The Sunglow Color Scheme

chippysmall4

Scratch Changed It's Color Scheme From Blue To Purple To Improve Color Contrast.
This Is Suggesting A New Color Scheme For Scratch.

-The Yellow-Abyss Color Scheme-

1. Why?
The Contrast Ratio Of The Color #EFBE20 To The Color #02001A Is 11.85 source As Opposed To The Current Purple's 4.66.
This Would Make Scratch More Accessible.

2. A Mockup Of A Forum Page With The Color Scheme.

Colors Used :
Text - #02001A
Background - #EFBE20

Last edited by chippysmall4 (March 1, 2024 11:05:55)

hydrofungus

Yes yellow and black has a great color contrast, but
1. I place a twenty dollar bet it would cause more drama and controversy. So soon after the blue and purple war.
2. Scratch would have to rework their logo
3. Some might get attacked by the yellow navbar and white background, those 2 don’t mix. I swear. Especially those who use scratch at night (remember dark mode is currently addon-exclusive and not everyone can use addons).

chippysmall4

hydrofungus wrote:
Yes yellow and black has a great color contrast, but
1. I place a twenty dollar bet it would cause more drama and controversy. So soon after the blue and purple war.
2. Scratch would have to rework their logo
3. Some might get attacked by the yellow navbar and white background, those 2 don’t mix. I swear. Especially those who use scratch at night (remember dark mode is currently addon-exclusive and not everyone can use addons).

The Logo Will Not Be Changed [It Looks Fine With The Color]

Malicondi

chippysmall4 wrote:
hydrofungus wrote:
Yes yellow and black has a great color contrast, but
1. I place a twenty dollar bet it would cause more drama and controversy. So soon after the blue and purple war.
2. Scratch would have to rework their logo
3. Some might get attacked by the yellow navbar and white background, those 2 don’t mix. I swear. Especially those who use scratch at night (remember dark mode is currently addon-exclusive and not everyone can use addons).
The Logo Will Not Be Changed [It Looks Fine With The Color]

the logo would blend in the with the site. Using scratches current color scheme, the yellow of the logo would blend into the nav bar and other areas of scratch, also i dont want my eyes to be disintegrated with the bright color scheme.

hydrofungus

chippysmall4 wrote:
hydrofungus wrote:
2. Scratch would have to rework their logo
The Logo Will Not Be Changed [It Looks Fine With The Color]

*ahem*
As you can see, the logo’s outline is currently white, and i don’t need a visibility checker to know that yellow and white probably has one of the most poor contrast. This could make people strain to look at it, and the orange color in the “Scratch” letters, looks quite close to the color you are suggesting, which might cause even more straining. People do look at logos sometimes.

Last edited by hydrofungus (Feb. 29, 2024 12:16:46)

chippysmall4

hydrofungus wrote:

chippysmall4 wrote:
hydrofungus wrote:
2. Scratch would have to rework their logo
The Logo Will Not Be Changed [It Looks Fine With The Color]
*ahem*
As you can see, the logo’s outline is currently white, and i don’t need a visibility checker to know that yellow and white probably has one of the most poor contrast. This could make people strain to look at it, and the orange color in the “Scratch” letters, looks quite close to the color you are suggesting, which might cause even more straining. People do look at logos sometimes.

The Quotes Are All Mixed
As Of Now, The Logo Is Outdated[ So It Would Be Reworked Eventually.

hydrofungus

chippysmall4 wrote:
hydrofungus wrote:
As Of Now, The Logo Is Outdated[ So It Would Be Reworked Eventually.

3.0 logo
*insert vine boom*
And i do not think the logo would be reworked soon, at least when the rest of the site is 3.0’ed half the web is outdated btw

Last edited by hydrofungus (Feb. 29, 2024 12:20:35)

chippysmall4

hydrofungus wrote:
chippysmall4 wrote:
hydrofungus wrote:
As Of Now, The Logo Is Outdated[ So It Would Be Reworked Eventually.
3.0 logo
*insert vine boom*
And i do not think the logo would be reworked soon, at least when the rest of the site is 3.0’ed half the web is outdated btw

The Quotes Are Mixed Again
Some Of The Sites Are Abandoned Which Is Why They Are Outdated
This Wouldn't Be Added Soon Either, And Maybe This Could Be Added Along With The Reworking.

hydrofungus

chippysmall4 wrote:
The Quotes Are Mixed Again
Some Of The Sites Are Abandoned Which Is Why They Are Outdated
This Wouldn't Be Added Soon Either, And Maybe This Could Be Added Along With The Reworking.

Is the forum and scratch profile stuff abandoned? I think not.
And how will the logo be changed? Don’t forget, this isn’t just changing the 2.0, it has got to work with 3.0 logo too. And don’t forget reason #3 mentioned in my post above.

chippysmall4

hydrofungus wrote:
chippysmall4 wrote:
The Quotes Are Mixed Again
Some Of The Sites Are Abandoned Which Is Why They Are Outdated
This Wouldn't Be Added Soon Either, And Maybe This Could Be Added Along With The Reworking.
Is the forum and scratch profile stuff abandoned? I think not.
And how will the logo be changed? Don’t forget, this isn’t just changing the 2.0, it has got to work with 3.0 logo too. And don’t forget reason #3 mentioned in my post above.

chippysmall4 wrote:
hydrofungus wrote:
chippysmall4 wrote:
hydrofungus wrote:
As Of Now, The Logo Is Outdated[ So It Would Be Reworked Eventually.
3.0 logo
*insert vine boom*
And i do not think the logo would be reworked soon, at least when the rest of the site is 3.0’ed half the web is outdated btw
The Quotes Are Mixed Again
Some Of The Sites Are Abandoned Which Is Why They Are Outdated
This Wouldn't Be Added Soon Either, And Maybe This Could Be Added Along With The Reworking.

Last edited by chippysmall4 (Feb. 29, 2024 12:38:13)

hydrofungus

Fine. Now let’s talk about

hydrofungus wrote:
3. Some might get attacked by the yellow navbar and white background, those 2 don’t mix. I swear. Especially those who use scratch at night (remember dark mode is currently addon-exclusive and not everyone can use addons).

this.

plutopawzz

⭐ ;; while yes yellow and black contrast well, what about white? a majority of the site is white (or offwhite) and those colors don't really mix well

Maximouse

Assuming that the background of the page would stay white, what color would be used for links? Yellow is unreadable on white and black would be too similar to normal text.

chippysmall4

Maximouse wrote:
Assuming that the background of the page would stay white, what color would be used for links? Yellow is unreadable on white and black would be too similar to normal text.

A Shade Of Yellow -
#EFBE20
Or
The Blue Used Commonly In Links On Most Parts Of The Internet.

Maximouse

chippysmall4 wrote:
Maximouse wrote:
Assuming that the background of the page would stay white, what color would be used for links? Yellow is unreadable on white and black would be too similar to normal text.
A Shade Of Yellow -
#EFBE20
Or
The Blue Used Commonly In Links On Most Parts Of The Internet.

Even if links were blue for better contrast, buttons – which also need to be clearly visible – have to be yellow if you want the color scheme to be consistent.

Last edited by Maximouse (Feb. 29, 2024 15:28:38)

starlightsparker

No support.
1. It wouldn’t contrast with the scratch logo
2. Purple is arguably better then yellow
3. People have already adjusted to purple, changing it to yellow would just start another war.
4. A lot of people still prefer purple over yellow
5. Purple is higher contrast then yellow
6. Unnecessary, it’s already changed to purple and scratch wouldn’t wanna change brand colors AGAIN
7. Alas, in my opinion… yellow is odd and purple looks better

chippysmall4

starlightsparker wrote:
No support.
1. It wouldn’t contrast with the scratch logo
2. Purple is arguably better then yellow
3. People have already adjusted to purple, changing it to yellow would just start another war.
4. A lot of people still prefer purple over yellow
5. Purple is higher contrast then yellow
6. Unnecessary, it’s already changed to purple and scratch wouldn’t wanna change brand colors AGAIN
7. Alas, in my opinion… yellow is odd and purple looks better

chippysmall4 wrote:
-snip-
Some Of The Sites Are Abandoned Which Is Why They Are Outdated
This Wouldn't Be Added Soon Either, And Maybe This Could Be Added Along With The Reworking.

Sunglow On Abyss Is 11.85 Contrast Ratio, More Than Purple, As Stated In The OP.

MythosLore

With the way that many users complained about the header becoming a color somewhat similar to blue and already used on Looks blocks, there will probably be even more complaints when the header becoming the color of mustard.

There's also the fact that neither of the colors are shown anywhere on the site.

Also, keep in mind that actual black (#000000) text (or something extremely similar to it, like the color you suggested) can cause eye strain and make text hard to look at for a while. More contrast does not always mean better.

starlightsparker

chippysmall4 wrote:
starlightsparker wrote:
No support.
1. It wouldn’t contrast with the scratch logo
2. Purple is arguably better then yellow
3. People have already adjusted to purple, changing it to yellow would just start another war.
4. A lot of people still prefer purple over yellow
5. Purple is higher contrast then yellow
6. Unnecessary, it’s already changed to purple and scratch wouldn’t wanna change brand colors AGAIN
7. Alas, in my opinion… yellow is odd and purple looks better
chippysmall4 wrote:
-snip-
Some Of The Sites Are Abandoned Which Is Why They Are Outdated
This Wouldn't Be Added Soon Either, And Maybe This Could Be Added Along With The Reworking.
Sunglow On Abyss Is 11.85 Contrast Ratio, More Than Purple, As Stated In The OP.

Still. My other points stand

XCartooonX

This color scheme would hurt the eyes of so, so many people. No support.
Having a better contrast ratio doesn't mean it's a better color choice. The purple is a lot nicer.

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