is no default openSUSE distribution. I talked a little bit more in depth about this on my branding talk on oSC19 if you are interested to learn more. MicroOS however enjoyed the branding's dark blue, which is problematic for different reason: it's very hard to use with dark backgrounds. That made it necessary for MicroOS to be branded with white in some places, which was unfortunate. With purple we can actually use dark blue as a background and use the branding colour without having to resort to fallbacks. Kubic logo is a problem in general, it has so many colours it's really hard to match with any background. Right now I am fixing it in a way that depends on the scenario, but in the future I hope we can figure out a better alternative. For now Kubic ends up with a blue text under the logo and in places a monochrome version of the logo (and let's address the actual fixes with https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_logo_change_vote) You may have seen that this colour scheme has been used for https://get.opensuse.org for a while now, and the new 4 branding colours make for a very nice and cohesive whole. Since that's not entirely official yet, feedback is very welcome and will end up influencing a lot of this. LCP [Sasi] https://lcp.world/
Hi Stasiek,
"Stasiek Michalski"
Hi,
So as you may know, I talked a little bit about making openSUSE distribution logos a little bit more consistent and so I created two PRs that address that:
https://github.com/openSUSE/artwork/pull/50 https://github.com/openSUSE/distribution-logos/pull/2
For Leap the situation was pretty easy: Leap uses the same colour as the project logo, which makes it seem like the default option, which isn't that great when we want to make it seem like there is no default openSUSE distribution. I talked a little bit more in depth about this on my branding talk on oSC19 if you are interested to learn more.
MicroOS however enjoyed the branding's dark blue, which is problematic for different reason: it's very hard to use with dark backgrounds. That made it necessary for MicroOS to be branded with white in some places, which was unfortunate. With purple we can actually use dark blue as a background and use the branding colour without having to resort to fallbacks.
The new colors on the MicroOS logo look great!
Kubic logo is a problem in general, it has so many colours it's really hard to match with any background. Right now I am fixing it in a way that depends on the scenario, but in the future I hope we can figure out a better alternative. For now Kubic ends up with a blue text under the logo and in places a monochrome version of the logo (and let's address the actual fixes with https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_logo_change_vote)
I must admit that I don't really like the green & light blue
combination, I think they clash a bit.
Besides that, a huge thank you from me!
Cheers,
Dan
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Dan Čermák
Hi, at first: thanks to Stasiek for your work ´! Even if ... On Wed, Jan 20, Dan Čermák wrote:
"Stasiek Michalski"
writes: Hi,
So as you may know, I talked a little bit about making openSUSE distribution logos a little bit more consistent and so I created two PRs that address that:
https://github.com/openSUSE/artwork/pull/50 https://github.com/openSUSE/distribution-logos/pull/2
For Leap the situation was pretty easy: Leap uses the same colour as the project logo, which makes it seem like the default option, which isn't that great when we want to make it seem like there is no default openSUSE distribution. I talked a little bit more in depth about this on my branding talk on oSC19 if you are interested to learn more.
MicroOS however enjoyed the branding's dark blue, which is problematic for different reason: it's very hard to use with dark backgrounds. That made it necessary for MicroOS to be branded with white in some places, which was unfortunate. With purple we can actually use dark blue as a background and use the branding colour without having to resort to fallbacks.
The new colors on the MicroOS logo look great!
... and I don't like them at all.
Kubic logo is a problem in general, it has so many colours it's really hard to match with any background. Right now I am fixing it in a way that depends on the scenario, but in the future I hope we can figure out a better alternative. For now Kubic ends up with a blue text under the logo and in places a monochrome version of the logo (and let's address the actual fixes with https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_logo_change_vote)
I must admit that I don't really like the green & light blue combination, I think they clash a bit.
I agree. I would either use a dark blue, so that you can use the logo on a white or grey background (which works best today), or one of greens of the logo, but not the dark one. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk, Distinguished Engineer, Senior Architect SLES & MicroOS SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany Managing Director: Felix Imendoerffer (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
at first: thanks to Stasiek for your work ´! Even if ...
The new colors on the MicroOS logo look great! ... and I don't like them at all.
Do you want to elaborate?
I must admit that I don't really like the green & light blue combination, I think they clash a bit. I agree. I would either use a dark blue, so that you can use the logo on a white or grey background (which works best today), or one of greens of the logo, but not the dark one.
That's fair, I guess we will have to resolve Kubic's issue as part of the larger rebrand later and not with a small change like this. I will keep the dark blue for the text for now. LCP [Sasi] https://lcp.world/
On Thu, Jan 21, Sasi Olin wrote:
Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
at first: thanks to Stasiek for your work ´! Even if ...
The new colors on the MicroOS logo look great! ... and I don't like them at all.
Do you want to elaborate?
Some people like some colors, other not. I personal don't like this color. It's just my personal opinion. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk, Distinguished Engineer, Senior Architect SLES & MicroOS SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany Managing Director: Felix Imendoerffer (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Hi, I know nothing of marketing or branding but, FWIW, nice work! :-) On Wed, 2021-01-20 at 14:06 +0100, Dan Čermák wrote:
"Stasiek Michalski"
writes: MicroOS however enjoyed the branding's dark blue, which is problematic for different reason: it's very hard to use with dark backgrounds. That made it necessary for MicroOS to be branded with white in some places, which was unfortunate. With purple we can actually use dark blue as a background and use the branding colour without having to resort to fallbacks.
The new colors on the MicroOS logo look great!
Yep!!
Kubic logo is a problem in general, it has so many colours it's really hard to match with any background. Right now I am fixing it in a way that depends on the scenario, but in the future I hope we can figure out a better alternative. For now Kubic ends up with a blue text under the logo and in places a monochrome version of the logo (and let's address the actual fixes with https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_logo_change_vote)
I must admit that I don't really like the green & light blue combination, I think they clash a bit.
I feel exactly the same. MicroOS one, I find it super cool. Kubic one, I don't really like too much that specific shade of blue, and even less so when I see it together with the green of the logo. But yeah, despite this not being my field, I think I see what you mean when saying that this one is challenging.
Besides that, a huge thank you from me!
Same again. Nice work and thanks for sharing!
Regards
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Dario Faggioli, Ph.D
http://about.me/dario.faggioli
Virtualization Software Engineer
SUSE Labs, SUSE https://www.suse.com/
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