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erinja (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. vasaris 7 d. 16:39:31
It's really about taste rather than colors, isn't it?
A website about America doesn't have to have red and white stripes and blue and white stars springing out all over the place. A website for a gay organization shouldn't have so many rainbows on it that it looks like a five year old drew it.
The problem with Esperanto is not the color green, but the lack of taste and design skill in the people making websites and brochures. No need to make everything green, as has already been mentioned. Our websites and mailings tend to look amateurish because - surprise! It's mainly amateurs making them. The Esperanto movement as a whole could use a serious dose of professionalism in marketing itself.
A website about America doesn't have to have red and white stripes and blue and white stars springing out all over the place. A website for a gay organization shouldn't have so many rainbows on it that it looks like a five year old drew it.
The problem with Esperanto is not the color green, but the lack of taste and design skill in the people making websites and brochures. No need to make everything green, as has already been mentioned. Our websites and mailings tend to look amateurish because - surprise! It's mainly amateurs making them. The Esperanto movement as a whole could use a serious dose of professionalism in marketing itself.
ceigered (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. vasaris 7 d. 17:48:47
erinja:The problem with Esperanto is not the color green, but the lack of taste and design skill in the people making websites and brochures. No need to make everything green, as has already been mentioned. Our websites and mailings tend to look amateurish because - surprise! It's mainly amateurs making them. The Esperanto movement as a whole could use a serious dose of professionalism in marketing itself.I somehow feel like I could recognise this comment as being yours even if I didn't read the name
Clearly I'm on here too much, dear god why can't university just start again for the year!I completely agree anyway, in that the EO community sort of has a "everyone has to to everything Esperanto-ly now! Even if you suck at it!" attitude. I guess we language learners have too much confidence at times.
On the flipside, it's that very willingness to help in a sort of relaxed fashion that makes EO's community sort of fun I guess, coming from an internet-only learner though.
Genjix (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. vasaris 7 d. 19:24:15
blue is a terribad colour for a community site.
colour co-ordination is one of the strongest effects you can use in your designs. for instance pick 2-3 colours on opposite ends of the colour wheel then decide on whether you use low/high-key (value of colour).
i prefer high-key colours (vibrant pinks, passionate reds) but if you find green too nauseous then you could use rare hues (dampened colours near grey).
that's why you see all those scifi covers with blue/orange contrast. They're opposite hues and have warm/cold contrast (so the image recedes and has depth). Just go to google and type scifi cover and see the prevalence of this overused colour scheme.
... Anyway I would work on something like this, but website design isn't really as fun but takes time... got other projects to make as higher priority atm. maybe later.
colour co-ordination is one of the strongest effects you can use in your designs. for instance pick 2-3 colours on opposite ends of the colour wheel then decide on whether you use low/high-key (value of colour).
i prefer high-key colours (vibrant pinks, passionate reds) but if you find green too nauseous then you could use rare hues (dampened colours near grey).
that's why you see all those scifi covers with blue/orange contrast. They're opposite hues and have warm/cold contrast (so the image recedes and has depth). Just go to google and type scifi cover and see the prevalence of this overused colour scheme.
That's why for this star I used a low-key green... the bright colour is a little nauseousceigered:Decent idea. check it
Of course, combining the two to have a star in a circle may end up with something like this, which I know will thrill the Middle East, Russia and China.
... Anyway I would work on something like this, but website design isn't really as fun but takes time... got other projects to make as higher priority atm. maybe later.