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Overheard a designer at a cafe say dark mode is just 'inverted colors'

Honestly, that made me so mad. They were talking about a project and said they just slapped a black background on their light theme. Tbh, you can't just invert stuff, you have to adjust the contrast and saturation for every single element. Has anyone else had to explain this to a coworker?
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alicel10
alicel102mo ago
Did you ask them how they handle text contrast in their "inverted" design?
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the_thea
the_thea2mo ago
Actually, I get their point. For a lot of simple apps, a straight invert is a totally fine starting place. It gets you most of the way there before you tweak things.
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amy_reed79
amy_reed791mo ago
Wait, did @the_thea just say a straight invert is fine?
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