Re:Google Design
by Animats on Friday May 29, 2015 @12:33AM
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They're referring to Pantone series 500 and 700 colors.[1] Obviously, you're expected to understand the Pantone Color System.
There's a whole color industry, and a trade organization for it, the Color Association of the United States. They're not as influential as they used to be, but they still orchestrate, among other things, the cycle of consumer electronics from white to black to off-white to grey and back to white again.
(You thought that just happened by accident?) The Material Design people are trying to promote that concept for web sites, so last year's web sites will look dated as the recommended colors change.
There's a whole color industry, and a trade organization for it, the Color Association of the United States. They're not as influential as they used to be, but they still orchestrate, among other things, the cycle of consumer electronics from white to black to off-white to grey and back to white again. (You thought that just happened by accident?) The Material Design people are trying to promote that concept for web sites, so last year's web sites will look dated as the recommended colors change.
[1] http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/color_xref.aspx [2] http://www.colorassociation.com