Colour recommendations
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
I'm also colour blind, but I can't imagine that apart from red for stop, green for go and yellow for caution that you'd have too many associations to worry about.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
I would hesitate to use colour as anything more than an afterthought, especially with six options. Many of your users won't be able to distinguish all of them.
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
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I'm also colour blind, but I can't imagine that apart from red for stop, green for go and yellow for caution that you'd have too many associations to worry about.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Yeah, thats what I thought until my last client blasted my colour selections. Maybe I am more colour blind than I thought... I guess I will just try and go for the some colours that I think aren't to "out there". And maybe not ask my wife again who thought pink must be good for something.
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
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I would hesitate to use colour as anything more than an afterthought, especially with six options. Many of your users won't be able to distinguish all of them.
Yes, your probably right, maybe I could just use one colour. Usually with the application it is different people responsible for each section. One person ordering/confirming another despatching another invoicing, I could just highlight the status that has more meaning/urgency to each person. Hope that makes sense.
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
i had a similar experience once. i was developing a web application and the client didn't like the color combination. i tried every color combination that i thought would look good... but i was wrong. then i add pink to the combination and guess what? the client loved it!!
regards :)
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White with white background :-D
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i had a similar experience once. i was developing a web application and the client didn't like the color combination. i tried every color combination that i thought would look good... but i was wrong. then i add pink to the combination and guess what? the client loved it!!
regards :)
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
Why don't you make the colors configurable by the user(s)? Then you can use a default color scheme of your choice, and let the user(s) change it as they please. <Edit>The users won't be pleased with the colors you choose anyway, so let them fiddle around by their own. Eventually they will come up with something they like. Different for each person, I'm sure. </Edit>
Alcohol. The cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
modified on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:50 AM
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Why don't you make the colors configurable by the user(s)? Then you can use a default color scheme of your choice, and let the user(s) change it as they please. <Edit>The users won't be pleased with the colors you choose anyway, so let them fiddle around by their own. Eventually they will come up with something they like. Different for each person, I'm sure. </Edit>
Alcohol. The cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
modified on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:50 AM
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Yes, thats the plan, but not at this stage, thats in the next release. I have to go with hard coded at the moment.
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One suggestion, based on your choices: Red: Deleted Light blue: To Be Confirmed Dark blue: Confirmed Light green: Despatched Dark green: Complete Yellow: Invoiced The most common color blindness is red-green, making it impossible to separate those colors. Might be worth some consideration...
Alcohol. The cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
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One suggestion, based on your choices: Red: Deleted Light blue: To Be Confirmed Dark blue: Confirmed Light green: Despatched Dark green: Complete Yellow: Invoiced The most common color blindness is red-green, making it impossible to separate those colors. Might be worth some consideration...
Alcohol. The cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
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Thanks kakan. Those choices make a lot of sense.:thumbsup:
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
Hi Rickyjos, I like Kakan's suggestions. One thing you didn't tell us, however, is whether the background color can vary per item which opens up many more possibilities. Here's a few thoughts : 1. Deleted : show gray type on white background 2. if there's a sequential order of steps here : i.e., : to be confirmed => confirmed => complete => invoiced => despatched use some range of shades of the same color as these (hypothetical) steps are grouped in some way you think appropriate. best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
What Bill said, and then some. The order in which these states occur really does dictate a lot. I'd say you need to make the colors fairly muted or this will look like a hot dog stand on crack no matter what colors you pick. Deleted should be Grey or Dark Grey. Deleted items don't require action. Hence you pick a 'non-action' color. You should reserve Red for items that need action so I wouldn't use it at all and keep it around for when the users make a change that requires you to build a second status for 'rush' or 'normal'. Red can then be for anything the company needs to expedite for whatever reason. Likewise you know that the orders are going to accumulate in two categories; Confirmed (while someone assembles them) and Invoiced (after they are all done). So your screen will be awash with whatever these two colors happen to be. Or if you know they'll accumulate in some other way based on the business type...well you can see perhaps the logic here. I'd go with kakan's suggestions except... Invoiced - Orange Deleted - Grey Also, most order systems I know Complete the order (completely assembled) before Despatching it. But I've seen some that allow you to ship incomplete. So that's what these terms mean to me. I'd also say make the Deleted and Invoiced orders have an italic font, if you have any control over that aspect. That tells the user that these orders are no longer "In Play".
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Hi Rickyjos, I like Kakan's suggestions. One thing you didn't tell us, however, is whether the background color can vary per item which opens up many more possibilities. Here's a few thoughts : 1. Deleted : show gray type on white background 2. if there's a sequential order of steps here : i.e., : to be confirmed => confirmed => complete => invoiced => despatched use some range of shades of the same color as these (hypothetical) steps are grouped in some way you think appropriate. best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
Hello Bill, I can definitely play with the background colour as well. I really like the "shades of the same color idea" for each similar process, similar to Kakan's suggestion, I think I will work on that idea.:thumbsup: Thanks for the input.
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.
I guess it depends if the application is used by men or women. If it's for women then you can use seemingly identical shades of orange and call them things like: orange, tangerine, kumquat, satsuma and they'll instantly know which one's which. If it's for guys you'll need to stick to Black / White and ROYGBIV. Russ
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I don't think this is a programming question, so hopefully OK to ask an opinion here. I need to show a status/colour for some orders in my application. Deleted To Be Confirmed Confirmed Despatched Complete Invoiced What colours would you recommend that indicate the above? I thought Red for deleted, Blue Confirmed, Green Despatched... Struggling with the rest, it may not seem important, but I think some users tend to associate certain colours with a status/urgency, and no, letting them choose their own is not an option... I'm not good with colours :)
No heroics, just f@%*ing do it.