I don't understand why the mods aren't colored. Traditionally you have Ctrl, Alt, and Shift with the red/green/blue. For some reason the mockup leaves those gray while coloring backspace, tab, and enter. By the way I like the SA profile idea.
I don't either
There is no logical reason why the colors are not the same as traditional sets. I just had an idea, banged out a mock-up as quickly as I could, and that's how it turned out.
I think it looks more symmetric with gray mods and gray function row legends on top. This is an unusual set, and all the unusual bits make it interesting. Versus standard dark mods + light alphas, 2-tone set ups.
I agree with this, Photoelectric.
Coming from someone who hasn't spent ages looking at different key cap combinations, it simply didn't occur to me that this is how things are normally done, hence the atypical legend colors.
Thanks to you both for the comments. Anyone else care to weigh in? As the OP states, I am completely open to suggestions, and if there are many who prefer the legends a different way, let's have a looksie.