Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#1

Post by mg » Wed, Oct 03, 2012, 6:44 PM UTC

Im writing an app that tracks the times when you are productive and when you are lazy. It has 2 states that I want to represent by color: "productive" and "leisure". Which colors would you assign to these two states?

Re: Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#2

Post by Swizec » Wed, Oct 03, 2012, 6:56 PM UTC

For me productive is either green or dark blue. I don't put leisure in Klok so it doesn't have a colour.

Re: Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#3

Post by no_gravity » Wed, Oct 03, 2012, 7:01 PM UTC

Swizec wrote: post #2

For me productive is either green or dark blue. I don't put leisure in Klok so it doesn't have a colour.

Yeah, green is what I tend to for productive. As a sign to "go on!". So I will probably make leisure red. Even though it might be a bit strange to have such a strong color for a nice time.

Re: Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#4

Post by Swizec » Wed, Oct 03, 2012, 7:06 PM UTC

no_gravity wrote: post #3

Swizec wrote: post #2

For me productive is either green or dark blue. I don't put leisure in Klok so it doesn't have a colour.

Yeah, green is what I tend to for productive. As a sign to "go on!". So I will probably make leisure red. Even though it might be a bit strange to have such a strong color for a nice time.

Red, for me, has always been school/education ... maybe because I started assigning the colours when I was still in high school.

Re: Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#5

Post by Wilduck » Wed, Oct 03, 2012, 7:20 PM UTC

I conceive of leisure as either sky-blue or blank white.

Re: Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#6

Post by mnicole » Wed, Oct 03, 2012, 7:42 PM UTC

Productive: Orange (construction = work) Leisure: Light blue (sky = watching the clouds)

Re: Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#7

Post by Delphiki » Wed, Oct 03, 2012, 10:03 PM UTC

Productive - Green

Leisure - Blue

Re: Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#8

Post by expralitemonk » Thu, Oct 04, 2012, 12:13 AM UTC

Leisure: ocean blue. Productive: muted red.

Re: Ask HN: What are the colors of "productive" and "leisure"?

#9

Post by alid » Thu, Oct 04, 2012, 1:01 AM UTC

There's some great articles on the psychology of colour which may help you decide. Here's one: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/175428

My suggestion: Productive: Yellow (stimulates energy), Leisure: Turquoise (associated with tropical water, and pairs well with yellow)

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#10

Post by arunprabu » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 8:28 PM UTC

Green will refresh you and thus you will be productive n creative. Blue will also be productive. light blue and white for relaxed feeling. Purple n rose will destroy men's productivity and any good company will lose all its sheen as it happened for yahoo.