The accepted answer is totally right, the destructive action should be red,
and the other action should be a normal neutral colored button. It's not
like you are being asked to either delete (red) or create (green), it's a
question of delete (red) or take no action (neutral).

- Trevor


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Jared Zimmerman <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Interesting the second image, where the primary call to action is Delete
> (and red) and secondary actions are deemphasized I think are closer to
> where we want to be. I don't think we can make blanket statements but
> rather establish best practices and examples of how to use these controls.
> I can say that anything that deletes content should either be destructive
> (red) or neutral (white/grey) and never green (complementary) or blue
> (progressive)
>
>
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> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Steven Walling <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> This is relevant to the mediawiki.ui questions that have come up about
>> when to use the "destructive" button class.
>>
>> Full discussion at:
>> https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/49991/should-yes-delete-it-be-red-or-green/
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