Guild Wars 2

I’m sorry, but as I was crafting an alt to level 80, something horrible caught my eye.

Blue…and yellow. Though he was afk, this player’s armor sparked a conversation about how each person has their own tastes.

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

Have you seen a worse color combination?

Maybe he’s just from Sweden.

He could be Swedish or from the island of Madeira. Both have blue and yellow flags. Not my favorite color combination, but not the worst I’ve seen as well.

That combo doesn’t strike me as bad, probably because those were my H.S. colors. Worse would be the guy I saw running around in a kelly green and orange ensemble. Now that made me want to know if he was colorblind.

Vorch.2985:

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

LOL

You are right!

Actually, I like it.

lol. Maybe not the average overused armor colors, but atleast his colors goes together. I seen way worse color combos on people who thought they had a epic painted armor set of doom

It would be fine if he used darker shades of blue/yellow. That’s just a little too… fabulous.

Luckily there is no accounting for taste.

I’ve always loved that phrase… so many different interpretations one can apply to it.

I like the colors. They go well together.

I ran a similar pattern on my Asura enginner for a while, a bit darker blue. Thinking about doing it again since I’ve rejoined Team Sweden [SWE].

The armor in the screenshot reminds me of Tzeentch. And can anyone honestly think Thousand Sons or followers of Tzeentch in general have a bad color scheme?

It’s not that bad of a color combination, although I think he could use a third color just to break up the pattern a bit

makes me wonder why there isn’t anything with plaid (the stripey patterns)?

i think its okay for a color combination. maybe they were going for gold, literally, and failed. could also be they stole a set of consortium clothes, and ran it through the wash several times with crap detergent.

A darker blue would have made that a perfectly reasonable combination.

Vorch.2985:

I’m sorry, but as I was crafting an alt to level 80, something horrible caught my eye.

Blue…and yellow. Though he was afk, this player’s armor sparked a conversation about how each person has their own tastes.

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

Have you seen a worse color combination?

Thank you

/a swedish person

I assume he’s a fan of the San Diego Chargers’ alternate jersey.

Blue and gold can be quite regal. Look at Tutenkhamen, or gold fleur de lis on a blue field. It could be your graphics are set lower than his so to him it looks way better, y’know!

I saw one guy wearing pink and sea green.

But we should not make fun of the colour blind.

annoyed? i actually get complimented on it more often than you’d think. personally i think it’s the best combination. orchid and maroon is nice too.

Donari.5237:

Blue and gold can be quite regal. Look at Tutenkhamen, or gold fleur de lis on a blue field. It could be your graphics are set lower than his so to him it looks way better, y’know!

Dark blue and actual gold looks good. Pale blue and lemon = forever alone.

vespers.1759:

annoyed? i actually get complimented on it more often than you’d think. personally i think it’s the best combination. orchid and maroon is nice too.

Yes that looks good. But the picture in the OP looks like it started out as blue gold and was left in the sun for 20 years like an old faded Pontiac.

But… But that’s our Swedish guilds WvW colors

I didn’t mean to offend any swedish people.
My OP still stands

But… But that’s our Swedish guilds WvW colors

Yours looks like it was thought out.

The OPs does NOT XD

I thought that actually looked good.

<.<
>.>

Yes I’m from Sweden.

Dawdler.8521:

But… But that’s our Swedish guilds WvW colors

A darker blue would look much better imo.

I question the taste of the community as a whole when black and whites are the most expensive dyes.

Florgknight.1589:

I question the taste of the community as a whole when black and whites are the most expensive dyes.

Amen to that. 90% of the characters I see are clad in either black, white, or a cotton candy-looking pink. Hundreds of dyes in this game, and everyone runs the same three colors. /smh

Darker blue, and he would fit in with the Swedish flag. That blue is too bright.

And yes, everyone I see (including me) runs around with 1 colour only. It’s either full dark colour, or full bright colour.

I’m running around with Celestial and Silver.

Paradoxine.8192:

A darker blue would look much better imo.

Nah it would be too dark then to fit the old Swedish regimental colors.

Unfortunetly GW2’s lighting doesnt quite reflect the “ideal” color. It shifts widely based on map. I am fairly sure that the colors in the OP looked better when the guy created them in the character menu, that’s just not very flattering lighting

I think one of every bright color would be a poor.

The best is probably Red, white, and blue. See what I did thar? Huehuehue

It doesn’t look great to me, but it doesn’t make my eyes bleed or anything. Blue and yellow can be a stunning combination; IMHO this particular player just didn’t choose quite the right shades/tones.

Though my (male) Sylvari runs around in green with pink accents, so maybe I’m not one to talk. xD

I usually run with a mix of white, black, and reds. It seems to work out for the look I’m going for, though sometimes I switch it up depending on a certain look I’m trying to aim for.

Back in GW1, I know black and white were also relatively expensive. However, you really didn’t have much of a selection unless you experimented and mixed various dyes to find that perfect color. It didn’t surprise me that the rare quality whites and blacks would reach that monetary value in GW2. White is a brilliant base color to work with and goes well with many things— it’s the Guile’s Theme of Colors. On the other hand, darker shades are a bit tricky to work with but can produce interesting results without making it too plain in dark light.

In addition, you also have to consider what material that dye is being applied to. I find most Vibrant colors to be comical in most schemes, but can be workable, while the Metal and Leather colors work best when applied to those materials.

Honestly, I find the worst color combinations to be dying every single slot the same exact color, regardless of color. The notorious ones would be those who go all-Abyss, all-Celestial, or all-Midnight Ice/Fire. Just because those are Rare quality dyes doesn’t mean they’re the best dyes.

Vorch.2985:

I’m sorry, but as I was crafting an alt to level 80, something horrible caught my eye.

Blue…and yellow. Though he was afk, this player’s armor sparked a conversation about how each person has their own tastes.

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

Have you seen a worse color combination?

I guess someone doesn’t like the old wolverine colour pallet

First time I hear that Chun Li wears the “worst color combination ever”

Florgknight.1589:

I question the taste of the community as a whole when black and whites are the most expensive dyes.

What? I happen to love black and white. >_>

Wow that looks hard to beat but I can try. Here I forced my warrior to use the most hideous color combination I could think of. He was not pleased.

darkace.8925:

nethykins.7986:

Vorch.2985:

I’m sorry, but as I was crafting an alt to level 80, something horrible caught my eye.

Blue…and yellow. Though he was afk, this player’s armor sparked a conversation about how each person has their own tastes.

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

Have you seen a worse color combination?

I guess someone doesn’t like the old wolverine colour pallet

No one ever did. Yellow and blue sucks. Blue and yellow, on the other hand… Cyclops had it going on.

LOL. MAH BAD!!!

Now I remember, it was the whole (good) xmen bunch from the series that had Blue and yellow besides Xavier and Storm. Even lame Jubilee had a Blue and Yellow outfit.

nethykins.7986:

darkace.8925:

nethykins.7986:

Vorch.2985:

I’m sorry, but as I was crafting an alt to level 80, something horrible caught my eye.

Blue…and yellow. Though he was afk, this player’s armor sparked a conversation about how each person has their own tastes.

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

Have you seen a worse color combination?

I guess someone doesn’t like the old wolverine colour pallet

No one ever did. Yellow and blue sucks. Blue and yellow, on the other hand… Cyclops had it going on.

LOL. MAH BAD!!!

Now I remember, it was the whole (good) xmen bunch from the series that had Blue and yellow besides Xavier and Storm. Even lame Jubilee had a Blue and Yellow outfit.

I was just joking.

vespers.1759:

annoyed? i actually get complimented on it more often than you’d think. personally i think it’s the best combination. orchid and maroon is nice too.

I like your color combinations but dude, you need to block out chat as there are expletives and names of players before you’re infracted.

On-topic: I saw a huge norn at tequatl who was completely multi-colored. I don’t know how he did it, but he looked like a piece of candy. Pink shoulder, yellow shoulder, black mid-section, bright green boot, bright blue pants. Looked hilarious, unfortunately, no SS

I think I’ve seen that multicolored Norn in an LA overflow once. It was something else.

vespers.1759:

annoyed? i actually get complimented on it more often than you’d think. personally i think it’s the best combination. orchid and maroon is nice too.

Great color combo in that screenshot, it’s all in the shades of blue and yellow that makes it work. On a side note, your Charr looks sort of like a Tengu from that angle and the armor… Aw, I want to play a Tengu character!

Farzo.8410:

Darker blue, and he would fit in with the Swedish flag. That blue is too bright.

And yes, everyone I see (including me) runs around with 1 colour only. It’s either full dark colour, or full bright colour.

I’m running around with Celestial and Silver.

Yeah the colors in the screenshot the OP posted is more a Ukrainian blue/yellow tone than Swedish.

The screenshot of the swedish guild members look awesome though.

I really do not see how that is so bad.
Tastes can’t be wrong anyway. You can agree or disagree to the taste, that is fair enough. But it can’t really be wrong.

Vorch.2985:

I’m sorry, but as I was crafting an alt to level 80, something horrible caught my eye.

Blue…and yellow. Though he was afk, this player’s armor sparked a conversation about how each person has their own tastes.

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

Have you seen a worse color combination?

Thats a classic colour combination, my kitchen is those exact colours. I gather you did not go to Art or Fashion college then?

Vorch.2985:

Blue…and yellow. Though he was afk, this player’s armor sparked a conversation about how each person has their own tastes.

Hey, look! It’s the Captain! (Fix the URL below and take a look if you’d like)

youtube . com/watch?v=PWmz5eggTmo

He’s doing his Ambient Killer daily…like a boss, in case you’re wondering.

Anyway, about a month or so ago I saw a blue and yellow heavy armor set that looked really cool – so my opinion is the combination is not universally bad.

-Edited YouTube URL to remove the automatic embed in post. Reason: There is one swear word at the end of the credits.

—
“All I wanna do is a’Rata sum sum, and a boom boom!”

-Vawn

Vorch.2985:

I’m sorry, but as I was crafting an alt to level 80, something horrible caught my eye.

Blue…and yellow. Though he was afk, this player’s armor sparked a conversation about how each person has their own tastes.

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

Have you seen a worse color combination?

Looks like the knight profession in priston tale 1 hehe

Penguin.5197:

Wow that looks hard to beat but I can try. Here I forced my warrior to use the most hideous color combination I could think of. He was not pleased.

That combination doesn’t seem so bad to me. It’s almost serpentine especially with the scale mail, basically looks like you’re wearing the hide of an exuberant snake creature. The bright green and olive work as the base while the pinkish-purple (can’t really tell what tint that is…) works as an accent color.

It’s also possible you just picked a place where the lighting does the combo many favors.

Not really a combination but all parts with abyss.

It’s probably because blue and yellow are not complementary colours, and depending on the hues can look very cold (people generally prefer warm colours). Personally i don’t like blue and yellow as a combination much, tho dark blue and gold are passable.

Well pretty much any color combination ‘works’ be they complementary or contrasting or whatever. Pick any two or three colors and I’m sure you can find a composition that makes them work. But that’s the thing, it’s the composition. It makes things work or not work. For example: almost all black. Some people can make it work and others just make it look tacky and bland.

How about green and purple-pink? Sounds like an odd combo but I’m sure it can work with the proper composition.

The OP’s example is probably a composition that is overall ‘meh’, but the colors themselves? Blue (not dark blue) and gold (slightly darker than what’s in the pic) were my highschool colors so it doesn’t seem odd at all. The variants in lighting in the game can change a lot though. What looks good in one light can be bland or unnoticable in other lights and so on.

The OP’s example is probably the only bad one posted so far. The player attempts to balance the yellow and blue when he should be using one as a base color with the other accenting it.

So, I’m just curious, do you judge people based on skin color?

Vorch.2985:

I’m gonna go ahead and say his tastes are wrong.

Implying someone’s taste is wrong because they’re not your own.

I chortled at the thought.