Hacker News: Top Colors

http://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors

by rayvega • 16 years ago

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achew22• 16 years ago

Does anyone know what this is? Does anyone have any more info on where the colors come from?

limmeau• 16 years ago

In the user settings on HN, you can choose your own color for the bar at the top. I suppose these are the colors, sorted by popularity.

cb33• 16 years ago

uhh, you can?

yrral• 16 years ago

I remember seeing that at some point in the settings but I don't think it is there anymore?

jackowayed• 16 years ago

For the people wondering why they don't see this setting, it has a karma threshold. I don't remember what it is, but it's something triple-digits.

corin_• 16 years ago

I suspect they are not sorted by popularity. The user setting is "topcolor" and this page is "topcolors", so don't assume that the "top" is implying most used.

phalien• 16 years ago

You can choose your own colors after your karma gets to 250, if I remember correctly

swombat2• 16 years ago

I use D5B390. It's very pleasant.

Worth noting that if you really care and have less than 250 karma, you could always install GreaseMonkey and change it (and other things) yourself...

garply2• 16 years ago

I find your brown is a little too dark to go with the black text. Try f1e9d9.

swombat2• 16 years ago

Hmm, weird, what screen are you using? The black text is plenty readable here...

Your lighter brown is nice too, that said.

Edit: Gonna try your light beige for a little while...

Edit 2: Aha, the currently selected link (e.g. new, threads, etc) becomes almost invisible on this light beige... it's still visible on my darker brown! :-)

mambodog• 16 years ago

I'm really boring. 999999.

lovskogen• 16 years ago

When I get 12 more points, I'll be the first one with RGBA(0,0,0,0.5)!

chapel• 16 years ago

I love orange, so the default color is good for me.

maxklein• 16 years ago

So I'm guessing top colors are so you can easily recognize which of your multiple accounts you are currently logged into, right?

mynameishere• 16 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_orange

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