A barista in Seattle said our new cups looked like toothpaste, and now I check every color combo on my phone first | Branding Breakdowns

Val Taylor · 2026-10-01T15:35:08.578581+00:00

I was standing in line at a cafe on Pine Street when she handed me my drink and said the mint green sleeve looked like it belonged in a bathroom. That one comment made me realize I never test brand colors on a screen, I just eyeball them on my monitor and call it done. So now I screenshot the palette and look at it on my phone in daylight before I show anything to a client. Does anyone else do a phone check first, or is that just me overthinking it?

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A barista in Seattle said our new cups looked like toothpaste, and now I check every color combo on my phone first | Branding Breakdowns - The Design Community Hub