Hi, I totally understand and agree that we should be moving away from babu.
I think my main point is that if we go purple or some other warm color for the logo/brand, we probably need a colder complementary color for links and action buttons to go along with it. I'm pretty clueless about color/branding so I'm very open to all ideas and designs. Max On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 9:53 AM Eli Brumbaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks, Chris and Jeff for sharing this with me. > > Thanks for sharing these thoughts, Max! > > Since this is an open source project I personally feel Superset should have > a neutral brand color which is why we moved away from Airbnb's "babu" or > green color. > > I personally don’t think a somber theme is needed for Superset to be > effective at communicating data. I think we can collectively align on > something that helps the tool feel modern without being somber or > distracting the viewer from the data. A modern turquoise could be okay. It > is a fairly standard color for analytics tools. However, everything out > there these days is green and blue. > > I believe Superset is deserving of standing out from the crowd. Let's > explore options that reflect this unique offering. > > Alternatively, we can reduce the amount of brand color we use in the UI if > user distraction is what you're most concerned about. > > Best, > - Eli > > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 3:20 PM Jeff Feng <[email protected]> wrote: > > > + Eli & Airbnb development team on Superset > > > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:36 AM Maxime Beauchemin < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hey, > >> > >> I've noticed the new sweet [purple] loading spinner in master and wanted > >> to > >> bring up a conversation about our primary color (currently > turquoiseish). > >> > >> I'm reading from previous conversations and recent mock-ups that Airbnb > >> wants to change the color-primary [from the current color that is used > for > >> customer facing products at Airbnb] to a shade of purple. > >> > >> Personally I prefer cold colors for links/buttons, especially for > Superset > >> where we're trying to have a super sober theme to make the data > >> visualizations and content standout as much as possible. I'm open to > have > >> a > >> warmer logo, but it can be nice to a single brand-primary color used for > >> the logo as well as actionable links/buttons. > >> > >> My incline would be to go to a different shade of turquoise, but open to > >> discuss as always. > >> > >> Max > >> > > -- > > > > *Jeff Feng* > > Product Lead > > m: (949)-610-5108 <(949)%20610-5108> > > twitter: @jtfeng > > > > -- > Eli Sebastian Brumbaugh > Design Lead | UX Platform | Data UX > Indigenous Peoples Diversity Group Founder >
