Why do you enjoy hideously eye-jarring color combinations on your board?

[noisyturtle]

Sure one can argue there's no accounting for personal taste, and what one individual may find blindingly offensive you may find beautiful or perhaps ironic as if spitting directly into the face of fashion and common sense and saying 'look at me, I'm a pretty pretty peacock.' But what's the thought process here? Full Clack rows(or in some cases, boards ) not withstanding, what possess one to use unicorn vomit, rainbow capped, full color spectrum LED, weird colored modifiers, and Miami's as your daily driver? Am I simply too old and uncool to understand? I'm not even thirty, and I've been told I can play early twenty-something at parties. Cool parties. I get doing it for fun, like that time you were home alone for the weekend and went into your girlfriends makeup painting yourself like a Colfax Ave prostitute on welfare check day. But is it a statement of going against the norm, so when people walk by you and your board they mutter to themselves "my my, but that fellow must be much more interesting than I." Explain yourselves please.

[MKULTRA]

Sure one can argue there's no accounting for personal taste, and what one individual may find blindingly offensive you may find beautiful or perhaps ironic as if spitting directly into the face of fashion and common sense and saying 'look at me, I'm a pretty pretty peacock.' But what's the thought process here? Full Clack rows(or in some cases, boards ) not withstanding, what possess one to use unicorn vomit, rainbow capped, full color spectrum LED, weird colored modifiers, and Miami's as your daily driver? Am I simply too old and uncool to understand? I'm not even thirty, and I've been told I can play early twenty-something at parties. Cool parties. I get doing it for fun, like that time you were home alone for the weekend and went into your girlfriends makeup and painted yourself like a Colfax Ave prostitute on welfare check day. Is it a statement of going against the norm, so when people walk by you and your board they mutter to themselves "my my, but that fellow must be much more interesting than I." Explain yourselves please.

In a world of why, ask yourself why not?

[noisyturtle]

Sure one can argue there's no accounting for personal taste, and what one individual may find blindingly offensive you may find beautiful or perhaps ironic as if spitting directly into the face of fashion and common sense and saying 'look at me, I'm a pretty pretty peacock.' But what's the thought process here? Full Clack rows(or in some cases, boards ) not withstanding, what possess one to use unicorn vomit, rainbow capped, full color spectrum LED, weird colored modifiers, and Miami's as your daily driver? Am I simply too old and uncool to understand? I'm not even thirty, and I've been told I can play early twenty-something at parties. Cool parties. I get doing it for fun, like that time you were home alone for the weekend and went into your girlfriends makeup and painted yourself like a Colfax Ave prostitute on welfare check day. Is it a statement of going against the norm, so when people walk by you and your board they mutter to themselves "my my, but that fellow must be much more interesting than I." Explain yourselves please.

In a world of why, ask yourself why not?

Oh I could write a veritable young adult novel series on why not. That's not the issue.

[Photekq]

*cough* CPTColours *cough*  )

The only bright colours I like are RGB mods and a coloured esc key. Aside from that I stick to classic two tone schemes. I really can't see why people like more than that.. I guess it's a matter of opinion just like everything else.

[CPTBadAss]

Why are you so boring and only enjoy three case colors (Red, Black, Grey) and three differerent set colors (WYSE, Black on White, and White on Black).

I spend a lot of money on keyboards. I want them to look nice. What's the point of buying a KMAC if it looks like a barely upgraded Dell.

[rowdy]

Sure one can argue there's no accounting for personal taste, and what one individual may find blindingly offensive you may find beautiful or perhaps ironic as if spitting directly into the face of fashion and common sense and saying 'look at me, I'm a pretty pretty peacock.' But what's the thought process here? Full Clack rows(or in some cases, boards ) not withstanding, what possess one to use unicorn vomit, rainbow capped, full color spectrum LED, weird colored modifiers, and Miami's as your daily driver? Am I simply too old and uncool to understand? I'm not even thirty, and I've been told I can play early twenty-something at parties. Cool parties. I get doing it for fun, like that time you were home alone for the weekend and went into your girlfriends makeup painting yourself like a Colfax Ave prostitute on welfare check day. But is it a statement of going against the norm, so when people walk by you and your board they mutter to themselves "my my, but that fellow must be much more interesting than I." Explain yourselves please.

And you ask us to explain ourselves?

[0100010]

All black was too plain, and blue seemed a nice color for modifiers.  Turned out a new trackball I picked up later matched it.

[oaklandishh]

Because it is novel. When customizing something such as a keyboard where everyone and their mother has black/white keys it feels nice to have something that is different and stands out from the norm.

But what do I know :F

[Photekq]

Why are you so boring and only enjoy three case colors (Red, Black, Grey) and three differerent set colors (WYSE, Black on White, and White on Black).

I spend a lot of money on keyboards. I want them to look nice. What's the point of buying a KMAC if it looks like a barely upgraded Dell.

I actually hate black cases. I also hate WYSE and white on black )

I also do like some bright colour layouts, but I don't like random colour layouts.. Here's an example of one I like (gulf racecar colours) : http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=39280.0;attach=21521;image

At the end of the day everyone has their own definition of beauty. Everyone's gonna like what they're wanna like )

[Sent]

As long as the whole board flows together...I'm cool with whatever.  If the board is just stuffed with expensive caps or what not for the sake of it with no thought given to the overall aesthetics, I'm kind of lukewarm about that at times.

[noisyturtle]

Why are you so boring and only enjoy three case colors (Red, Black, Grey) and three differerent set colors (WYSE, Black on White, and White on Black).

I spend a lot of money on keyboards. I want them to look nice. What's the point of buying a KMAC if it looks like a barely upgraded Dell.

Case color is not problem, and I have red, black, grey, silver, beige, and blue cased keyboards thank you very much. But I wouldn't put yellow, and pink caps with lime green modifiers on a blue cased board. One has to have standards.

All black was too plain, and blue seemed a nice color for modifiers.  Turned out a new trackball I picked up later matched it.

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See this looks quite nice, not really what I meant by eye-gouging. Put it this way, if your board has more than say, 4 colors on it, you are who I'm talking to.

[CPTBadAss]

I meant "you" in a general sense in that statement, not you personally noisyturtle.

LOL standards. Worried someone might judge you or something? Why are you so worried about what others think of your board? I like colors so I get colors and put them on my board. That's all. There's not some super hipster, ironic thing going on with me. I like how my boards look with fun colors.

I'll just leave this little slab of sexy here for you.

[JPG]

I meant "you" in a general sense in that statement, not you personally noisyturtle.

LOL standards. Worried someone might just you or something? Why are you so worried about what others think of your board? I like colors so I get colors and put them on my board. That's all. There's not some super hipster, ironic thing going on with me. I like how my boards look with fun colors.

I'll just leave this little slab of sexy here for you.

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That's not THAT flashy, you almost have taste there :p

[MKULTRA]

The title is kinda dumb.  Just because it is hideous to you, doesn't mean it is hideous to everyone.

[kenmai9]

Miami is gon be fire

[tjcaustin]

TIL people like things that I don't, but it's also ok to put them on blast and ridicule their tastes in the name of "curiousity".

[sth]

people are tacky and have bad taste, the sky is blue, will smith's rap name was the fresh prince.

[noisyturtle]

TIL people like things that I don't, but it's also ok to put them on blast and ridicule their tastes in the name of "curiosity".

Everyone's entitled to their stupid opinions, no matter how much more wrong they are than me.

[tormentor]

I'm of the thought you want it to stand out. But I agree it shouldn't look like some cheap prostitute.

[rowdy]

Because unjarred eyes just roll off the desk.

At least, if the eyes are in the jar they won't roll anywhere.

[demik]

tl;dr

[MKULTRA]

TIL people like things that I don't, but it's also ok to put them on blast and ridicule their tastes in the name of "curiosity".

Everyone's entitled to their stupid opinions, no matter how much more wrong they are than me.

You are annoying.

[noisyturtle]

TIL people like things that I don't, but it's also ok to put them on blast and ridicule their tastes in the name of "curiosity".

Everyone's entitled to their stupid opinions, no matter how much more wrong they are than me.

You are annoying.

Case in point.

[Dubsgalore]

There are a ton of things i see here on GH that i think are really ugly, but i dont say anything. people love what they love, and everyone loves their keyboards. everyone loves their own color schemes too 

[jonathanyu]

I meant "you" in a general sense in that statement, not you personally noisyturtle.

LOL standards. Worried someone might just you or something? Why are you so worried about what others think of your board? I like colors so I get colors and put them on my board. That's all. There's not some super hipster, ironic thing going on with me. I like how my boards look with fun colors.

I'll just leave this little slab of sexy here for you.

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what are the base keycaps?imsto pbt?

[SpAmRaY]

people are tacky and have bad taste, the sky is blue, will smith's rap name was the fresh prince.

And most babies are really ugly, so why do people always say they are cute?

[noisyturtle]

people are tacky and have bad taste, the sky is blue, will smith's rap name was the fresh prince.

And most babies are really ugly, so why do people always say they are cute?

Really? I think all babies look exactly the same. I would bet that if you swapped babies in the night with some unsuspecting parents they would never be able to tell the difference. Well, maybe the parents would but no one else would.

[SpAmRaY]

people are tacky and have bad taste, the sky is blue, will smith's rap name was the fresh prince.

And most babies are really ugly, so why do people always say they are cute?

Really? I think all babies look exactly the same. I would bet that if you swapped babies in the night with some unsuspecting parents they would never be able to tell the difference. Well, maybe the parents would but no one else would.

As a parent of 2 kids......babies definitely look different.

[Grim Fandango]

Some people do it because to them, their keyboard is just a keycap-holder
Some people do it for fun
Some people do it because they actually think it looks good

Personally I am not a big fan either. Looks kinda ridiculous to me. But people should be able to do whatever they feel like. They are the ones who are looking at it every day. 

[WhiteFireDragon]

Am I simply too old and uncool to understand?

Yup, that pretty much sums it up.

On a more serious note, I personally only like blank caps, with a color scheme of black and grey. I've never posted a picture of it. It's only for my own view pleasure, no one else's. You should probably stop worrying about what other people's preferences are.

[davkol]

Same reason as in case of teens who put animated gifs as background for ridiculous texts in comic sans on their myspace pages.

[iri]

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[zoolzoo]

[CPTBadAss]

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what are the base keycaps?imsto pbt?

GMK Olivetti Replica

[therecorder]

There is also another angle to consider when adding "color" to your keyboard, and it deals with the purpose of your keyboard:

http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours

[Photekq]

There is also another angle to consider when adding "color" to your keyboard, and it deals with the purpose of your keyboard:

http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours

My favourite colour is grey..
GREY.
Positive: Psychological neutrality.
Negative: Lack of confidence, dampness, depression, hibernation, lack of energy.

Hibernation and lack of energy are pretty accurate )

[therecorder]

There is also another angle to consider when adding "color" to your keyboard, and it deals with the purpose of your keyboard:

http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours

My favourite colour is grey..
GREY.
Positive: Psychological neutrality.
Negative: Lack of confidence, dampness, depression, hibernation, lack of energy.

Hibernation and lack of energy are pretty accurate )

"Perhaps" you are missing the point of those descriptions.  What it's saying is that "perhaps" a grey colored keyboard (or perhaps a room) will affect you in those positive and negative ways.  If you are usually a hibernating person with a lack of energy, a grey keyboard "might" accentuate these personality traits.

[agodinhost]

I don't know why but whenever I see a pink keyboard I do remember of BunnyLake ...

[Photoelectric]

So you're saying that you like bright colors, but you just don't like too many colors combined on one board?  I'm sort of the same way in the sense that I don't like RGB modifiers but do like function caps to be different colors from alphas (or have colorful fonts).  It's really a matter of taste though.  You can't have exactly the same aesthetic preferences as the next person here, so all you can do is accept that they like one thing (e.g. find it aesthetically pleasing) and you like another.

[therecorder]

I don't know why but whenever I see a pink keyboard I do remember of BunnyLake ...

You've inspired me to download the movie "Bunny Lake Is Missing"...  Never saw it...  Perhaps when I've seen it, I'll want to order pink keycaps for my black realforce

[SpAmRaY]

Am I simply too old and uncool to understand?

Yup, that pretty much sums it up.

On a more serious note, I personally only like blank caps, with a color scheme of black and grey. I've never posted a picture of it. It's only for my own view pleasure, no one else's. You should probably stop worrying about what other people's preferences are.

But then there's no peer pressure

[phx]

my philosophy is anything that's designed with more than 3 colors is dumb.

same for keyboards, if it has more than 3 color then i'm not using it. (I personally prefer 2)

[esoomenona]

Because I'ma be fresh as hell when the feds watchin'.

[funkymeeba]

Same reason I have traffic lights. "Who cares."

[davkol]

There is also another angle to consider when adding "color" to your keyboard, and it deals with the purpose of your keyboard:

http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours

My favourite colour is grey..
GREY.
Positive: Psychological neutrality.
Negative: Lack of confidence, dampness, depression, hibernation, lack of energy.

Hibernation and lack of energy are pretty accurate )

"Perhaps" you are missing the point of those descriptions.  What it's saying is that "perhaps" a grey colored keyboard (or perhaps a room) will affect you in those positive and negative ways.  If you are usually a hibernating person with a lack of energy, a grey keyboard "might" accentuate these personality traits.

Ummm, you're looking at your keyboard? You're doing it wrong...

[therecorder]

There is also another angle to consider when adding "color" to your keyboard, and it deals with the purpose of your keyboard:

http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours

My favourite colour is grey..
GREY.
Positive: Psychological neutrality.
Negative: Lack of confidence, dampness, depression, hibernation, lack of energy.

Hibernation and lack of energy are pretty accurate )

"Perhaps" you are missing the point of those descriptions.  What it's saying is that "perhaps" a grey colored keyboard (or perhaps a room) will affect you in those positive and negative ways.  If you are usually a hibernating person with a lack of energy, a grey keyboard "might" accentuate these personality traits.

Ummm, you're looking at your keyboard? You're doing it wrong...

Whether you touch type or not, you still look at your keyboard...  There was a thread on this very recently.

[davkol]

There is also another angle to consider when adding "color" to your keyboard, and it deals with the purpose of your keyboard:

http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours

My favourite colour is grey..
GREY.
Positive: Psychological neutrality.
Negative: Lack of confidence, dampness, depression, hibernation, lack of energy.

Hibernation and lack of energy are pretty accurate )

"Perhaps" you are missing the point of those descriptions.  What it's saying is that "perhaps" a grey colored keyboard (or perhaps a room) will affect you in those positive and negative ways.  If you are usually a hibernating person with a lack of energy, a grey keyboard "might" accentuate these personality traits.

Ummm, you're looking at your keyboard? You're doing it wrong...

Whether you touch type or not, you still look at your keyboard...  There was a thread on this very recently.

I definitely don't. It's on a tray under the table, I can't see it most of the time, even if I wanted to.

[kenmai9]

What're we arguing about in this thread?
GH is full of complainers these days. Just buy ****, sell **** and stop giving a **** about how people dress their keyboards.

[therecorder]

There is also another angle to consider when adding "color" to your keyboard, and it deals with the purpose of your keyboard:

http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours

My favourite colour is grey..
GREY.
Positive: Psychological neutrality.
Negative: Lack of confidence, dampness, depression, hibernation, lack of energy.

Hibernation and lack of energy are pretty accurate )

"Perhaps" you are missing the point of those descriptions.  What it's saying is that "perhaps" a grey colored keyboard (or perhaps a room) will affect you in those positive and negative ways.  If you are usually a hibernating person with a lack of energy, a grey keyboard "might" accentuate these personality traits.

Ummm, you're looking at your keyboard? You're doing it wrong...

Whether you touch type or not, you still look at your keyboard...  There was a thread on this very recently.

I definitely don't. It's on a tray under the table, I can't see it most of the time, even if I wanted to.

So when you sit at the computer it's not pulled out?  Touch typists may not look at the keyboard all of the time, but they do look at the keyboard more often than you might think (even if unknowingly).  It's like the thousands of times we touch our face each day.

[therecorder]

What're we arguing about in this thread?
GH is full of complainers these days. Just buy ****, sell **** and stop giving a **** about how people dress their keyboards.

I agree..