
Did the Windows logo had a role to play in the logo design of Google Chrome? Maybe the color scheme. Image Credit: oneBlog
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Common mate
They have used the main 4 colours. Isn’t the same 4 colour used in Google Logo also.
May be if you ask whether Google Logo was inspired by Windows, it is a valid Quesion
Written by Bruno on 10.29.08
Nope, I think it has more to do with G’s own color scheme.
Written by Jason of Nova Scotia on 10.29.08
i think its there own color scheme.. because google logo also consist of same colors..
Written by aravind on 10.29.08
it doesn’t matter who inspired by these colors the question should be what these colors stand for?
Written by spidro on 10.29.08
Nope I don’t believe Google Chrome logo has nothing to do with Microsoft, is simply a coincidence they share the same colors.
Written by Joel on 10.29.08
Red, yellow, and blue…the primary colors. And green, for…well, you know….($)
Written by Stephen S on 10.29.08
@Stephen S
Red, GREEN and blue are the primary colors! NOT Yellow ;)
Written by Free on 10.29.08
@Free
Step of you’re pc NOW and buy youre self a painting set.
RGB are not the primary color, but the color that youre monitor uses.
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Red, yellow, and blue are the historical primary colors
@picture
Nice i like him ;)
Written by Danny on 10.30.08
@Danny
source: link
“Primary colors are sets of colors that can be combined to make a useful range (gamut) of colors.
For human applications, three are often used; for additive combination of colors, as in overlapping projected lights or in CRT displays, the primary colors normally used are *****red, green, and blue******.
For subtractive combination of colors, as in mixing of pigments or dyes, such as in printing, the primaries normally used are ******magenta, cyan, and yellow.*****
Any choice of primary colors is essentially arbitrary; for example, an early color photographic process, autochrome, typically used orange, green, and violet primaries.”
I dont see RED-BLUE-YELLOW anywhere ;), tho’ magenta, cyan, and yellow is there. debatable though!
Although you are partially correct RED-BLUE-YELLOW are used as primary colors - but ONLY for painting purposes! As you said - Historical!!
Written by Free on 11.03.08
contd..
But as we know - historically earth was flat and we were the center of the universe etc etc.
Now - for all practical purposes, RGB or CMYK are used as primary colors, because the Historical RBY scheme only works with the paint brush on the canvas.
Peace \m/
Written by Free on 11.03.08
red blue and green are only primary colors when you are talking about mixing light (ie computer display, stage lighting, television monitors, etc). CMYK are secondary colors, as they result from the mixing of RGB (and the addition of black)
For everything else Red Yellow Blue are the primaries. This applies to ink, paint, fabric, transparencies, etc.
So BOTH sets are technically primary. Red Yellow Blue is the set for physical objects while Red Green Blue is the Primary spectrum for light.
And no primary colors are not arbitrary. When mixing paint, you can’t mix any other colors to create red, yellow, or blue. While combinations of those three will create every other color.
Written by brad on 11.05.08
Let me solve this for you guys quickly - Blue + Yellow = Green. Thus, Green = Not Primary. Simple.
Written by Brian on 11.05.08
Inspiration? Who knows.
The relationship is clear, however.
Try using both Google Chrome and Visual Studio simultaneously.
The Logos are even more similar.
Written by techphet on 11.22.08
Let me solve this for you guys quickly - Cyan + Yellow = Blue. Thus, Blue = Not Primary for ink. Simple.
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Written by Jeremy on 12.06.08
Also I could use 550nm green paint, if it is a color in the spectrum then it can be primary.
Written by Jeremy on 12.06.08