The royal blue colour scheme: It looks better *and* it's still accessible.

medians

ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
lapisi wrote:
ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
(#378)
Rejected?

TOLORS wrote:
7.14 Revert the purple color palette back to blue
The specific color of purple was chosen as a practical one, as the Scratch Team determined through research that it is the color which is the most helpful for those with vision impairments. That is, the color change is important for the sake of improved accessibility, which means that more people will be able to use Scratch. For more information on the Scratch Team's process that led to the purple color palette, see this post.
not what this is, this is a different blue
This got closed, although this is a different blue as well.

This has been open for a while, and it could just be used as an alternate color alongside purple (since the purple caused issues for colorblind people and had been triggering headaches for me and other people). It also has more color contrast than the purple, and the rejection stated “That is, the color change is important for the sake of improved accessibility, which means that more people will be able to use Scratch.”

Last edited by medians (Feb. 4, 2025 21:04:30)

ThisIsTemp1

medians wrote:
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But isn't navy one of the most accessible blues out there? Even more accessible than this one? Why close that one and not this one?

medians

ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
medians wrote:
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But isn't navy one of the most accessible blues out there? Even more accessible than this one? Why close that one and not this one?

It could be either one, people have suggested potential alternate colors on this topic other than what the original poster had (which you can see on previous pages).
Edit: Also have no idea honestly, maybe because the other person never mentioned accessibility (even though it wasn't the same blue that was used before the update)
Edit 2: Also the Scratch Team is aware of this topic, it was closed before but was reopened.

Last edited by medians (Feb. 4, 2025 21:24:58)

AvidOsirianGuy

to fix this issue how about accent colours (you can choose one from the settings menu in the editor), it'd be good and you could also go back to the blue if you'd like (but the dark mode website and block colours should come, but it's a topic for well - another day)

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