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So I was sitting in my room knitting a sweater, but then I realized my crotchet needle wasn't long enough to make a full sweater, so I made a muffler scarf.

http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac28/Crystalqueeniebeenie/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20151017_140146_zpszmn4oonj.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac28/Crystalqueeniebeenie/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20151018_145842_zpsk03ey1va.jpg
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I want to embroider the symbol on my scarf in gold without the background circle. My proposal will entice more people to be a part of this currency if we occupy a color that exudes power, dominance, wealth, leisure and success. Sometimes the right color sells a product. At the moment, I cannot find gold yarn anymore in stores, so I made a Bitcoin charm. I'll be attaching them to my scarves.

http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac28/Crystalqueeniebeenie/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20151028_000957_zpsbczlwq9i.jpg

Some users are already on board on the color changing to gold. You can see their commentary here in this thread. I just chose to put it front and center.


Your thoughts?

no, orange is great.

It is great, but don't you think gold is greater?

some uses a gold themed logo. (see this. top left (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Promotional_graphics).)

incidentally, satoshi created used (not 100% sure about "created") that gold logo...

edit:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=64.msg504#msg504
wonder what was on that post.

Well then! We need to occupy the gold version more if we want the right people investing in bitcoin. If we use gold, we could get Kanye West and Kim Kardashian using bitcoin!

Well this is highly subjective. We should not be changing it IMO. Besides, some are going to say that orange looks better and to some gold looks better. As far as I'm concerned, we should leave it how it is.

As far as I am concerned, it's already changed. It's about what color reflects bitcoin. Not what color looks "good". I am trained in these matters. Gold is more suitable for the concept of bitcoin.

But bitcoin is not "gold". I think the orange differentiates this.
I don't think celebrities such as West even think about it, unless they can make a profit off of it's high profile and success.

They will when they see the potential. Gold will grab the attention.

current logo is perfectly fine right now and in the future. don't fix things that aren't broken. it's a basic rule. the logo right now is well known and established.

If you like it to be gold,make it gold.There's no accounting for taste.Everyone has his own choice and taste.You will get many orange and gold replies and it will confuse you more.You better go with your own preference

I will, I will.

There should be a taste for accounting. I am just doing what I think is right. We need something more enticing to motivate people to use our currency, and...this is probably the first step. Changing that color.

When you talk about main bitcoin logo, you're talking about years of branding, and changing something like the color of the logo isn't something that i would advise.
Users are free to create or use any logo they want for bitcoin, but i think official one should remain the same.

Fine, but I know what I'm doing here. Bitcoin is six years old and the value of one coin keeps dropping and jumping. It is aggravating to watch. With a more luxurious and enticing logo and broad effective advertising platforms, this currency would have at least 1,000 dollars standing for one single coin. The actual value of the currency is important, but the look is what sells it.

if you want to start a business, wallet, service, website or sell products with a gold bitcoin logo..

go ahead, no one is stopping you

there is no copyright issues in regards to it having to be orange.. so let your imagination run wild and design something good.

But I want us all to be on board with one decision. Everyone is just saying orange is fine because they aren't fashion designers. I understand that bitcointalk is aimed at people more tech savvy which I am not. I don't know what a torrent is. I don't know what my phone model is. I didn't even know what bitcoins were until somebody had to explain it to me.

But I do know fashion and psychology. This is what we need. The gold will properly propel us into better positions by enticing the correct people to invest in our currency. When I saw the logo, it looked like a logo for a video game or a website. Not a currency.

then stop typing.. open a grphics package and make some designs.. post the designs, ask peoples opinions and if everyone likes it or you see a nice load of replies.. then you can sibmit it to the many bitcoin websites that use the orange logo and get them to replace the image for a gold one.

But a gold logo has already been created.

I'm saying we should use this one...

http://www.canbike.org/public/images/030114/Gold_Bitcoin-4800px.png

Instead of this one.

http://jrswab.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bitcoin.png

The second one honestly looks like a drawing for video game money. The first one is perfect color. I just want the circle taken out so we can focus on the actual symbol for the fact that it looks like a dollar sign, and I'd be on board to replicate it in handmade fashion merchandise.

nah that gold one seems too old.

try something new

If you thing that bitcoin's logo design is the thing that's stopping it from going to higher prices, you're way off, altho i agree that it should be promoted much more, via it's related services and what not,
but that's not happening on a large scale because there is no central company or man to benefit from such an investment, so the best chance remains in services. More exactly; owners of services promoting
their business and hence promoting bitcoin as well.

i agree, bitpay, coinbase, bitstamp, kraken should be the people pushing for advertising. as for the logo..
even visa tries to change its logo
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGqQDbQuOHQ/ThygLVD9YcI/AAAAAAAAb9c/vU89V5yaCYM/s1600/Visa_Logo_History2.jpg

so try making something new and then send it to the main bitcoin service companies and give them the freedom to use the logo in all there advertising... but make sure its good, better then previous versions otherwise it will just get ignored.

We would have that company or man (or woman. Please don't be sexist. We have just as much to contribute to this game as much as men do) would probably benefit from investing in this currency if they knew about it, and were enticed into it with the right appearance. If I were a rich wealthy person that wanted to get even more rich, I would overlook a currency with a logo that looks like money designed in a video game. Using a serious color is just what we need. That and obvious larger scales of advertisement but we cannot spend millions of dollars to be placed on a platform for the 7 billion people watching us for them to just ignore our wonderful currency just because we wore orange, and not gold.

It is shallow, but looks do matter.

I don't see the need to change something that works and is already widely known and that doesn't really change the way people interact with Bitcoin.. Unless someone has an amazing logo to submit, which I am yet to see :)

The physical logo is already great. My concern is the color. That's it. Orange is too laid back. We want something more serious and intense. It is great to be laid back, but I am starting to think we probably shouldn't make investing seem like "fun", which the color orange presents. We need something more serious. More strong, and resilient. More wealthy, and powerful. Gold is the right choice.

agree, good enough :), no need to change anything and then again, its hard to define gold color, it gets too yellow (bad visibility) or too orange...

You are free to make a gold bitcoin symbol. It is not a registered symbol, so you can do anything you want.

If it is as good as you say, more people will use it as the time oasses

the problem is..

gold (the natural resource asset/commodity, not the colour) doesnt have a logo or theme..
dollars or yen dont either.. yes they have a symbol.. but no one cares what color or font it is.. they still recognise what it is regardless..

things that have logos and are advertised as investments.. tend to look more like them binary options scam video's you see popping up.
you know them video's that tell you 'congratulations you just found the best kept secret of financial profits'.

bitcoin does not need to be advertised as an investment 'scheme'.
smart investors never invest on something that is advertised, because they know if it was truly good it would sell itself and not need advertising.

i think bitcoin itself doesnt need much advertising to investors. but services to make investors lives easier such as coinbase, kraken, or gemini should advertise their services.
and then within the services investors can get to know more about what bitcoin is.

to me bitcoin is an asset and not brand. and trying to advertise it as a brand wont pull in investors, just like visa doesnt talk about dollars, it talks about HOW the dollars can be used.

Then by that logic, if we turn it to gold the logo wouldn't change. It'd just be enhanced.

Bitcoin is an open source project. There is not an official logo design, but many variations just like distros of linux. If you don't like any of the current versions , take Satoshi's old design and modify it and distribute it. If it is superior people will naturally prefer using it over the orange one. Begging people to agree with your aesthetics is rather silly.

Nobody's begging. To assume somebody is begging means you don't know the difference between actively attempting immediate persuasion with courage in their idea with written down facts on the psychology behind a color...

and then whining for situations to go their way. This is a spirited debate. Not a whining contest.

HA! Do you know what events predetermined you even being here, or anyone else for that matter ? It wasn't a shiny logo, or a catchy phraze; it was a service that people wanted/needed.
To those people that pushed bitcoin into state of movement,hype and awareness, things like icon,logo and similar might have been a di*k (or a tw*t, not to be sexist) they wouldn't break a sweat over it.

You can set up a site and place whatever image you want for bitcoin, use sparkling efect,polka dots.. No one is stopping you. After all, bitcoin's main point is decentralization, everyone's vote counts.
Whatever sails your boat, but imho, it's not the picture that counts.

There are those that talk and those that do... create a better logo and share and you may have a small opportunity of achieving your vision... debating aesthetic preferences is just a waste of time.

You'd be surprised how many wealthy people are very very shallow. Question: how did you manage to mess up the quoting?

I will decide what's a waste of time for me, and what isn't. If it upsets you, look the other way and click on a thread you like. Thanks so much.

ok, 2 pages of comments.. and still nothing.

if you want something to happen do it. come up with a design, and if its not just a logo you want. come up with a storyline (script) for an advert.

try not to make it seem like them scammy binary option investment scheme or sound like a ponzi advert. try thinking of applepay or visa as your baseline.

then if its good and people want to see it on TV/newspapers.. then go search out the businesses that use bitcoin and ask them for funding/sponsorship to help you produce the advert and get it out there.

if all you want is ust a logo upgrade, then stop typing and start designing. post what you think is your vision of the perfect logo. and again if good and you receive positive responses. pass the logo onto all the bitcoin related services to use

Oh don't worry. I'm embroidering the symbol in gold on my scarf as we speak.

It isn't upsetting, you are misreading my tone. I am merely giving some helpful advice as you don't seem to understand how open source projects work.

Ever hear of the term "Pull requests are welcome." ? It is a very polite way in the open source community of suggesting that you are welcome to contribute but not make requests or demands of volunteers.

What you are suggesting is something that can be done with 20 minutes in photoshop so isn't something you need to organize a group of collaborators behind. You are going about this backwards by not making a post suggesting here is my more beautiful logo , what do you people think?

Since you are into psychology perhaps you should look within and ponder why you are pleading for people to agree with your aesthetics rather than simply doing what makes you happy and create a logo you find beautiful and contribute that.

I would love to see a picture of your scarf when you are done. Have a great day.

In Europe and America, orange is commonly associated with amusement, the unconventional, extroverts, fire, activity, danger, taste and aroma, the autumn season, and Protestantism. In Asia, it is an important symbolic colour of Buddhism and Hinduism. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour))

Satoshi was fond of the word "Karma" in his pennings, ergo the color orange becomes an even better fit. I wonder if bitorange.com is available.  8)

I am not begging people to agree with my idea. I am kindly suggesting they do through a low key debate on the topic. I am hand embroidering the bitcoin symbol right now on my knitted scarf in gold as we speak.

Relax. I will make my own choices for development, and you can make your own.

I fixed it soon after ?! But anyways if you want to know, i spilled my vaping liquid all over my keyboard so it was a bit hard to focus on parts of quotes in editing, but i have the slickest keyboard
on forum now  ::)


Heh, now even i want to see it when it's finished.
Place it on ebay for 21 million USD when it's finished, maybe you get in the news so that everyone seas your logo and bitcoin goes mainstream just by that.

cheers

I just don't understand.

We want a color that reflects passion, power, success and wealth. Not passiveness and calmness and "activity". You get that from gold as well.

Heh heh...now you have me all giddy. Do you honestly believe somebody will purchase a hand knitted and hand embroidered muffler scarf for that much? ^____^

Yes, Asia represents over 2/3rds of the world population. We shouldn't allow provincial biases to get in the way of a global currency.

There is also the practical aspects that logo designs for the web should use web friendly html colors... which limits the choice between -

    goldenrod    #DAA520    rgb(218,165,32)
     gold    #FFD700    rgb(255,215,0)
     orange    #FFA500    rgb(255,165,0)
     darkorange    #FF8C00    rgb(255,140,0)

There are technical reasons that come into play with color choice.

No, even though a ball of snow was sold for 1 million USD..
I wanted to say that maybe the ludacris price would get in the news so that bitcoin would get exposure over it, and your logo as well, and that was what you wanted,wasn't it ?


Marketeers and advertisers claim there's a lot of difference based just on the color combination u're using, so maybe op has a point to some extent.

Both gold and orange are good. Considering that orange is good and gold is not so much distinctively better, it is best to remain the same.

Besides, there are several posts comparing bitcoin with gold, which is best and all that. It must be differenciated from gold :D

Excuse this comment please, but you're being somewhat ironic.

In context of this discussion - Gold vs Orange those would be important considerations. People can design any logo they wish to with any colors around....

I was merely offering some healthy advice that adoption on web media needs to consider technical implications.


They would be correct. As I said Branding and logos are extremely important.

Follow the evolution of successful fortune 500 companies. Logos tend to become more readable and minimalistic--

http://best-ad.blogspot.com/2008/08/evolution-of-logos.html
http://www.glow-internet.com/infographics/evolution-of-logo-design.aspx

This was one flaw with Satoshi's original logo.

Cool.

We're done here, folks! Let me play us all out with this great danceable song!

https://m.soundcloud.com/favulousworld/zak-waters-runnin-around


 Have a good night! ^_____^

I think symbolism is important.  If our goal is to market bitcoin to the masses and ultimately achieve world domination, then messaging is important and we should have this focus group tested.  My guess is people associate gold with wealth and security more than orange.

wtf... Who sold a ball of snow for one million dollars?  In bitcoin?

Both orange and gold are nice colors , but i prefer orange personally.
The color of the logo matter just in the design

I personally don't care about the color of the logo. I think that we had many more important things and issues to worry about than will we have gold or orange logo!

Both are fine by me!

International Orange is also associated with experimental projects.  Bitcoin was developed by the NSA as a currency war project.  ;)

I'll go for orange. Gold color should be reserved for gold alone and since bitcoin is not about gold or anywhere near that, orange will be perfect. Plus after so many years staring at the btc logo, it will look odd if you suddenly change the color into something different that doesn't look like btc in the first place.

I like the orange color of bitcoin logo I think it makes it unique.

bitcoin is better than gold so it shouldn't be copying its color anyways. besides bitcoin logo is known now with this color and is used everywhere no point changing it now.

Gold for the BTC and yellow for the circle
I think this combination would be nice

Bitcoins should have a touch of the digital world
 Some kind of neon color or something brighter. I prefer the gold well because I find the orange color animated rather than the gold that is for me, the metalic color adds up to a more professional work.

Orange is fine, and it has been 6 years since bitcoin was invented, and the logo stayed as is even though there are some variations to it. For me, orange represents cheerfulness and joy, similar to what you just said in op.

i like the orange more, simply copy-paste would look very lazy, right now it's more genuine to bitcoin, and any other color would be off

maybe you can minor stuff to it, but i would keep it simple

I too like Orange color. It's brightest color which mean bitcoin's revolution to be brought by bitcoin. On the other hand I personally feel gold color also more meaningful. Because bitcoin is a digital gold. So gold color will symbolize all the representative of digital gold.

I dont think its a good idea PR wise to pick gold, looks too desperate to try copy something which bitcoin is not.  Maybe no colour is best but we have brand now with orange so should keep it.

Like many others, I would vote for orange.

Gold is the colour of the precious metal, which makes people think about money (fiat), however bitcoin is based on computer, network, calculations etc. but nothing about fiat.

And for the orange colour, it was chosen by satoshi when bitcoin starts, and hence it is legendary and should be kept. Also if a paper wallet is printed in orange instead of gold would look better (and printing a 'gold bitcoin' paper wallet with reflecting surface would cost more).

For the scarf, I think gold would be a better choice, but of the logo of bitcoin it is definitely orange!

the gold could be an improvement but the factor of printing into just one color its impossible cuase gold uses brwon orange yellow gradient and the vector file of it would need to be changed and for printing into one color just its better this way and its also already a trade mark for btc to be orange like some flags of europe and right wing politiacl capital porpuses like holland to japan

I prefer the gold one, but like said before, this is highly subjective, so we should let it just like it is right now.

When you see my merchandise, it might entice you to feel differently.

Sorry. I didn't understand what you meant. What is this merchandise you are talking about ? What does it have in common with the logo ??? ?

You didn't read my full OP I guess. I'll see if I can make it shorter so people won't want to skim it.

I'm making handmade bitcoin symbol fashion merchandise, and thought gold looked better than orange for the merchandise, and Bitcoin in general.

I'm sorry, I didn't see it. I red the OP that talks about the scarf but I didn't clicked on the links under it.

I'll be sticking with the orange just because I can't be bothered to edit my website.  Besides, I'd say the colour is pretty flexible anyway.  CoinDesk (http://media.coindesk.com/2014/02/Screen-Shot-2014-02-11-at-10.29.54.png), for example, use more of a yellow variant and it's not like anyone cares.  




I think they've changed it again since that one.  There's no yellow at all in the logo on my latest card.

orange is ok i dont want it to be associated with gold as it has to be independent and not connected with anything else like gold

I don't understand your comment. Elaborate.

Also, there's a gold bitcoin symbol in your signature.

I'm surprised nobody said "Orange is the new black!"
 ;D

......


Oh gosh.  :/

no it should not in orange bitcoin logo seems to be really cool for me and i dont want it to be changed and i believe that it wont be ever changed

eh. I can go with a simple big BTC with white background. doesn't really matter. bitcoin doesn't have a central authority so creating an "official" logo for everyone to use would be pretty hard.

Every color has different affect on different individual.What might entice one,can completely put off other.I dont think more people will start using or stop using bitcoin because of its color

i kinda like it as orange :D, a gold bitcoin logo just wouldnt set right with me. its been orange for years now and everyone identifies bitcoin with that logo, it shudnt be changed

Orange looks good but I would have liked it if the shade was a bit lighter and it having a gold border would have been great as well. The logo has been designed well and I've recently printed its logo as well :)

In terms of fashion, gold goes with anything though. It'll be more eye catching.

In a marketing class last year, we had a big unit about logos and branding. The coloring of a logo is actually extremely important, because colors invoke a subconscious response from the viewer. Having gold as the color for Bitcoin logo would imply wealth and power to those who view it, which is much stronger and more serious than what is perceived by orange.

Is it alright with you if I put this in the OP? I'll be sure to quote you of course.

Blue  :)

Absolutely! I'm 100% for this proposition and would love to be shown as in support of it.

Orange is great choice but what if it goes full gold right after huge boom of it?
It needs more reputation to apply that different color option for appealing of it.

At some point a gold color will make the Bitcoin logo look more professional, but currently the logo we have now is more than fine. If the devs come to an agreement regarding the blocksize and bring an official client that supports larger blocks, then I would like to see the new logo being integrated and officially presented.

I don't see any reason to change it, its already something that stands out to me

It should be black.  ;D

Black is a very thought provoking color. It normally makes people believe something suspicious is lurking. It conceals, hides, and protects identities. That's why bank robbers wear black ski masks and not pink blue or orange ones. Black is also considered a very business savvy color for the fact that it reflects all the colors, is attractive to the eye for it's dramatic appeal and in theory makes you look more slimming. It can also be favored to represent a person with multiple personality disorder.

It's a ton to discuss, but in short, no. It should not be black at all.

I like the orange. I think that lot of people prefer gold colour because "gold" value. But there are a lot of people that prefer other colours too.

I'm okay with orange color. Why gold? I think changing something already established makes sense only if you are going to make it much better than before. So why gold is much better than orange?

Wait and see.

I was kind of liking the blue tone matrix looking logo somebody put forward earlier in the thread.
That invokes the futuristic qualities that bitcoin is trying to portray.

Blue is already supposedly occupied by Altcoin. We need to separate one cryptocurrency from the next.

Orange seems to be a good starting point. Just look at the mcdonald's logo. It was started off yellow then eventually once the brand got stuck into everybodies brains, it became synonyms as the "Golden arches".
In my mind it is an evolution of a brand to change with it's image in people's minds. But bitcoin is far from the gold standard. Maybe when it reaches it's peak again, then the general public will view it alot more valuable. We view it so now because of it's innovation, not it's nominal value like the masses are patiently waiting for it to emerge again to grab on too.

You have to pay over 200 USD for one single bitcoin.

What are you talking about?

It will be worth one million each soon though. We have to push the envelope now, and not " patiently wait". That's not how it works.

This blue is designated to Altcoin?
I only invest and look at bitcoin and don't follow with other cryptos.

I said supposedly.

200 per coin is nothing to most. Look at the multiple threads about it rising then people selling off. That to me are people patiently waiting.
A million per coin? Pure speculation nothing more.

If you're going to be pessimistic, you don't deserve to have one single bitcoin or post on this site. Also, if you and several other people really want to just sit back while the rest of us work, you all don't deserve to even be giving commentary on the currency, or be on any other site dedicated to Bitcoin. I'm not trying to be rude, I'm just trying to get you to realize that Bitcoin is only as good as you make it.

If you don't work, you're not contributing. And if you think small, you're always going to be small.

Must be as it is (as for me). Better orange then gold. It it will be gold then can be similar with the gold. Will lose its specificity. Bitcoin is totally different from gold. This must be expressed in everything which represent it. Even (and notably) the color of its logo. Orange is a beauty color which express power (the Sun is orange), happiness and being unique (compared to the gold).

Orange is good enough for me. It's brighter than gold color while today there are many people who like brigther color. Personally if we used gold as bitcoin logo, it wouldn't be an unique thing because there are to many online services use gold as their background color.

Well an orange color can be definitely made part of the "brand" and be easily recognizable. Making it gold or green for that matter is a lazy approach, like giving a scar to a villain, it's not only lazy it's wrong too, this is not gold nor cash. However I can see the gold color having some logic because of how mining and Bitcoin work. In my opinion a great and particular orange color (there could be thousands of variations) works or could work well.

I'm a graphic designer if that matters.

I'm not trying to be rude here, (Now please forgive me if you are offended), but...I genuinely stopped reading when you started talking about villans.

What are you even talking about?

Hehe, ok, maybe I didn't make myself clear. Using a gold color for a "currency" is lazy, is like giving a scar to a villain in terms of lazy writing. "Look he has a scar, he is bad". Same for Bitcoin, it is golden, it's like gold or related to gold. It's just lame. However if you've kept on reading I mentioned the link with mining and gold, and that's ok I guess.

To me, there's room for a Bitcoin "orange" color that you can immediately associate with, just so you associate green with cash and gold with...gold

Oh, I see what you mean now.

Sometimes the simplest solution is the best solution though, (Not in most cases, but in some) so don't say because something is easy that it automatically means it won't work.

First off, if your going to post a question on a forum you should expect criticism.
I might be pessimistic and I am proud to be. I am not a dreamer as you seem to be. I am a realist.
You should learn to accept that everybody has their own opinions.
No need to be offended and take offense. And no, I don't have 1 btc because I have not worked for it because I am busy working at my real job and until the day that bitcoin is worth more than the hours I put in my job per day, I will not work full time trying to earn 1. Living in reality is much more harder than putting complete faith into something so volatile.
If you disagree with that, then I respect that as it is your decision.

I don't like the approach, it's my personal opinion but I think it sends the wrong message and I'm giving you my full explanation. Design is communication, is a visual language. It's not based on "taste" like some people say. A certain color or typography communicate certain characteristics.

I think using gold is a missed opportunity, it's not only uninspired, it sends mixed signals. The only simple thing about it was the decision part, it was simple to decide, "just make it gold". Bitcoin technology is completely unique, digital currency is "bitcoin". Orange can be its color. We can discuss if it's the best one or not, blue, red, whatever, but I'm just considering only gold & orange for this discussion.

i think gold would look good for the bitcoin logo and also what jeffthebaker mentioned about color "gold" was interesting. but i think the orange background is sort of standardized now and it would be hard to change it. we are all used to it by now.

In my opinion color is not at all important when we consider the biggest advantages we can enjoy with bitcoin as a online user. Bitcoin need to be widely accepted then the huge adoption will make bitcoin more successful regardless of it's color nor any other factor.

I agree that color or branding is completely secondary for such a disruptive technology that "sells" itself. But that's not the discussion here.

Even the secondary thing will do the magic for the core thing. Yes right way of advertising will make make bitcoin more successful when it attracts more people towards into make them using for their daily needs.

Color orange is good than gold because bitcoin is not a gold, Bitcoin is nice in my eyes if the color is orange...

I expect commentary, but I expect it from follow bitcoiners that are actually trying to get this currency popular to see the price increase. I know how you feel about your everyday job, but I had a job too until I quit it to do this full time. I decided I had over 40k in the bank which will last me a year with the extra assistance I get from my sister in law who is now living with me, and I'm now focusing on doing my designs for Bitcoin full time for the fact that I believe in it.

My point is if you don't believe, don't show up. It's like an atheist walking into a church. Why be in a place that is dedicated to a concept you don't fully believe in? It makes no sense to me.

It needs not to change the color of Bitcoin from orange to gold.Orange is different and attractive from far and Bitcoin should have its own recognition as it is different than gold.I would say it should remain as it is.

I do not think it should be gold because people already too closely associate BTC with XAU.
Orange is bold and makes a statement. No need to downplay things.

Is it okay with you if I throw this into the OP? I will quote you of course.

Another color might be good, but it's already orange and it's been orange for years. 

Not until I get my hands on it. Buying more gold embroidery yarn today.

The orange color looks better than the gold one. The gold one looks like it is from the 00's, the orange one is more modern and interesting.

I would agree with you, I like the orange color.

Maybe one day btc price will be way higher than gold one  ;)

Good luck with that! So, are you going to make it: white on golg, black on gold or gold on gold like on the picture below?

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKCmxbT15DNxOWQzxFc4ZQYqSadjYxRT5Qoi_BLpANlyQZkDxEGg

The current logo has a flat design which makes it modern and "sexy"

Gold looks better and gives Bitcoin a better image in the longterm.

......What in the world...

i think its should colored gold,because bitcoin have value like a gold,not like orange fruit  ;D

Can I put this in the OP? I'll quote you.

Most graphic artists are familiar with "flat design" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_design
as it is especially popular with websites and program graphics and a lot of graphic marketing materials and logos with technology companies. Notable examples that use flat design is Apple and Microsoft.


You are being too polite... it is commonly accepted on this forum that anyone has a right to quote another without asking for permission. Bitcoin is an open source project after all so most aren't overly controlling of words as long as they aren't taken out of context.

...And your point is....

I interpreted your statement "what in the world" to reflect unfamiliarity of the current trend in graphic design, thus I was providing you with information. Should I have interpreted your statement in another way?

No, you're good.

gold is only gold because of a 'shine', otherwise its just a slightly brown version of yellow.
so if you think gold is great.. im guessing there will be 7 pages of which shine and shading will work best..

so lets just skip dozens of pages of more orange and gold.. and lets just see if people can agree on any kind of gold.
https://i.imgur.com/lMQYTl9.jpg

if it shows that there are too many choices and indecision about gold, then obviously the standard colour should remain.. as no one can agree to a change

Hahaha!

Don't do that to me. I already picked the gold.

I am here to have others make me believe in it.
May your new logo design do that to me and the masses  :)
Good luck!

I shouldn't always necessarily have to make you believe. You should just believe on your own.

It's fine if you genuinely believe it shouldn't be changed. As far as it does go, I feel like I accidentally stumbled across this website for a reason. That reason was to shape this currency and propel it onto a larger playing field. Branding and mass marketing are an important aspect of becoming relevant and mainstream. It's not like you can just come up with an idea and say you want to make it orange for no actual reason at all. Certain colors subconsciously build specific emotions and reactions within the human mind after being captured by the human receptors. Orange has an appeal of being somewhat....laid back. We cannot be having a logo that looks laid back. We want something stern and powerful and luxurious. If we want Bitcoin to grow, details such as this are important to think about.

To you tech savvy humans that have no interest in fashion or psychology, I must inform you that this might not be a big deal to you. To me, it states a huge deal.

To you, and the many other tech savvy human beings on this sight that are not into fashion or psychology like myself don't understand how these details are crucial. Every detail counts. I am not about to compromise at all.

Yay!

Thanks for the support. Check out my OP again. I made a bitcoin symbol charm.

orange logo is still cool

Gold is too pretentious. Orange looks more stylish and fits Bitcoin better, it's more original than resorting to Gold which is a very boring asset. Bitcoin must be different. I find the design of the Bitcoin logo really nice on the eyes, slick and simple. Whoever did this design did a good job. An since it is Creative Commons free we can use it anywhere we like for free.

Orange is way better then gold.
Orange gives it a look that a virtual currency should have whereas gold will make it more close to THE REAL GOLD  :P

Well known of you are fashion designers or psychologists.

I'm not trying to be rude with that statement. I'm just being honest. I did not go to school for Fashion design, but I took up plenty of internships so I think that counts.

Look forward to seeing more or your work. You may even be able to sell some of your designs if they look good. Have a great day.

Well i think that the bitcoin color is flat in general.
But you can see some imitation and see sometime in google as a gold color.
The orange color it's good and brings attention to users when they visit a website.

-sigh- just.....forget it then.

Yes orange colour has more attraction than any other colour by nature. But my personal opinion is colour is less criteria for the success of bitcoin, only popularity is the most ever needed things to make bitcoin more successful.

Unlike how Japanese media falsely portrays bitcoin, there is no "Bitcoin CEO" or board of directors to petition or form consensus around. There is no official bitcoin logo color and many examples exists in many colors. Design a neat product or logo and we will use it or pay for it if it looks good. Just because someone prefers orange over gold doesn't mean they won't also like gold as well in addition to orange.

Many designs can and will coexist simultaneously. I understand that can lead to branding confusion which isn't a good thing but we have no choice with this as bitcoin represents a permission less decentralized project.

Carry on with your design and don't get discouraged that people have different aesthetic tastes.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/008/632/aw-hell-naw.jpg

8 straight pages of absolute closed-mindedness. You guys don't even want to think about it. "It was made orange, and that's how it'll stay". Great. I get that you all love Satoshi, and you don't want his design getting lost in the mist. The reality is that colors absolutely matter. They provoke subconscious feelings from the person that views it.



Again, not trying to be rude, but....you guys don't know what you're talking about at all. You all work in computer engineering and not psychology or fashion....

Honestly, when I accidentally bumped into this website, there was a reason behind it. It was to help propell Bitcoin to better heights. Well, I guess this topic can end now, because talking to technological people about fashion or psychology is like talking to somebody in a different language.

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