{"id":22207,"date":"2025-06-27T12:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/2025\/06\/warum-ist-hier-alles-so-grau\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:01:09","slug":"warum-ist-hier-alles-so-grau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/en\/2025\/06\/warum-ist-hier-alles-so-grau\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is everything so grey here?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today\u2019s Goody I Found is about my \u201cfavourite (un-)color\u201d: grey. \ud83d\ude0a<br><br>Last week I came across a study by the English organisation \u2018nesta\u2019, which examined 7,083 photographs of everyday objects from the last 200 years in online(!) museums. <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eZ6vn2y6\"><strong>https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eZ6vn2y6<\/strong><\/a><br><br>The image below shows how the colors of objects have changed over time.<br>The most notable trend is the rise in grey over time. These trends likely reflect changes in materials, such as the move away from wood and towards plastic.<br>However, I had not expected such an impressive development in the direction of \u2018grey\u2019 &#8211; after the colourful 60s and 70s?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1751002553294.jpg\" alt=\"Ver\u00e4nderung von Farbe der Objekte im Laufe der Jahre\" class=\"wp-image-22196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1751002553294.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1751002553294-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1751002553294-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Change of colour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I am a great advocate of using the color \u2018grey\u2019 &#8211; the default setting for chart elements in our graphomate products is grey.<br>Why? Too many bright colors make our perception more difficult. Unless they make sense and express something: e.g. green is good, red is bad &#8230;<br>Nevertheless, our preference for the color \u2018grey\u2019 is a constant source of controversy. Understandable, as grey is often considered emotionless, conservative and boring. On the other hand grey also conveys professionalism and neutrality.<br><br>\u2018If I want to see something beautiful, I go to a museum.\u2019<br>I once replied this during a presentation when a decision-maker discussed with me the beauty of the company&#8217;s CI colours and that they should also be used in their reports. My sales success turned out accordingly &#8230;<br>Funnily enough, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juergen-faisst\/\"><strong>J\u00fcrgen Faisst<\/strong><\/a> uses the same wording in a comment about a beautiful sunburst chart here: <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eKJyywii\"><strong>https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eKJyywii<\/strong><\/a><br><br>In retrospect, I hope that we didn&#8217;t contribute to the \u2018greying of life\u2019 advocating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibcs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IBCS<\/a>, but rather brought the professional aspect of the colour \u2018grey\u2019 for dashboard design to the fore.<br>I would hate to be remembered as a member of a \u2018bunch of mindless jerks who&#8217;ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.&#8221; &#8211; just like the marketing department of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation &#8230;\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a nice weekend,<br><br>Lars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"107\" height=\"43\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21761\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ccbync.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>This file is licenced under the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Creative Com<\/strong><\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Goody I Found is about my \u201cfavourite (un-)color\u201d: grey. \ud83d\ude0a Last week I came across a study by the English organisation \u2018nesta\u2019, which examined 7,083 photographs of everyday objects from the last 200 years in online(!) museums. https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eZ6vn2y6 The image below shows how the colors of objects have changed over time.The most notable trend","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post post-type-post post-view- post-scope-","status-publish","post-format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general","clear"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is everything so grey here?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Die Farben der Objekte ver\u00e4nderten sich im Laufe der Jahre von kunterbunt zu grau. 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