CMoya

So it seems Microsoft has purposefully abandoned the whole notion of
consistent color schemes on the OS level. It seems that in Vista, color
schemes in apps (toolbars, status bars, backgrounds, etc) are purposefully
DIFFERENT colors between apps for a reason.

My question is: Have they documented this anywhere? Are there "guidelines"
for how to decide what color scheme to use. There must be some rhyme and
reason!??!

Here's what I've surmised so far:
- Turquoise = Generic system stuff like Explorer.
- Dark Blue = Minor Accessories like Windows Mail, Calendar, Fax & Scan etc.
- Black = Media stuff like Media Player and Photo Gallery.
- Light Blue = Office/Productivity apps. Or is this just special to MS
Office? Why in Office 2007 can you change the color of the "ribbon" apps but
ALL other apps (like Publisher, OneNote, etc) remain light-blue *no matter
what.*
- Grey = All other legacy and/or programming like Visual Studio.