Burned $150 on a "premium" dark mode theme pack and it was all hype

I dropped $150 on a dark theme design pack from some popular creator last month. Thought it would save me time with pre-tested contrast combos and ready-to-use color scales. Turned out the dark grays were way too close together, making text completely unreadable on cheap monitors. The accent colors bled into each other too, like blue on purple looked awful. I spent more time fixing their mistakes than if I just built my own palette from scratch. Total waste of cash and honestly made me trust those influencer designers less. Has anyone else got burned by those premium toolkit packs that promise the world?

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river_wright10d ago

Those OLED screens are actually really rare in real world setups.

nathang6711d ago

Come on, you probably just didn't know how to use the pack right. I bought the same one and it saved me like a week of work. The contrast issues you mentioned are actually a feature for high end monitors, they're designed for OLED screens not your cheap office display. And that blue and purple combo you hated is literally in every major design system right now, it's a trend that works if you actually know color theory. Sounds like you expected a magic button instead of learning the tools.