Process shot. I've been playing with interactive visualizations of the wide gamut color spaces available on newer screens (>= iPhone 7). It's amazing how many super punchy vivid colors are suddenly available, but I haven't seen them obviously used in screen design!
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😍 Are they accessible?
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Depends on exactly the context you're trying to use 'em. But, say, the max-brightness ones vs white text? Probably not. I was surprised to see that these wide gamut screens also add a lot of new rich blacks. Here's the part of the color wheel only available wide-gamut at l=9/255:
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Unsurprisingly, Twitter removed the color profile on that PNG. If you have an iPhone 7 or above you can click through to view the original in full gamut here: andymatuschak.org/images/p3/9.png
That’s awesome!! Is it live? The pinks are very pink!
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Oh wow I wish I knew what either of you were talking about here.
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New devices have way more colors! It’s exciting new territory! We have to be careful though because many of the appealing colors will make illegible text/controls because they’re really bright. Rich blacks are subtly colored blacks.
Working on a longer interactive explainer. :)
It is! If you take a loupe to it or compare to pure black you’ll see subtle colors. I’m working on clearer visualizations.
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