On 12/22/11 12:31 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brandon Harris"<bhar...@wikimedia.org>
>
>> It's the exact same yellow as before, guys. The *exact* shade.
>>
>> This is the exact definition of a "bikeshed" argument. Feel free to
>> move along.
>
> I don't see, Brandon, that Erwin suggested that it is not.
>
> But no, colorization of elements of a user interface is in fact *not* a
> bikeshed argument: these colors actually matter to people, because they
> have culturally ingrained expectations about what they mean -- though those
> cultures may be geopolitical or they may be intentional (programmers, geeks,
> etc).
>
> Additionally, of course, there are best practices for how far apart colors
> should be to be easily distinguishable, what luminance and saturation work
> best, and what color combinations are bad for colorblind people.
>
> So please, stop taking this stuff personally, and address the issue?
>
> You're a designer; you know know better than to have ego tied up in the
> results...
I don't have any ego tied up in this other than going "wtf" at why this
is a thing.
The old colors - yellow/green were not good for a lot of reasons. When
it came down to it, the only colors we really *can* use are yellow and
blue.
Here's what happened:
* I was asked to look at the bug as part of my 20% code review.
* I applied Erwin's patch (manually) and then played with
changing
colors around to see what worked and what didn't.
* I tested everything in various color-blindness tools.
* I came to the conclusion that we could ONLY use yellow and
blue because:
- Orange and blue vibrated next to each other.
- Yellow and purple vibrated next to each other.
- The use of green or red in any combination was not
going to work
for a jillion reasons
- Blue and Purple turned into the same color with
colorblindness
filters on.
- Ergo, Yellow and Blue, with orange-ish highlights.
The yellow is *unchanged*
The blue is basically Erwin's blue except I might have tapped
it
around a bit to bump up contrast in certain places; I don't remember
exactly.
So. What was *supposed* to be a 15 minute task has now turned into a
drama - over something I don't really care that much about anyways.
This was an open bug. I was asked to address it. I did. That's the end
of the story.
--
Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation
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