User talk:Dkpat/sandbox/colors

Can I see these in use in a sample for each, all on the same page? That should help with an opinion on color and layout. As it is now, I can't really envision what they'd look like, so a visual aid would really help. Rolina (talk) 11:47, 6 November 2012 (CST)
 * These are all colors that are already in use throughout the wiki. I'm merely making a table for the reference and to gather them and to point out the unnecessary redundancy and inconsistencies between our colors for the four elements. ~ dkpat (talk) 12:51, 6 November 2012 (CST)
 * For Examples, The 1st three of each elemental color (base, light, and dark) are in use on Djinn templates, Psynergy templates, and the main page. the 4th color (Extra) is in use on character infoboxes and as of now, Djinn templates. The next two colors for each element are in use on the various elemental navigation templates about the wiki. (Template:JupiterPsynergy)
 * Following those, we have the Table Head, Section Head, and Section Content; in use on infoboxes that would have no elemental alignment (Template:infobox item). The first two of these colors are also used to represent The Broken Seal and The Lost Age, respectively, in navigation templates that are divided as such (Template:Maces) Also seen here is the color for Dark Dawn. Finally the nonelemental colors in use mainly on character infoboxes who are not an adept, or are of unknown alignment. (Kraden) ~ dkpat (talk) 13:11, 6 November 2012 (CST)
 * Wait, then... I'm confused. Why ask for opinions if it's not something you're planning to change or add?  Rolina (talk) 22:09, 7 November 2012 (CST)
 * I can certainly understand your confusion. I really started the table to use as a personal reference for the colors but... I'm not entirely happy with the two "sets" of colors we have for the four elements. I dunno... It never really bugged me before, and I guess it's not a big problem... but I still think It'd be nice to have a consistent 3 or 4 colors to represent each element. Another thing here (and again... I guess it's fine as is but I wonder) is the fact that we have the overlap with the colors for the first two games and the default colors in use throughout the wiki. I just wonder if it's possible to do this better, or if it's even worth trying to. ~ dkpat (talk) 22:51, 7 November 2012 (CST)
 * Ah, I see. Well, if it's any help, I think the reason that there's two is because one of them is an artifact from before the current colors that are being used (Checking Adept and Djinn info tables, they appear to be the same colors - Brown for venus, Purple for jupiter, light blue for mercury, and red for mars).  I think the Grey infobox works well for non-elemental characters, and while I suppose the black ones for Luna work fine for now, I'd prefer a color that's more of a dark indigo, like the shadows of the eclipse monsters.  I guess that'd leave Yellow for Sol, and maybe a green one for aesthetic reasons (users could use it, I guess). I made an icon for the various colors using the Dark Dawn bullets and another set (which y'all wound up using).  You can use them for reference if you wanna try tweaking or adding colors.


 * Dark Dawn style:
 * http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/acidadept/Sprites/Misc/DarkDawnBullets.png


 * GSU style:
 * http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/acidadept/Sprites/Misc/GSHCStyleBullets.png
 * Rolina (talk) 23:28, 7 November 2012 (CST)
 * I feel the need to link to the older discussion that involved those icons after now having read through it completely (seemingly for the first time), where this dicsussion basically took place I realized. >_> User_talk:Erik_the_Appreciator ~ dkpat (talk) 09:57, 8 November 2012 (CST)