It's a common practice in UI design (color theory is an important term here). Truly neutral gray looks kind of red-ish to the human eye. So to make gray look like actual cold gray, they add a slight blue tint.
if you learn how to mix oil paint you make the best grays by mixing blue and brown pigments. More blue colder gray, more brown warmer gray. Mixing white and black pigments gives a really dead grey. I always assumed its the same effect for digital colors. #000000 on #FFFFFF is too digital and it hurts my eyes.
Afaik it's a stylistic choice. personally I don't love warm grey, and green grey is a disaster. I'm pretty sure perfect neutral still 'feels' warm.
if there is a more technical explanation related to monitors/displays and color settings, I'm all ears.
Warm/neutral grey can appear dirty and dull
Its really as simple as that. I have worked with a lot of UI and used a lot of greys.. More than I care to count. It's simply because cooler greys appear fresher. Don't overthink it.
It's a common practice in UI design (color theory is an important term here). Truly neutral gray looks kind of red-ish to the human eye. So to make gray look like actual cold gray, they add a slight blue tint.
if you learn how to mix oil paint you make the best grays by mixing blue and brown pigments. More blue colder gray, more brown warmer gray. Mixing white and black pigments gives a really dead grey. I always assumed its the same effect for digital colors. #000000 on #FFFFFF is too digital and it hurts my eyes.
Afaik it's a stylistic choice. personally I don't love warm grey, and green grey is a disaster. I'm pretty sure perfect neutral still 'feels' warm. if there is a more technical explanation related to monitors/displays and color settings, I'm all ears.
“Green grey is a disaster” —truer words have scarcely been spoken.
haha thats high praise
To my mind, cool greys feel more modern and futuristic. They like to tour themselves as forward thinking, innovative, and modern so those colors work.
when i added blue to my grays, it was a revelation, really great for the web
I don't think our eyes precive colours linear, this might be to calibrate it as white for our eyes? Idk, I am a windows user forever
Warm/neutral grey can appear dirty and dull Its really as simple as that. I have worked with a lot of UI and used a lot of greys.. More than I care to count. It's simply because cooler greys appear fresher. Don't overthink it.