Colors and Slogan

Robert 'Bob' Jensen marketing-list at fedoralinks.org
Thu Dec 29 15:57:56 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 10:39 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 06:39 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > Alex Maier wrote:
> > 
> > >Didn't we decide to go monochrome? I mean no color extensions?
> > >
> > I didnt see any such discussions anywhere in this list. 
> 
> I remember a discussion about this long ago, but no ultimate decision.
> In any case, here's my vote for no color extensions.  At one time I dug
> this idea, but after more careful consideration, I think they're
> distracting and interfere with the unity of the project.  The blue color
> is a distinctive thematic element, and I think swapping it for every
> subproject is a mistake.  
> 
> Simply changing a name that appears under the word "fedora" would be a
> better idea.  I think trying to incorporate some additional graphic
> element referencing the subproject name is probably also a bad move,
> because it would make the resulting amalgam too busy.
> 

I have to agree with Paul on this, also finding enough colors that are
complementary to the blue theme will get difficult and confusing as
projects are added.

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