luna

I use the Freeform app quite a lot for doodling on my iPad. It’s not a perfect app, but it works for my needs, those needs being “recapturing that childhood habit of idly doodling on grid paper”. However, I’ve noticed something that I now can’t un-notice.

There are five colors available in the Markup toolbar — red, yellow, green, blue, and black.

There’s also a color picker pop-over, which by default also has five swatch colors — again, red, yellow, green, blue, and black.

However, as the observant among you may have already noticed:

@shieldfoss11/20/2023, 10:17 PM

...are they the same when you paint with them?

luna @lunasorcery11/20/2023, 10:27 PM

I'm so glad you asked!

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mint @mintexists11/20/2023, 11:42 PM

does your blog have different screenshots for dark/light mode? because if so im really impressed

luna @lunasorcery11/20/2023, 11:43 PM

it does, and you're the first person to notice! did I need to make it do that? absolutely not. but i'm exactly that kind of dork :3

nys @nys11/20/2023, 11:45 PM

wait that’s so cool

luna @lunasorcery11/21/2023, 1:40 AM

thank you!

mint @mintexists11/20/2023, 11:45 PM

luna @lunasorcery11/21/2023, 1:40 AM

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Irenes (many)@ireneista11/20/2023, 10:28 PM

wtf holy shit

Caro @caro11/20/2023, 11:31 PM

am i the only one hallucinating a border between the black swatches LOL

♿︎｜Asriel // Azi｜Θ∆｜🏳️‍⚧️@MisutaaAsriel11/20/2023, 11:53 PM

Is it perhaps the difference between the system colors?

As per the Apple Human Interface Design Guidelines, predefined colors have slight differences in saturation between dark and light mode interfaces.

And using Digital Color Meter on my Mac, in sRGB mode, the "popover" colors closely resemble the "Default (Light)" colors.

My best guess is either the toolbar colors are using an alternative representation of a system predefined color to the popover, or that one set of colors are possible incorrectly set or hardcoded, with the other pulling from the system defined color.

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