pale gray and light gray

clientsfromhell:

“The concrete in the images has to be pale grey not light grey. Please change it immediately.”

i don’t understand the problem with this request. aside from the blunt imperative, there is a world of difference between a pale gray and a light gray. saying “pale” implies color exists, so the client wanted either a barely-warm or barely-cold gray. the light gray could have been a completely colorless gray. he or she could have been implying all sorts of things, depending on the context.

here is an illustration:

the type on top has an HSL value of 0° 2% 67% and the type on the bottom has 0° 0% 67%. the only difference is the 2% saturation, and it’s pretty heavy.

unrelated: did you think olive was a shade of green? nah. it’s yellow. technically, yellow with a little black. colors are awesome.