Earth tones can work wondefully towards communicating 'earthy' ideals
when implemented in the design structure. That said, when you fail to
apply those notions, or worse -- as Ubuntu does -- use 'brown' just for
'browns' sake, you end up in a mire of mediocre design.
Ok, good point. But you
I still have
to meet with the one who wants to keep it.
Just to say, I love the browns and I wish Kubuntu would adopt them too. C'mon,
Ubuntu is African and Africa is all about tones of brown and the veld.
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On 4/14/07, Donn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still have
to meet with the one who wants to keep it.
Just to say, I love the browns and I wish Kubuntu would adopt them too. C'mon,
Ubuntu is African and Africa is all about tones of brown and the veld.
There is a confusion here. No one is
There is a confusion here. No one is suggesting that the brown is
ugly.
No worries.
But the target users for ubuntu are not the Africans where this
color enjoys privileged symbolic meaning. Rather Ubuntu aims at the
global audience (dominated by western influences)
I'm white and western, I
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jmak wrote:
Don't forget that color is not only
a matter of aesthetics but it is a usability issue as well. There are
plenty of info on the net about the effects of color on human
psychology. Research the subject to see what I mean.
I can't
Again, this is rather Western centric. Remember, as of two years ago
some of the most lauded designers were popping up in Starbucks and like
coffee shop mentality. What was the base colour in most of those
schemes? That's right -- _brown_. They won a boatload of awards
fueling the organic
