Colortest1
My proposal for visual design for the MiniDebConf has been
received well. People seem to like the general idea, which
worried me the most. If people hated that idea, I'd have
to go back and cook something up on Miró...
However, organizers in Spain do worry that the visual
expression will be confused with that of a local political party.
[[!img cartel-te-escuchamos-v3-01.jpg size=200x class=tiny link=http://ciudadanos-cs.org/comunicacion/CAMPANYES/CS-TE-ESCUCHA/cartel-te-escuchamos-v3-01.jpg alt="election poster"]]
[[!img mdcb2014_postersizeA_mock2.png size=200x class=tiny]]
I see no danger of that. They use speech bubbles and orange.
So does the telecompany Orange (if it still exists) - and Ubuntu.
By the way, I see in this small size that my new choice of
font for the speech bubbles is too weak. It needs more work.
It's been suggested I try out a brighter orange.
[[!img colortest1.png size=400x class=tall]]
The color in the middle is my original choice, the one at the
top is fine, but you can almost tell no difference, when they
are not placed closely together.
The same danger of confusion will (not) be there with any orange
from "curry" to "crocus".
I show the color in the bottom because it makes it evident how
narrow the gap between these colors is - there is very tight
room for adjustments. Yellow is too bright and cheap looking,
like a discount sign color.
I've looked into other colors, but so far I've not found any
good replacement, since I no longer have any gut feeling to
hang my hat on, except for the Debian logo color - they have
to be a good match. I know I'm free to do whatever, Jonas just
reminded me, but of all the colors in the World, thinking of
Spain, I only feel orange. Not blue, not green, not purple.
Red is already used. Yellow looks cheap. A dusty palette is not
uplifting...
I could choose a pink, and that would actually be fun. But pink
is not serious. Pink can't be taken seriously. Like women can't?
OK, now it's gotta be pink!
[[!img pink.png size=400x class=tall]]
Well, I'm not really serious now.
The serious thing to do for me now will be to watch some Spanish
movies to get a new gut feeling about Spain. A dosis of Almodóvar
would be suitable. Alternatively I must chat with some Spanish friends.
But maybe, just maybe, the Barcelona organizers will be just as
happy with the new orange color as I am. Life can sometimes be
that easy.
[[!tag english minidebconf color draft debian]]
[[!meta date=2014-02-18]]
