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i think they did need to unify the design and branding but i also agree they went too far with it. if they had only chosen 1-2 colors for each app icon that would have helped a lot.

gmail - red

drive - yellow

maps - green

meet - blue

calendar - lighter blue

problem solved

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Problem solved! If we ignore the world’s ~300 million colorblind people.

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is that the one that says “fuck the color blind” because if so hey!! that’s not nice

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Beat me to it.

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i think they forgot to mention: they’re not all the same shape.

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True. Colorblind people come in all shapes and sizes.

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Except that the original post was contesting that those shapes are indistinguishable from each other. My point, therefore, is that the solution offered in the post I replied to would still be indistinguishable to 300 million people.

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The icoms would still have different shapes, right?

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No, it would just be the 🤣 emoji in different colors.

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Which is how they are now

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Yes, but the original post is suggesting that they’re ambiguous enough to all be squares. Running with that concept, making a bunch of squares different colors doesn’t fix the issue for those of us who can’t easily identify those colors.

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Most software pretty much doesn’t give a fuck about the visually impaired despite everyone talking big shit about accessibility. So I could certainly give a fuck what color someone’s logo is.

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then what is your solution? do you expect them to redo their entire corporate branding palette?

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Nope. The icons are honestly good enough as they are, but the original post was being disingenuous in suggesting they’re no more distinguishable than squares.

Running with that logic, having each square a different color does not solve the problem for those of us who can’t easily distinguish those colors.

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calendar - lighter blue

It’s called goluboy. In Russian at least.

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