IOS 4.1 - Calendar Colors Muted

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IOS 4.1 - Calendar Colors Muted

After the update yesterday, I opened my IPhone calendar to find that the colors were muted with a 'faded' look. The bright colors that previously appeared on my phone/mobileme have changed dramatically.

The change is not subtle and is very unattractive.

Note: The colors for each calendar are correct- they have just faded drastically. All other colors on my phone remain crisp.

Anyone else with this problem?

IPhone 4, iOS 4, IOS 4.1

Posted on Sep 9, 2010 9:31 AM

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Nestor5

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Nov 7, 2010 6:44 AM in response to sclntx

Faded & Muted colors are just so much more DIFFICULT discern. So I am 110% with the bunch here for a revival of Solid, Easily Distinguishable Colors. Like it used to be.

Look here: http://www.apple.com/iphone/mobileme/ , and tell me if you see muted colors on the iPhone on the top right section. No, it's in SOLID colors. Why? Simple - it looks more attractive when you are trying to promote something.

Likewise, Apple Dev's should seriously consider giving us back solid colors - on iPhone and on Mac's iCal. If you know enough to enhance the colors on your own website, can't you imagine your users would want the same benefit? Duh...

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jsml

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Apr 9, 2011 11:53 AM in response to sclntx

Hi, everyone, I posted a similar discussion about the muted colors. I was surprised to see this post because I thought I was an anomaly still having the muted colors. It appears the bright colors have made a comeback, but I don't know how to make mine come back!

See these posts with the original, bright colors!
One of them was from the Apple product website:
http://michaelhyatt.com/how-to-setup-google-calendar-on-your-iphone-4.html
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/more-features.html (this image specifically: http://images.apple.com/iphone/features/images/morefeatures-calendar-20100607.pn g)

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a1000

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271 points

Sep 9, 2010 11:34 AM in response to sclntx

I noticed this too and assumed that it was linked to the re-branding/re-skinning of iTunes. They seem to have gone all pastel on us! I can live with it personally and over time it will be "normal" as I get used to it 😉

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Mista2

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Sep 10, 2010 10:16 PM in response to JoeZinVA

The colours now are horrible. You just get used to something being one way for 2 years, then they go and screw it up. It wouldn't be so bad if I could pick my own slightly less disgusting colours, but it just randomly assigns them. This one is getting a complaint back to Apple, form me. I hope the millions of other iPhone users do the same. After all, Steve said he loves his customers and wants to keep us happy.

Oh, and it took 4 tried to download the update. Thats 2GB of my data I'll never get back this month.

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Lewisb1

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Sep 11, 2010 5:37 AM in response to Mista2

Personally, I like the change. Less intrusive and still able to see the different colours without too much inconvenience.

Change is good in one's life.

As for the changing of views from list-day-month, no problems for me.

Message was edited by: Lewisb1

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Sep 12, 2010 9:06 AM in response to AdrianVamps

I agree that change is good when it's a GOOD change. But this is awful. If they had gone from these butt ugly ones to the old nice looking ones, THAT would have been good.

What is the best method of registering a complaint?

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Dave Hutch

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Sep 12, 2010 10:58 AM in response to sclntx

The colours now match iCal, which is why I assume they did it.
The colours have been mentioned all over the Internet so it shouldn't come as a surprise.
The list view being empty is also mentioned in this forum

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Andyh747

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Sep 19, 2010 12:45 PM in response to Dave Hutch

Sorry but the colours do NOT match iCal. My colours used to be solid but now are pastel. My main calendar is a horrible pastel purple while in iCal the colour is dark blue.

However what I did discover was that it is not the case if you setup a new iPhone. I bought a new iPhone for the wife and when syncing the calendars, the colours where as before - solid colours.

I also have the issue of nothing showing when in list view until you switch back to day or month and then back to list.

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Answer 9

Sep 21, 2010 7:17 PM in response to sclntx

count me in. faded color as well. not a fan. clear, bold colors is what reading a calendar is all about not pastels. plus, have you tried to read the colors in bright sunlight. bring back the true colors please.....also my list and calendars need to be re-checked each time i visit the list view. i smell a bug here.....

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mckenz.j

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Oct 12, 2010 7:50 AM in response to sclntx

I'm having the same issue, however, I sync 5 google calendars with my iPhone and also with iCal. Syncing all the colors to match was a manual pain, but I finally was successful. With this new update, it is impossible for me to even manually change the colors using google sync because the colors the iPhone assigns are Purple, Orange, Red, Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown...you get the idea. I could live with the muted colors if the original colors were still in there somewhere (green and blue!). 😟

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Answer 11

Aug 4, 2011 5:22 PM in response to sclntx

The pastel "dot" coloring in the month view of the calendar is the main problem for me. I have a dozen important calendars, plus several that I subscribe to from my wife, and these are very important. I need to be able to scan a month and easily sort out which calendar event is which, and it's very difficult now. The pastel color dots are so small it's hard to sort out the brown from the pink from the purple and so forth.

While I don't mind the pastel in other views (like the week view), they really need to allow us to have bright color dots on the month view so it's easier to see them.

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Sara Joy

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Feb 22, 2012 10:22 AM in response to sclntx

I just upgraded to Lion and was appalled when I opened iCal. There was a disgusting faux leather strip across the top of the calendar and all the calendar colors are these pukey pastel colors. Like the color pallate of the Golden Girls wardrobe. It looks so old fashioned.

I've been using Apple since 1994 and this is by far the most ugly design choice they have ever made. It worries me because Apple has always been so modern. I managed to remove the faux leather strip at the top by using this trick: http://www.simpleandusable.com/news/how-to-remove-the-faux-leather-in-ical-for-o s-x-lion.html. If anyone knows a similar trick for fixing the colors, please let me know.

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Answer 13

Feb 22, 2012 11:11 AM in response to Sara Joy

Sara Joy:

Yeah it's pretty terrible. It's not just the look, for me it's the functionality.

I moved to BusyCal, which is a bit pricy for a calendar program, but it does everything iCal is supposed to do and actually mirrors iCal's data. I'm very happy with it.

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dsg76

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Sep 9, 2010 3:42 PM in response to sclntx

+1

I just noticed this today, and could not understand what happened. I agree, the colors are awful and hard to see.. this is very un-Apple. I don't like it, please use pure colors!

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MajorIP4

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Sep 9, 2010 3:55 PM in response to dsg76

There's also a bug in 4.1 calendar. When you switch to list view there is nothing there. Switch to day or month, then switch to list view and its back. Already reported to Apple.

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