Pretendo color scheme (beta)

MatthewL246_PNID · December 31, 2024, 6:42am

I just realized how easy Discourse makes it to make custom color schemes without the work of making a full custom theme, so I made a Pretendo color scheme! I should have done this a lot earlier tbh

You can check it out by visiting the Interface section of your preferences and changing the Color Palette setting to Pretendo (and saving the changes).

The main thing I’m currently having trouble with is setting the primary color, which controls the colors of icons and text. If I set it too saturated, the titles of read topics get very hard to read against the background, but if I set it too unsaturated, the buttons don’t get the nice Pretendo color.

Also, it might be a little too purple. Could be a little hard on the eyes…

GamersInternatio · December 31, 2024, 10:47am

Yeah, creating a custom colour scheme is quite easy, I think it might be a bit too purple for me though!

You could add in the Poppins font using CSS (if I’m remembering the process correctly) to make it feel even more like Pretendo.

Gassagu · December 31, 2024, 3:14pm

Where is the Star Wars theme, mine disappeared
I loved that one

MatthewL246_PNID · December 31, 2024, 8:47pm

I honestly didn’t think anyone was using it. It’s back now, have fun!

SimplisticMii · December 31, 2024, 8:50pm

Thanks so much for bringing it back. it actually looks extremely cool.

MatthewL246_PNID · December 31, 2024, 8:51pm

Seems reasonable, the font is now Poppins (for everyone).

I’ll continue playing around with the theme colors, it’s not ready to be the default color scheme yet.

PizzaPizza72 · December 31, 2024, 8:58pm

Yeah I agree that it’s too much purple. Gonna stick to Dracula

MatthewL246_PNID · December 31, 2024, 9:04pm

I mean, the purpose of this was to get feedback and hopefully make it better. I did tweak the colors a little just now, but managing the saturation has been rather difficult.

Perhaps the end result is that I’m not a designer and need someone else to do this, which would be fair albeit disappointing. (Rest assured it will not be the default color scheme until it’s good.)