• renzev@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if chromium having the blue colors is what set the precedent for almost every other privacy-conscious browser to have a blue logo (Waterfox, GNU Icecat, palemoon, librewolf…)

    EDIT on second though probably not, blue just seems like a good color for internet-related applications. Safari, edge, and internet explorer are also blue!

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      1 year ago

      For years I’ve seen blue as a social media color and stayed away. A beautiful peaceful color ruined by Facebook and its ilk

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      1 year ago

      I feel like just more app icons in general are blue than any other color. Off the top of my head in addition to what you mentioned I have shazam, venmo, signal, steam, blink, reolink, dropbox, steam, paypal, discord, max, disney plus. And that’s not even counting one’s that are majority white but with blue as the only color. I think it’s just the most popular design choice or maybe there’s some sinister market research somewhere that shows people use/spend more on apps that have blue icons.

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        I believe blue is a very “Everything is okay” colour. Which might explain why it’s so common if true.