scratch should rebrand to red

Rothorius

I feel as if red is more sleek and would make the website better looking thus attracting more users

atomicbryght

if it did it would have to be a dark red for color contrast (assuming you mean the header/usual purple parts, unless they changed the colors on the rest of the site too that would increase contrast)
other than that i feel like support for this suggestion would be very opinion-based because some people just like red better and some don't, so i don't think this is anything to be strongly for or against other than for accessibility reasons

Last edited by atomicbryght (Aug. 20, 2026 23:15:24)

knowitall1237

I thought you were suggesting to rename Scratch to “Red” at first, I'm dumb LOL

atomicbryght

knowitall1237 wrote:
I thought you were suggesting to rename Scratch to “Red” at first, I'm dumb LOL

don't worry i actually did too LOLLL

gelatin-free

atomicbryght wrote:
knowitall1237 wrote:
I thought you were suggesting to rename Scratch to “Red” at first, I'm dumb LOL
don't worry i actually did too LOLLL

me 2

-PizzaKing-

Agree! Red is a better color.

atomicbryght

ok so thinking about this again, i've found some specific reds that would be better for accessibility (from what i understand & the info of a certain website made to educate people about web accessibility)
basically anything darker than this color of red would be best (though probably still not perfect because i know nothing about the different types of colorblindness and such) if scratch keeps the white in this suggestion, if you wanted them to change the white to a different color as well then i can try to find something that would work with that too

Last edited by atomicbryght (Aug. 20, 2026 23:39:32)

Spooky_Lukey

Support, as long as the red is accessibility friendly

-Cute-Cats-

If I remembered correctly, a few years ago Scratch was blue (y'know, the blue you see when projects are loading). They did it to improve visual accessibility. I doubt they'll change it again in the near future. See more here: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/695488/?page=1

But if you personally want a red Scratch, then you can consider getting *some extension that you have to find out for yourself* which has a custom website and editor color feature go on Turbowarp which has custom editor color features.

Mryellowdoggy

No cuz then it will be a repeat of when they changed it to purple and everyone freaked out

purplebunny63

Mryellowdoggy wrote:
No cuz then it will be a repeat of when they changed it to purple and everyone freaked out

And cause purple is the best for color blind people

r3hehehehehhe

purplebunny63 wrote:
Mryellowdoggy wrote:
No cuz then it will be a repeat of when they changed it to purple and everyone freaked out
And cause purple is the best for color blind people

Black is, it's exact contrast

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purplebunny63

r3hehehehehhe wrote:
purplebunny63 wrote:
Mryellowdoggy wrote:
No cuz then it will be a repeat of when they changed it to purple and everyone freaked out
And cause purple is the best for color blind people
Black is, it's exact contrast

Well second best people probably don’t want a monochrome scratch

UserBlockedYou

Rothorius wrote:
(#1)
I feel as if red is more sleek and would make the website better looking thus attracting more users

we already got turbowarp we dont need another one

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gelatin-free wrote:
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g, 99

UserBlockedYou wrote:
we already got turbowarp we dont need another one

so?
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To main OP:
I kinda feel weird having the site red as the primary color
red is better as a secondary

also is it just me or

Rothorius

UserBlockedYou wrote:
Rothorius wrote:
(#1)
I feel as if red is more sleek and would make the website better looking thus attracting more users
we already got turbowarp we dont need another one

Red is better color if they want color blind ppl to see they can add purple feature

UserBlockedYou

Rothorius wrote:
(#16)
UserBlockedYou wrote:
Rothorius wrote:
(#1)
I feel as if red is more sleek and would make the website better looking thus attracting more users
we already got turbowarp we dont need another one
Red is better color if they want color blind ppl to see they can add purple feature

hey buddy thats just ur opinion scratch wanted to be blue thats their design choice they changed it to purple bc they were forced to and now ur telling me u wanna change it to red (same color as meat and blood btw) nope aint gonna happen

Rothorius

UserBlockedYou wrote:
Rothorius wrote:
(#16)
UserBlockedYou wrote:
Rothorius wrote:
(#1)
I feel as if red is more sleek and would make the website better looking thus attracting more users
we already got turbowarp we dont need another one
Red is better color if they want color blind ppl to see they can add purple feature
hey buddy thats just ur opinion scratch wanted to be blue thats their design choice they changed it to purple bc they were forced to and now ur telling me u wanna change it to red (same color as meat and blood btw) nope aint gonna happen

What’s wrong with meat and blood and red is a sleek color choice

blackcow29

Yes, red is a nice color. Do people like red? Yes. And hummingbirds too. They like red. But does everyone like red? No.
If you’re talking about red red, then I don’t think anyone would like it.
If you’re talking about Turbowarp red, then maybe.
Perhaps a website theme option could be added here (and could be combined with the dark mode suggestion as well.)

sup3r_r0ck

No support.
Not everyone likes red, red being a better color is subjective.
As others have brought up, the current color is supposed to be accessible for people with vision issues.
Even people without vision issues (like myself) don’t like overwhelming colors sometimes.
Also I’m pretty sure this is a troll suggestion.

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