Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-1392727-20151105170311/@comment-1392727-20151119095709

Journalistic wrote: Slug-Drones wrote: I am still not in favor of this color, #00F. Honestly, everything you've made looks great. You're not a bad designer. I gave you the psd. file of one of my designs and I think you made it better. It's just this color that I strongly disagree with.

I did not intend to say that blue and gray don't go well together. They can. I was not in favor of that blue on that gray. It does have a news feel but this is an encyclopedia about Sonic. News channels use bright colors to alarm the viewer. This is an online encyclopedia, you spend more time reading one page, and more carefully. It's not fast-paced like social media, there's more patience. It's like a book. This is way too bright for it. News channels can use any colour they want - it doesn't have to be alarming. That's a typical cliche in the news industry, especially on cable news in America.

Well when you said this look has a news feel, I assumed you were using those cliches. Is the color palette I have used on my sandbox wiki 'less news-y' to you? Well it could be because the only thing I changed was the blue.

Journalistic wrote: #00F isn't intended to be an alarming colour, and is actually already suitable for anything web related. Again, I refer to sites like Bloomberg Business, on which they has an identical colour palette like ours, and are able to have a presentable design; while keeping it fresh for 5 years onwards. The only difference regarding here is that the general wiki look had to compromise with the community because users here complained it was "too bright".

I just took a look at the site. The shade they are using is a blue-purple and it is actually not as bright as this blue, it's considerably darker. I refered to the color wheel to make sure and I also made a side by side comparison.

Okay, minus the argument above if you still disagree. The placement of color matters as much as the color itself. If you are using said color, where will you place it? Bloomberg used this very attractive purple but only in small amounts. Most of it is white.

Journalistic wrote:Like you noted before, I've used a shade of blue that is the brightest pigment to represent our commitment into the Sonic series. It doesn't mean that we can't use said colour because it's bright.

There's bright and there's too bright. I have nothing against bright colors but this is just not appealing. This very saturated bright color takes up alot of the page. I think you've made a lovely background but the color cheapens it. The way a color looks matters more than what it means.

I am not overstating. If I believe I have a color palette that is better, I will present it. I think the colors I have used on my sandbox makes the site looks more professional but it could be just me.