From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Colors and other fun Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:25:23 -1000 From: john@csplan9.rit.edu In-Reply-To: <6e35c0620706280850x3111e15aoa780826e242d97ca@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8b54b86e-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > On 6/28/07, pavlovetsky@gmail.com wrote: >> From: r...@mightycheese.com (Rob Pike) >> Date: Sep 16 2003, 8:49 am >> >> the clean appearance of the screen comes mostly from laziness, but the >> color scheme is (obviously) deliberate. the intent was to build on an >> observation by edwardtuftethat the human system likes nature and >> nature >> is full of pale colors, so something you're going to look at all day >> might best >> serve if it were also in relaxing shades. renee french helped me with >> the >> specifics of the color scheme (she's a professional illustrator and my >> color >> vision is suspect), once i'd figured out how i wanted it to look. >> there are >> still some features of the color system that i put in that i think no >> one has >> ever noticed. that's a good thing, in my opinion; the colors should >> fade >> away, if you'll pardon the expression. > > Rob and co. definitely did a stellar job on the color palette, though > you will see some knee-jerk reactions (something I may have been > guilty of in the past). > > *If* someone wanted to keep the same strategy but monkey with the > palette, you could use this as a start: > > http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/01/colorful-beauty-in-nature-butterflies/ > > -Jack It really is a very nice color set, and all around an excellent UI. My criticisms are simply the products of various neuroses and such. John