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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...

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)

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.

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.

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.

IOS 4.1 - Calendar Colors Muted