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Basically had culture shock driving down a wide north american road.
It's not just the colors. It's the emptiness.
The clearance of everything in north america is insane. It's just so boring.
Just got back from a trip to Spain and Portugal. Basically had culture shock driving down a wide north american road. It's not just the colors. It's the emptiness. The clearance of everything in north america is insane. It's just so boring.
It's not "losing" color. At periods when technology resulted in new color possibilities, people went overboard with color. Make all the things colorful!! Think of the technicolor sixties. And we can go back in history and see the same thing with new clothing pigments, new paint pigments. But when everything is colorful, nothing stands out. Everything being colorful is as monotonous as everything being, well, monotone…
However, if everyone followed that same "modern taste," everything would look alike. Just as the technicolor era had its appeal, so do bold color palettes.
The best approach depends on the desired effect and overall design.
Just got back from a trip to Spain and Portugal. Basically had culture shock driving down a wide north american road. It's not just the colors. It's the emptiness. The clearance of everything in north america is insane. It's just so boring.
All of North America?
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I think this is a myth (at least in the US). I don't even have to provide the color of my car to get an insurance quote. The exception (maybe the source of the myth) is that cars with custom or exotic colors will cost more if you opt for comprehensive coverage.
>I think this is a myth (at least in the US). I don't even have to provide the color of my car to get an insurance quote. When I renew my insurance, on the website it shows 'grey'. They know what colour your car is.
https://www.progressive.com/answers/red-car-myths/ https://www.allstate.com/resources/car-insurance/do-red-cars...
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I'm going to change your first example. Can you see what stands out? "00000000qq000000000I0000000" Now I'm going to change your second example, also by three characters. Can you see what stands out? "H90F3iJsjo$(4ORma1sSKX@)!2k" Is that a clearer example of what I'm trying to say? In the second example, because every symbol stands out, no symbol stands out. Or to put it more technically, noise has overwhelmed any sig…
But you're contrasting chaotic use of many different colors with neutrality, and arguing for environments with very little color rather than well-coordinated color; you argued above that color was just one element along with size, shape, texture etc., as if these qualities were mutually exclusive and design should only emphasize one at any given time.
And more neutral environments with accent colors makes sense because the main accent is always people and their clothing. Your patterned red dress won't clash with a neutral background. It will likely clash with a patterned orange wall. A more neutral environment allowed for lots of colored accents to exist without competing or clashing with them.
It's not "losing" color. At periods when technology resulted in new color possibilities, people went overboard with color. Make all the things colorful!! Think of the technicolor sixties. And we can go back in history and see the same thing with new clothing pigments, new paint pigments. But when everything is colorful, nothing stands out. Everything being colorful is as monotonous as everything being, well, monotone…
> Making it the main element in everything is just overdoing it. It's bad design. I disagree. The 60s through the 80s had a wide color palette with extremely good design. Early 1900s too. Heck even the Greek statues were extremely colorful.
When it comes to things like cars and room interiors, neutral colors have a much better resale value because they appeal to people more widely. For cars, vibrant colors might mean higher insurance rates (red cars are associated with sports cars, young drivers and aggressive driving).
There are other factors with car colour:
- Visibility: white and yellow are more visible and get a premium discount.
- Fleet ownership: which mostly means white.
The amount of grey manufactured at the moment is interesting as they attract a higher premium because they are basically the same colour as the road. Black is also deemed less visible.
Why is nobody talking about how Car Insurance is typically higher with any real colour selections? Insurance companies calculate that vehicles with certain colours (for example, Red) have a higher statistical probability of being in a collision than say... grey. This has created a downward pressure for people who would like colours in their vehicles, but would instead prefer to just pay less in car insurance since th…
I think this is a myth (at least in the US). I don't even have to provide the color of my car to get an insurance quote. The exception (maybe the source of the myth) is that cars with custom or exotic colors will cost more if you opt for comprehensive coverage.
NVM, I think that's a Fiat, not Austin.
