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I never 'got' the Windows 8 logo. Something about the shape put me off. Something about that cyan color draws me back in time, it's just so abrasive to the eyes, and it's almost a match for the non-enterprise HP blue.

The color choices for the UI in Windows 8 were just so odd as a whole. It's as if Microsoft was so criticized for being too 'cartoony' with XP that they just completely went off the wall.

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The windows logo makes much more sense to me now.

It literally looks like a window receiving light from the outside.

The windows logo before 8 did not make any sense at all to me. If I show it to the younger generation they will ask me what is that logo.

Just like when they ask what is the floppy disk icon and why is it used as a save

Back in 2012 or so Microsoft was on this cyan-magenta-white kick. It's as if their design team spontaneously decided "oh, that nasty CGA palette? That's the height of cutting edge!"

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