# Is it just me, or is 'red' on the dashboard a bit orange? **URL:** \ **Category:** Dashboard\ **Created:** [29 October 2020 05:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003 "2020-10-29T05:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2

**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\ **Post date:** [30 October 2020 19:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/21 "2020-10-30T19:08:17Z")

Yeah.... will do that this weekend. Just happen to be away at the moment. But there is definitely a difference between browser, and Microsoft paint app, paint app looks redder, browser a bit of orange for for the same screen print. ---

**Author:** ![ristomatti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ristomatti/32/5857_2.png) [@ristomatti](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ristomatti)\ **Post date:** [8 November 2020 08:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/22 "2020-11-08T08:52:24Z")

If you put Node-RED and Paint side by side and take a screenshot of the full screen (keyboard printmscreen button and the open Paint, create a new image and paste). Do the colors look different then? ---

**Author:** ![SuperNinja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/superninja/32/5761_2.png) [@SuperNinja](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SuperNinja)\ **Post date:** [8 November 2020 09:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/23 "2020-11-08T09:00:25Z")

For me, with chrome browser (same thing with Edge) on win10. Node Red run on RPI3B, I note strange things with the color red on the [icons of the dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/font-awesome-icon-working-while-angular-material-icon-not/35344/5): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/3/d33e1d0c4c4ff428a865994f84077ba357bebaf7.png) ---

**Author:** ![hotNipi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hotnipi/32/383_2.png) [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\ **Post date:** [8 November 2020 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/24 "2020-11-08T09:31:03Z")

That's how colors in hard contrast behave for human eye. Nothing node-red specific. Pure nature. ---

**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\ **Post date:** [8 November 2020 18:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/25 "2020-11-08T18:45:03Z")

Yeah, it is not my eye, was able to qualify not NR... On the same monitor, I know this because the 'red' in the MS paint program is 'redder' and looks 'more correct' as red, then the 'red' in the browsers. If it was my eye... regardless of the application, the single monitor would present a consistent result that was less 'red' and more 'orange' in shade. ---

**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\ **Post date:** [8 November 2020 19:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/26 "2020-11-08T19:10:41Z")

Maybe it’s the Bezold effect ? [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2TVjWv0JsU0](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2TVjWv0JsU0) ---

**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\ **Post date:** [10 November 2020 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/27 "2020-11-10T06:19:57Z")

What an interesting suggestion. But no... no animation in the examples where I see the orange artifact specific to the browser color rendering divergence from a truer red. ---

**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\ **Post date:** [10 November 2020 08:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/28 "2020-11-10T08:00:52Z")

It’s not about animation. It’s about the colours next to each other, changing your perception of them. The animation is just to show you they are in fact the same. (In that video). ---

**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\ **Post date:** [13 November 2020 22:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/29 "2020-11-13T22:45:20Z")

I was referring to the examples I posted. 🙂 ---

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [13 December 2020 22:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-red-on-the-dashboard-a-bit-orange/35003/30 "2020-12-13T22:45:20Z")

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