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Re: Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

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Post by brudgers »

bhouston wrote: post #57

I think that if there is voting, one should sort of do some type of spreading algorithm where the color you vote on, is sort of a much weaker vote for the surrounding colors. There is just too many colours, especially in this color space, and it is sort of hard for humans to really differentiate them. Thus spread out the vote based on average human visual perception differentiability capabilities. Also this color spa…

Picking a color from a pallet of similar colors is explicitly rejecting the nearby colors on the swatch.

It is exactly the opposite of a weak vote for nearby colors.

Of course, "nearby colors" depends on which axis (or axes) of the color space is/are changing, the rates of change, and what is the criterion for ordering the aspects of color.

Historically, voting on colors is a strong tradition in color science.

Because color is a property of human perception not a property of the external world...turn out the lights and the apple isn't red any more.

Re: Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

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Post by manquer »

TrickyRick wrote: post #76

Currently #d8e3a8 is the 4th best but also the second worst. Likewise #cce0c9 is the 5th best and 3rd worst. Has there been fewer than 10 colors voted on or what gives?

It is more likely that votes are very thinly spread out that any color with some votes would surface

Re: Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

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Post by fuckcensorship »

drewzero1 wrote: post #79
themikesanto wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, you can change the top bar color? That's news to me.

At certain karma thresholds, different things unlock. There's a list somewhere but I'm not sure if it's up-to-date.[0] It looks like top bar color can be changed once you hit 250 karma. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853964

List of undocumented HN features:

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

Re: Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

#105

Post by kryptn »

JansjoFromIkea wrote: post #97

Presumably the text color will distort the preferences? You're not deciding you prefer a color, you're deciding you prefer a background color for a white font. At the moment it seems to be always white, maybe if it's always the opposite color on the color wheel that might offset it? Or maybe just have the text on a white card on the edge of the screen so you can focus on the color itself?

After a few votes the text hex code disappeared for me so I was only voting on the colors.

Re: Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

#106

Post by tshaddox »

brudgers wrote: post #101
bhouston wrote: post #57

I think that if there is voting, one should sort of do some type of spreading algorithm where the color you vote on, is sort of a much weaker vote for the surrounding colors. There is just too many colours, especially in this color space, and it is sort of hard for humans to really differentiate them. Thus spread out the vote based on average human visual perception differentiability capabilities. Also this color spa…

Picking a color from a pallet of similar colors is explicitly rejecting the nearby colors on the swatch. It is exactly the opposite of a weak vote for nearby colors. Of course, "nearby colors" depends on which axis (or axes) of the color space is/are changing, the rates of change, and what is the criterion for ordering the aspects of color. Historically, voting on colors is a strong tradition in color science. Becaus…

> Picking a color from a pallet of similar colors is explicitly rejecting the nearby colors on the swatch.

> It is exactly the opposite of a weak vote for nearby colors.

Surely that is demonstrably false in cases where you could experimentally prove that two adjacent colors are below the voter's threshold of color discrimination.

Re: Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

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Post by erichurkman »

kryptn wrote: post #105
JansjoFromIkea wrote: post #97

Presumably the text color will distort the preferences? You're not deciding you prefer a color, you're deciding you prefer a background color for a white font. At the moment it seems to be always white, maybe if it's always the opposite color on the color wheel that might offset it? Or maybe just have the text on a white card on the edge of the screen so you can focus on the color itself?

After a few votes the text hex code disappeared for me so I was only voting on the colors.

I found myself voting against colors more than I was voting for colors. Anything wins against the harshness of chartreuse, except a somehow _worse_ chartreuse.

Re: Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

#109

Post by drewzero1 »

fuckcensorship wrote: post #104
drewzero1 wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At certain karma thresholds, different things unlock. There's a list somewhere but I'm not sure if it's up-to-date.[0] It looks like top bar color can be changed once you hit 250 karma. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853964

List of undocumented HN features: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

That's the one I was thinking of, but couldn't find. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

#110

Post by mikkergp »

codingdave wrote: post #10

I suspect people are choosing more because of hue and undertones than strictly on RGB colors. It would be more interesting to aggregate the results up into more general conclusions - do people like pastels or earth tones better? How bright of a color is too bright before people stop voting for it? How dark?

I've been into 70's colorscapes recently, so when given the chance I vote for earthy tones, then beyond that I may pick colors I know i like, or based on emotional gut reaction, it depends how hard the gut reaction hits me. I'd be curious to have these stats as well. I'd also be curious to know, how often do I pick the colors I think are my favorite. Purple is my favorite color, but it doesn't appear often in earthy tones and I think I would prefer an earthy or washed out orange or green to a washed out purple.
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