Change D's brand color to blue.

[Bastiaan Veelo]

On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 11:54:21 UTC, Chris Katko wrote:
> On Monday, 13 January 2020 at 04:21:54 UTC, James Lu wrote:
>> As we know, D has a branding problem. I suggest a small step 
>> towards fixing that branding problem, namely changing D's 
>> brand color to a shade of blue.
>
> Oh. My. God.
>
> The over 1 billion Chinese people on the planet see red as 
> luck, joy, and happiness. Color meanings are NOT consistent 
> across cultures. Blue for example, is often associated with 
> depression, loneliness and saddness... "feeling blue". So 
> you're suggesting we make D feel like a dead language? :P
>
> Changing the color of a language to increase popularity is the 
> beyond absurd, as is comparing the color of a website to 
> warning colors in nature. People aren't that stupid--nobody is 
> choosing a language because of the _color_ of the website.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Besides, I like my dlang panes to stand out a little, imagine all 
websites looked the same!

Bastiaan.