I wonder if chromium having the blue colors is what set the precedent for almost every other privacy-conscious browser to have a blue logo (Waterfox, GNU Icecat, palemoon, librewolf…)
EDIT on second though probably not, blue just seems like a good color for internet-related applications. Safari, edge, and internet explorer are also blue!
As others already said, Chromium definitely isn’t the first or only one to use a blue logo. There is a theory that colours influence the way we perceive a brand, for example this article explains that idea.
Blue is supposed to convey trustworthiness and maturity. A lot of companies like that, so you tend to see a lot of blue.
You may also be experiencing the frequency illusion. If you specifically noticed the blue in Chromium’s logo, it would make sense that you suddenly started noticing the blue in other logos as well!
I feel like just more app icons in general are blue than any other color. Off the top of my head in addition to what you mentioned I have shazam, venmo, signal, steam, blink, reolink, dropbox, steam, paypal, discord, max, disney plus. And that’s not even counting one’s that are majority white but with blue as the only color. I think it’s just the most popular design choice or maybe there’s some sinister market research somewhere that shows people use/spend more on apps that have blue icons.
It is pretty ingenious (and evil) the way they made the Chromium logo look like the shitty off-brand diet version of Chrome.
Completely ignoring Chrome’s success is off the back of it being advertised on the world’s most popular website since it’s release, then yeah.
And it being installed with unrelated software as crapware, and Google adopting Microsoft’s “Youtube isn’t done until Firefox doesn’t run”…
and they advertised it on tv pretty heavily, too.
I love Opera’s response to some of the idiotic speed test ads: https://youtu.be/zaT7thTxyq8
This was before Opera dropped their own engine and became just another Chrome skin unfortunately.
For those who missed the original Chrome ads, here they are: https://youtu.be/nCgQDjiotG0
I really miss the old Opera. Dropped it immediately when they went with Chrome.
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Why not both meme
Wait, what?
They had some iconic ads back in the day. Some examples:
Speed - https://youtu.be/FaNpWJY9SEs
Stability - https://youtu.be/GZRZcKEtHzo
Security - https://youtu.be/ekeRDKxQe1g
Edit: cleaned up the links
Their chrome and play store ads will forever be seared in my brain.
I wonder if chromium having the blue colors is what set the precedent for almost every other privacy-conscious browser to have a blue logo (Waterfox, GNU Icecat, palemoon, librewolf…)
EDIT on second though probably not, blue just seems like a good color for internet-related applications. Safari, edge, and internet explorer are also blue!
For years I’ve seen blue as a social media color and stayed away. A beautiful peaceful color ruined by Facebook and its ilk
And I hate that it’s everywhere. Be more colourful, people!
Yeah, install Chrome!
The color palette of fortune 100 companies seem to be, in order of frequency: Blue, Red, and White (not counting negative space).
I think that there was some study that found that these colors are the most impactful or some shit.
As others already said, Chromium definitely isn’t the first or only one to use a blue logo. There is a theory that colours influence the way we perceive a brand, for example this article explains that idea.
Blue is supposed to convey trustworthiness and maturity. A lot of companies like that, so you tend to see a lot of blue.
You may also be experiencing the frequency illusion. If you specifically noticed the blue in Chromium’s logo, it would make sense that you suddenly started noticing the blue in other logos as well!
I feel like just more app icons in general are blue than any other color. Off the top of my head in addition to what you mentioned I have shazam, venmo, signal, steam, blink, reolink, dropbox, steam, paypal, discord, max, disney plus. And that’s not even counting one’s that are majority white but with blue as the only color. I think it’s just the most popular design choice or maybe there’s some sinister market research somewhere that shows people use/spend more on apps that have blue icons.
I believe blue is a very “Everything is okay” colour. Which might explain why it’s so common if true.
And no API keys included on the Windows version of Chromium…