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WaxingName from Everywhere Since: Oct, 2010
#1: Jun 3rd 2011 at 1:33:11 PM

I've seen the sourcecode for Elemental Powers, and now I'm trying to find appropriate colors for the many other protagonists of the Sonic series.

I know we already have a thread in the Yack Fest section, but I wanted to bring it here because I'm asking something important on the wiki itself.

From the above thread, I've learned that the forums don't have the same colors as the wiki, and the method of activating the colors on the forum is different than on the wiki.

I know that there are colors like #662211 that aren't words. This one gives a dirt-brown color (see Earth on the Elemental Powers page).

I need in-depth explanation on how the "number" colors work, and what other "word" colors we can use on the wiki.

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#2: Jun 3rd 2011 at 2:43:16 PM

Don't. I'll yank that color-coid junk out for you. It makes the article looks like a four year old with a box of crayons got loose.

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#3: Jun 3rd 2011 at 3:31:09 PM

..Christ that has a very long description..

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Unknownlight Since: Aug, 2009
#4: Jun 3rd 2011 at 4:27:00 PM

No offense, but I'm going to remove the colours you've added to the character page so far. There's really not much purpose to having them.

WaxingName from Everywhere Since: Oct, 2010
#5: Jun 3rd 2011 at 5:30:51 PM

@Fast Eddie: So is color markup going to be disabled, or will only certain colored things be cleaned up?

@Ultimatum: Are you referring to Elemental Powers? And if so, are you going to bring it to the Repair Shop? I was just thinking of repairing it.

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#6: Jun 3rd 2011 at 5:51:28 PM

Has anybody got an example of color text doing something useful on the wiki?

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#7: Jun 3rd 2011 at 6:25:56 PM

Colour Character, Good Colors, Evil Colors, a lot of the colour tropes use it well and use it to make the articles clearer. Especially when you're trying to describe the difference between nature green and evil green, actually showing the colours works better.

edited 3rd Jun '11 6:26:23 PM by shimaspawn

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#8: Jun 3rd 2011 at 6:30:11 PM

I disagree about Good Colors, Evil Colors. Both, actually.

People do not need a demonstration to understand which color is the red one. And it looks, as I said earlier, juvenile.

edited 3rd Jun '11 6:30:23 PM by FastEddie

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TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
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#9: Jun 3rd 2011 at 6:38:48 PM

I dunno Eddie. On that page in particular it is nice reference and demonstration of how the colors are likely used in visual mediums.

Thank you for cleaning out the elemental powers page though.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#10: Jun 3rd 2011 at 6:48:19 PM

Dummied Out uses it well, and a good deal of effort was put into picking a color to use that wasn't garish or off-putting or hard to read. When the color selection was restricted, the page was changed from the dark greenish-grey that had been chosen to the least-bad option we had left, the light-green.

And the Good Colors, Evil Colors distinction between Nature Greens and Unnatural Greens, and the various Blues is helpful, I think.

edited 3rd Jun '11 6:52:27 PM by Madrugada

Unknownlight Since: Aug, 2009
#11: Jun 3rd 2011 at 6:53:59 PM

Wait, why is the page for Dummied Out like that in the first place?

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#12: Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:05:27 PM

That one works. I laugh, anyway.

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Unknownlight Since: Aug, 2009
#13: Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:18:04 PM

Oh, it was a joke?

*reads again*

Oh...now I get it. tongue That was stupid of me.

edited 3rd Jun '11 7:18:20 PM by Unknownlight

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#14: Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:26:10 PM

On Good Colors, Evil Colors, how about just a block of color, rather than coloring the text. It's the colored text that looks cheezy.

Like this , or

edited 3rd Jun '11 7:39:27 PM by FastEddie

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#15: Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:28:04 PM

I rather like the use of color in Rainbow Speak and Deliberately Monochrome, though All Your Colors Combined is a personal fave.

edited 3rd Jun '11 7:28:34 PM by Earnest

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#16: Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:40:27 PM

I disagree. Strongly.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#17: Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:49:34 PM

I hadn't seen Rainbow Speak; that's another one where it makes sense, since the trope itself is "In some games, particular words are printer in a different color every time they come up in the dialogue boxes."

JackAlsworth Since: Jul, 2009
#18: Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:51:52 PM

It makes sense, but the gold is really, really hard to look at (for me, anyway). Is there any way to change the color to something more muted? Or, failing that, change the description so it's a color that's not bright yellow?

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#19: Jun 3rd 2011 at 7:57:46 PM

Not coloring the text fixes all of that.

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JackAlsworth Since: Jul, 2009
#20: Jun 3rd 2011 at 8:00:58 PM

Well, yeah, but I was kinda hoping to avoid that. smile

If I had my way about everything, the color markup would stay, but I don't frequent many pages where it's used, so my opinion doesn't matter very much. Also, the world would probably be worse off if I had my way about everything, but that's a different topic.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#21: Jun 3rd 2011 at 8:02:56 PM

We could change "golden sphere" to "magic sapphire" or something, then turn it into plain text potholed to MacGuffin. Then it would be blue. tongue

I agree the gold is a little harsh on the white background.

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#22: Jun 3rd 2011 at 8:03:18 PM

Except for the gold font, I think Rainbow Speak should keep its color. It's a tame form of Self-Demonstrating that could be done in text form. Plus, it's fun.

Doesn't Painting the Fourth Wall do it too? Apparently not.

edited 3rd Jun '11 8:03:42 PM by chihuahua0

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#23: Jun 3rd 2011 at 8:22:26 PM

Why not use the page image for the demonstration and leave the article text alone?

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TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
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#24: Jun 3rd 2011 at 8:23:13 PM

Eddie: It does appear it is handy on a few pages. I would agree to the color blocks for the one page though vs colored text. More like a swatch of color samples you see in paint stores.

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#25: Jun 3rd 2011 at 8:50:04 PM

[up][up][up]Fully agree. the color help to explain the trope without you even needing to read the description. Just a quick glance already give you an idea. In fact, I think the color help in pretty much all tropes listed here.

I agree some colors are hard to read, though. Yellow and light gray, for example. White is the most obvious, though, as it is literally impossible to be read. The Colour Character page managed to avoid this issue quite well, though.

Oh, and techinically, you can't display the correct name of the WhenThey Cry series and House of Leaves without using colors. In fact, you can't quote properly House of Leaves and Umineko No Naku Koro Ni without it, and explaining some tropes of it become more awkward as well.

edited 3rd Jun '11 8:52:25 PM by Heatth


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