> > 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 stress this enough, this is, by all empirical research, an urban > myth. Perhaps "colour psychology" is a particular pseudoscience/woo, but there is a tangible effect that colours have on humans. In what branch of legitimate science this is studied, I am not sure.
The most minimal case for colours must surely be that we associate them with certain things/conditions. Red is blood, blue is water/sky. White is clouds, perhaps death. Green is plant-stuff. Brown is ground, etc. These associations are more than enough to give colour a lot of power because humans are association engines! Naturally - these associations get fuzzy as we try to share them across cultures. What should be at the root of the human interface? The locale. End of story! Still, I respect the choice of a brown palette for no technical reasons at all -- I just respond to it and like it. Again, I wish Kubuntu would adopt it! /d -- Faith is sexed-up superstition. -- pauliej -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
