Too many blue app icons

[callmemike20]

Why are there so many blue icon apps out there? Most of my home screen is blue. Apps need to provide a better variety of app icons. What about red like netflix, orange like att, or green like the NFL app? With the retina display, all of these colors look amazing, but why do developers choose blue???

 

[184550]

Likely because blue is the main, or a main, color in their logo.

For example, Safari, Facebook, Twitter, Mail etc...

 

[chembox]

Blue is a neutral color, while red seems to be invading and threatening.

I tried organizing my apps by color, but iTunes disorganized it after an update.

 

[callmemike20]

I think one of the best icons is pandora. Sure, it's a little blue, but it has a lot of white and a good shine to it.

 

[Carlanga]

Blue is a very popular color worldwide! It represents happiness and optimism most of the time

 

[intervenient]

This has been one of my biggest complaints with the iPhone. My OCD doesn't want icons of similar colors immediately next to each other. Yet, all these blue icons are the most useful ones :/

 

[callmemike20]

This has been one of my biggest complaints with the iPhone. My OCD doesn't want icons of similar colors immediately next to each other. Yet, all these blue icons are the most useful ones :/

It's an OCD of mine too. 6 of the 21 default icons have too much blue in them. That's not too high of a percentage, but there's more to it. The blue used in these icons is really bright and stands out whereas the compass and calculator are dark. So it makes it seem like there is too much blue. Plus, there isn't much variety in the shades of blue used.

 

[saving107]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100301582

Blue, on the other hand, encourages an "approach motivation," Mehta says. People relax, becoming more open to new ideas and creative solutions to problems.

this is one example, but there have been many research studies conducted that prove that blue is a more calming color to look at.

 

[ucfgrad93]

Delete post. My apologies.

 

[intervenient]

Wow, just wow.

I expect someone who doesn't have OCD to not understand. I didn't expect ignorance though.

 

[Mochi Hana]

Blue is my favorite color, so I like having so many blue icons.

 

[chembox]

Wow, just wow.

OCD is a proven disorder, just like people can be scared of heights or airplanes.

 

[mattraehl]

I noticed this recently, not surprised to see that it has been posted about before. I have 53 apps on my iPhone and 17 (nearly a third) of them are primarily blue. I have as many primarily blue apps as primarily orange, red, yellow, green, purple, white, black, brown, or tan apps combined! (17 - the other third of my apps are diverse enough that they can't be considered primarily one color) Apple is a major offender with 7 built-in blue apps. Something must be done.

Mail
Safari
Facebook
Yahoo Sportacular
Logos Bible
Aqueduct
Voice Memos
Shazam
Amazon PriceCheck
Stocks
Weather
Videos
App Store
Photo Transfer
Dropbox
NBC
Timer+

 

[scaredpoet]

My icons seem like a pretty colorful mix to me, but I "resolved" the "problem" by just organizing and foldering the heck out of everything.

Greatly reduces the number of screens I have to go through, as well.