Designers See Two Different Colors

designers will look you dead in the face and tell you these are two different colors Slate 50 #f8fafc Gray 50 #f9fafb

A dark comparison card shows two nearly identical white color swatches labeled “Slate” and “Gray,” with slightly different hex codes. The joke is that designers insist on distinguishing extremely subtle color differences, even when everyone else sees the same color. It is commonly sent as a reaction to overly precise design debates or pedantic visual distinctions.

• @gentoomemes / 12069 2024-06-30