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NZ, Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:55:28 +1200 last edited: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:42:27 +1300

I'm really not a good judge of 'granny aesthetic' type things, and I need some honest feedback on this:

Live view still current in my @sandbox

Is it too pink? Not pink enough? Have I mentioned yet that I'm really not a designer in any way shape or form? Also I'm a bit of a minimalist, it's a flaw.

@oulfis, this is essentially for you, tell me what you like/don't like/are missing

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peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:41:36 +1200

I think you may be trying to channel the aesthetic of one of my grandmas. The pink and grey are fine, the cat needs to be brown, or a browner green than acid. I'm not a minimalist and it looks like you still have serifs, so I think it's workable. I have taught myself some color theory, should you want more input.

daphneblithe

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:04:30 +1200

I think it looks really great at grandma aesthetic. I also think @peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart has amazing grasp of color analysis!

peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:21:23 +1200

curtseys. Teamwork!

vamp

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:27:10 +1200

Oh, disregard the kitty, she's just @sandbox's profile pic! Maybe I should make a rainbow of kitty profile pics and switch them up with each scheme I make?

So I'm on the right track? I do worry. I want to make schemes users want to wear...

peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:35:48 +1200

I know she's the profile pic. But curation takes in all aspects. ;) But yeah, I see the kitty is a standard default, so no reason not to have iterations for your various investigations. I was serious, pink and brown was a thing of my grandma. I have Opinions. I have examples and counterexamples (aka, LEGO doing the thing badly) on which to draw.

vamp

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:40:55 +1200

I love pink and brown. And also pink and pale grey. And also aqua and brown. So pretty.

peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:55:23 +1200

I think Bucky would look good in dark brown and whisper pink. Those are all good design options. LEGO just picked pinks that don't 'fit' well with their more identifiable colors. They made sand purple and sand green (I think those and several others were for Star Wars, but I could be off, please, bring that to my channel) work, so that they don't has to be willful.

oulfis

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:59:32 +1200 last edited: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:00:27 +1200

The doily looks really cool on mobile! I like how it shows through behind the post text boxes. I have a vague sense that it could be a little bit pinker, or incorporate a third color other than pink or gray, but I looked around and it and wasn’t sure *where*, so maybe that’s not actually true. I really like it overall!!

peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:15:31 +1200

That's cool that on mobile the doily is like an under paper? I'd maybe suggest a slightly darker grey. Pigeon or mouse maybe, but mobile peeps are going to know what's nice for them. And honestly, I know a lot of people do wander about. OT, does anyone know about why some views I get two hover icons in upper right of my comments typing window? (it's not happening right now. I think it happens when I go to someone's channel. Where I am right now isn't exactly clear.)

peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:30:50 +1200

It's charming without being aisle combat fatigues.

peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:37:46 +1200

@oulfis It sort of depends on what is controllable separately in themes/schemes. Which, I've no clue. That may vary in the dependent according to the parent.

vamp

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:54:17 +1200

I was actually thinking I might need another colour for the links. There doesn't seem to be enough contrast there. But I'm also not sure what colour exactly.

I check pages between different devices. My biggest problem with this one is the epic difference between my laptop display and my tablet display. My tablet makes everything super saturated, and it messed with the pink something chronic. It ended up really pale on the laptop because of it.

@peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart those hover icons are only in the top level post box. They don't exist in comment fields.

peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 12:36:00 +1200

Can you have the links pink when fresh and go to brown (far enough off the black text) if they've used it/been there? Ah, well, I guess I'll get better working around them.

oulfis

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 17:09:41 +1200

I like the sound of more colourful links! And/or maybe a subtle colour for the H1 headers? For more "12 year old girl" aesthetic I'd consider a light blue or a purple rather than brown, though brown could also look really nice. I definitely like the idea of them changing colour based on whether they've been visited, such a useful feature.

vamp

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 22:49:53 +1200

I don't know if I'd put brown with the grey, but I might have a play with a cyan or purple, and a different colour for visited links :)

Oh, and headers, too!

peoriapeoriarhetoriawhereart

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 02:15:37 +1200

I am meaning brown like bitter chocolate or dark leather couch. In the real world there are purples just on the edge;I don't know how color is specified for this environment (hex, RGB wheel, names, tarot). For utter grandma, brown could be 1970s chocolate ice cream. (That was my grandma.)

oulfis

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:14:24 +1200

Ah, that shade does sound lovely! I could see that working. The cyan comes in because my style is sort of a mash-up between 'fussy grandmother' and 'rich 12-year-old girl' as opposed to pure granny style :)

vamp

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 18:50:25 +1300

Wow, 2 months, I suck at stick-with-it-ness (but I knew that already). Anyway, finally I got back to this. I've gone with a cyan-y kind of blue for links and background, and a pinkish-reddish for the titles, and flagged the purple (because it really didn't work) and the alternate colour for visited links (It's not something I personally like, so I couldn't make myself do it, also because it was creating confusion between what was a link and what was a heading).

Anyway, here's the new version:

@sandbox is still wearing it if you'd like to have a poke around.

vamp

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:18:27 +1300

I've finalised it and added it to the repo.