Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 22, Issue 3
Earth tones can work wondefully towards communicating 'earthy' ideals when implemented in the design structure. That said, when you fail to apply those notions, or worse -- as Ubuntu does -- use 'brown' just for 'browns' sake, you end up in a mire of mediocre design. Ok, good point. But you don't have to screw up that earthy design when you seek different colors. For example, look at these stones in the commercial for the Motorola Pebble (here's a small image http://www.randomculture.com/random_culture/images/peblpond.jpg) You can see the grey and the deep sea green giving you this raw violence of nature. It is earty in my opinion. No one has ever done that before. Vincent -- ubuntu-art mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour
I still have to meet with the one who wants to keep it. Just to say, I love the browns and I wish Kubuntu would adopt them too. C'mon, Ubuntu is African and Africa is all about tones of brown and the veld. /d -- ubuntu-art mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour
On 4/14/07, Donn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still have to meet with the one who wants to keep it. Just to say, I love the browns and I wish Kubuntu would adopt them too. C'mon, Ubuntu is African and Africa is all about tones of brown and the veld. There is a confusion here. No one is suggesting that the brown is ugly. But the target users for ubuntu are not the Africans where this color enjoys privileged symbolic meaning. Rather Ubuntu aims at the global audience (dominated by western influences) that operates along different cultural lines. And this is the audience that needs to be satisfied. In other words, the choice of a successful color scheme shouldn't be based on personal preferences but rather on the expectations of the global users. 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. Jmak -- http://jozmak.blogspot.com/ http://jozmak.googlepages.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour
There is a confusion here. No one is suggesting that the brown is ugly. No worries. But the target users for ubuntu are not the Africans where this color enjoys privileged symbolic meaning. Rather Ubuntu aims at the global audience (dominated by western influences) I'm white and western, I just happened to be born in South Africa! I still like the brown. I think it's a brave and distinctive choice. :) If we are gonna go down the cultural perception road then I always argue for a locale-based theme such that the locale decides the icons, the colours, the fonts, and so on. One size-fits all just don't work. Research the subject to see what I mean. I'm sure it gets deeper than I have the metaphysics for, but I's still likes my browns man! Cheers, /d -- ubuntu-art mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jmak wrote: 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. Color Psychology is an attempt to legitimize a field that was once referred to chromotherapy. It was used in ancient Egyptian and Chinese cultures. In contemporary terms, it is considered by most psychologists to be completely bunk. The American Medical Association dismissed it about a decade ago. Consider the following: In 1878 Edwin Babbit published The Principles of Light and Color: The Healing Power of Color. Babbit believed that pulsing coloured lights shone into the eyes could cure a deficiency in eyesight, correct eye coordination, and general health problems. We know today that ultraviolet light can kill bacteria, but Dinshah P Ghadiali4 claimed that he could cure a patient by shining multi-coloured light upon their bare skin. Calling it 'Spectro-Chrome Therapy', he said that the basic elements of the human body - oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon - all had a corollary colour; oxygen was blue, hydrogen red, nitrogen green, and carbon yellow. He said that the human body is responsive to these four 'colour wave potencies' and to cure disease it was necessary to administer the lacking colours or reduce the colours that have become too brilliant. After 30 years of criminal activity, including immoral relations with a 19-year-old girl who had been his secretary, making over a million dollars selling the device, 12 criminal counts and five years probation, a permanent injunction was issued in 1959 against Ghadiali and Spectro-Chrome, and in 1966, Ghadiali died. Amazingly enough, the Spectro-Chrome is still available by mail order. Do you think that colour psychology has much merit when it is listed on the same page that has astro psychics and UFO spottings? Rather Ubuntu aims at the global audience (dominated by western influences) that operates along different cultural lines. Again, this is rather Western centric. Remember, as of two years ago some of the most lauded designers were popping up in Starbucks and like coffee shop mentality. What was the base colour in most of those schemes? That's right -- _brown_. They won a boatload of awards fueling the organic brown earthy look and feel, and with good reason -- some of that work is _phenomenal_ and had a good deal to do with Starbuck's success. Sincerely, TJS -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGIPUPar0EasPEHjQRAlQQAKC1fCDqwNg9gaiiDm8hifmGGD4fjACgw5+g J5sUN2xHp3pDxA9zpRzI3CE= =TMp8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour
Again, this is rather Western centric. Remember, as of two years ago some of the most lauded designers were popping up in Starbucks and like coffee shop mentality. What was the base colour in most of those schemes? That's right -- _brown_. They won a boatload of awards fueling the organic brown earthy look and feel, and with good reason -- some of that work is _phenomenal_ and had a good deal to do with Starbuck's success. But you dont live in the starbucks. On the other hand, you spend many hours every day in front of your computer. The computer is a bit like home. It is unlikely that you paint your living room say orange, or black. jmak -- http://jozmak.blogspot.com/ http://jozmak.googlepages.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
