Microsoft Surface - User Interface in Mauve.

When it comes to choosing colors for the web... there is still a universal liking for shades of blue, but i always wonder is blue the only color which is easy on eyes... I do keep experimenting on different shades. But today i hit upon one on microsoft's product venture 'Microsoft Surface' - An interactive Table, What they claim the product can do is, you can actually grab virtual data like photos, videos, games with your hands and move information between objects like 2 mobile phones with natural gesture and touch.

Here's a color which I have always felt as a shade very heavy - Mauve




Haven't thought of using this color in my designs even in wildest of my dreams... But the designers have dared to use it as their base color with a very interesting gradient mix up with prussian blue, tinge of orange and black. The logo was even more interesting... Its is obvious that they have tried to create an abstract representation of touches, stretches and spin... which again is a mauve and orange. The logo and the color, to me has a very good scope for branding and extending unique identity to other medias like print as well.


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The product capabilities and the rich interactive experience show cased in their site leaves you with a WOW feeling. It definitely cutoff my mind set for Mauve which I had right from college days.

You can check out the colors and read more about the product at: http://www.microsoft.com/surface/