@Ulrich, > But we are not alone. Fedora artists have the same problem. Take a look at > their (nevertheless sometimes beautiful wallpapers).
Heh, Fedora has identical problem, but that's their "joker" card, their beautiful wallpapers is what pulls them out of that problem :) @Amir, > Also, blue invokes psychological associations with water, thus also > cleanliness, which calms us. Besides blue, same goes for Gray and Green. Adnan 2010/11/6 Amir Dizdarević <[email protected]>: > @Ulrich: Again, you don't have to use it. People just suggested that, since > most of us do have > the "learned" habit that those earth tones you had initially on your > wallpaper don't match > with the blue of Clearlooks. You could have just as well ignore that > completely. > > When I created Ciel, I subconsciously chose a blue nuance as the background > without even > thinking. Why? Because I was secretly aware that most themes and decent > icons I'd have on > my disposal are either of a rather mild blue, or are generally considered > ugly to look at > (cf. standard gnome icons). > > Also, blue invokes psychological associations with water, thus also > cleanliness, which calms us. > That is why Tango uses blue a lot. Natural leaf green has an even better > effect -- nature calms us > -- that is why Gnome is using a blurry macro shot of leaves as a default > wallpaper. > > On 6 November 2010 15:12, Ulrich Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Am 06.11.2010 14:34, schrieb Adnan Hodzic: >>>> >>>> 1. the Clearlooks theme which prevails in most things GTK on Debian >>>> (e.g. >>>> Gnome, LXDE, not >>>> sure about Xfce though) >>>> 2. the KDE theme is rather dominated by blue due to the Oxygen icon >>>> theme, >>>> as well as the >> >>> Blue is fine with me, but at least different kind of blue then the >>> "baby blue". >> >> >> Yes I was a bit naive about that too. As I learned in the meantime, we >> have to use this sort of blue as a main color in the background if we want >> use Clearlooks without any changes. Even "Space fun" does this, if you look >> closely. The blue that clearlooks uses for active title bars and marked >> options is a greenish/greyish sort of blue, that looks like a rainy day or, >> to put it in a nicer analogy, like misty mountains. >> >> But we are not alone. Fedora artists have the same problem. Take a look at >> their (nevertheless sometimes beautiful wallpapers). >> >> >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [email protected] >> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >> > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
