Hey Max, That is a great point. I'll noodle on a few options and share them with the team tomorrow.
Best, - Eli On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:45 PM Maxime Beauchemin < [email protected]> wrote: > 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> <(949)%20610-5108> > > > twitter: @jtfeng > > > > > > -- > > Eli Sebastian Brumbaugh > > Design Lead | UX Platform | Data UX > > Indigenous Peoples Diversity Group Founder > > > -- Eli Sebastian Brumbaugh Design Lead | UX Platform | Data UX Indigenous Peoples Diversity Group Founder
