Default desktop colors

[daniele favara]

On 5/30/06, Stephan Arts <psybsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/25/06, Biju Chacko <botsie at xfce.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 24 May 2006, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> >
> > > Fine by me, though it seems a bit...  drab and boring.  I think you
> > > could say "some people don't like X" for just about any color.  I'd say
> > > go for something pleasing to the eye, and if people don't like it, too
> > > bad.  It's not like it takes effort to change it.
> >
> > I agree. While I really don't like the current colour, this one is kinda
> > dull. I'd suggest something with a similar tone to the button highlight
> > colour (that is, the orange-ish shade).
> >
> > -- b
>
> There is a reason ppl do not like green, and it has something to do
> with color-blindness.
>
> I don't know exactly what it is, but to some people green can be offensive.

yes it has something to do with color-blindness ... but i'm not sure
this is the case .. with that pathology ppl can distinguish a red
triangle on a green background

> I know that blue has been over-done by just about everyone nowadays.
> But there was a good reason ppl started using it. (It is also the
> reason the BSOD exists and is not a GSOD or RSOD)
>
> Again, i have forgotten the physics behind it, but there is a very
> good reason not to use green and red.
>
> Stephan
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