Fedora Infinity Update
Nicolas Mailhot
nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
Mon Aug 13 11:52:40 UTC 2007
Le Lun 13 août 2007 13:22, Máirín Duffy a écrit :
> This sounds like a bit of an urban myth? I've never heard of this and
> I've a design degree - I would love to know where you've heard this?
In a previous life I helped organise an event. We organised a
competition to choose the picture that would appear on brochures,
leaflets, ads, etc The design winner was purplish (with a bluish
gradient, just like your mokups).
The print shop warned us this was not a popular colour and we'd be
well advised to ask the designer to change the main tone. We went
through anyway. On hindsight this was a mistake - we had many remarks
on the colour, and even today I have mixed feelings when I look at
the art material I kept as a remembrance (esp compared to the ones
produced by the teams that organised the previous and next iterations)
Since then I've looked twice whenever I encounter purple artwork. I've
found out the print shop was right - it is very rarely used, and when
it is it's predominently with a hard contrasting colour (black,
silver, white) to tone down the purple impression. The very few cases
I've seen it in a big gradient were somehow less than optimal just
like our own attempt.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing :(
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Nicolas Mailhot
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