# i would like to utilise some of the so far under utilised colours in Flexoki, as you should know,... ## Retrieval Notes - Session id: `019cfdbf-19cf-7b12-b059-592bc55bb20e` - Source: `Agent Client fallback` - Last activity: `2026-03-17T21:55:55.281Z` ## My Notes <!-- Add your notes here. This section is preserved across syncs. --> ## Conversation ### User /contemplate i would like to utilise some of the so far under utilised colours in Flexoki, as you should know, all my colours in my appearance settings are from this scheme. I was wondering if I can add a couple more colours in here but i am not sure where. the green and the blue (either variety are not used very much at all. One possibility would be to have slightly fewer elements of the text be the shade of red, than currently are. i think h1 and the main accent of the vault should be #AF3129, but maybe other things that are set as red could be one of the greens or blues. or do you think that is a bad idea. ### Assistant You want a considered design judgment about redistributing Flexoki colors in your Obsidian appearance settings, especially whether some current red assignments should migrate to blue or green while keeping `#AF3129` as the vault’s primary accent. I’m loading the `/contemplate` skill first, then I’ll reason from Flexoki’s internal logic rather than giving a quick taste-based answer. ### Assistant I’m reading just enough of the skill instructions to follow its reasoning mode, then I’ll work through the palette question concretely: which semantic roles should remain red, which can safely move, and where blue or green would actually improve the system rather than just add variety. I think the key question is not “can I use more of the unused Flexoki colors?” but “what semantic jobs are currently overloaded onto red?” If `#AF3129` is already doing two important things, namely: 1. the vault’s main accent 2. `h1` then the next question is whether all the other red usages are actually helping reinforce hierarchy, or whether they are just spreading the accent too broadly and flattening the system. That seems like the real risk. If too many elements are red, the red stops feeling like a deliberate accent and starts feeling like the default language of emphasis. Once that happens, the strongest red no longer has enough contrast in role, even if it still has contrast in hue. So I think there are at least three possible approaches. First possibility: keep red dominant everywhere. That is coherent, but it wastes part of what Flexoki is good at, namely having multiple strong but restrained chromatic families. It also makes the interface feel narrower and slightly more insistent than it needs to. Second possibility: redistribute aggressively, so some headings are green, some links are blue, some accents are red, perhaps tags another color. This would certainly use more of the palette, but it could break the quiet discipline of Flexoki. The scheme works best when color has a small number of stable meanings. If colors get assigned mainly to “spread things out,” the result can feel arbitrary. Third possibility: keep red as the singular identity color, then move only secondary emphases into blue or green according to function. This seems strongest to me. It preserves the red as the center of gravity while allowing blue and green to do real work rather than decorative work. That makes me think the right principle is: red = identity / primary emphasis blue = interaction / reference / navigation green = resolution / calm / secondary positive structure If that principle is right, then not every current red element should stay red. I would keep these red: - `h1` - primary vault accent - perhaps the most important active-state indicator, if you want one strong “current focus” color I would consider moving these away from red: - links or internal links, if they are currently red - secondary headings like `h3`/`h4`, if you currently tint them red - subtle UI affordances like buttons, toggles, selected chips, tab accents, or metadata labels - callout types that do not need urgency Blue feels especially natural for: - links - graph accents - tabs or navigation states - selected but non-critical UI elements - informational callouts Green feels natural for: - checkboxes / completed states - tags or metadata pills - success or “settled” states - quieter structural headings, but only if used sparingly What I would not do is make major textual hierarchy alternate between red, green, and blue too evenly. That usually looks designed rather than natural. Better to let one color dominate the hierarchy and let the others appear in clearly bounded semantic zones. So if you want a concrete recommendation, it would be this: - keep `#AF3129` for `h1` and the main accent - remove red from one or two secondary roles - give blue the job of links / navigation / informational emphasis - give green the job of completion / metadata / low-intensity supportive emphasis Between blue and green, I suspect blue is the safer first reassignment. It is easier to read as “secondary but active,” whereas green can start to imply success, completion, or editorial approval even when you did not mean that. So my actual design judgment is: yes, you probably should reduce the total amount of red, but only by reassigning specific secondary functions, not by trying to distribute color more evenly for its own sake. # Final Answer I do think you can profitably use more of Flexoki’s blue and green, and I do not think that is a bad idea, provided you keep `#AF3129` as the clear anchor. My recommendation is: - Keep `#AF3129` for `h1` and the main vault accent. - Move some secondary red uses to blue first. - Use green more sparingly than blue. The reason is that red should feel like the vault’s identity color, not the color of every kind of emphasis. If too many things are red, the red stops reading as special. Blue is the best candidate for things like links, navigation accents, selected-but-not-primary UI states, and informational callouts. Green works well for completion states, tags/metadata, or other calm secondary signals, but it carries more semantic baggage, so I would deploy it more selectively. So the short version is: yes, reduce the amount of red a bit, but do it semantically, not evenly. I would start by moving one secondary red role to blue and seeing whether the whole system breathes more. If you want, I can next help you map this onto actual Obsidian appearance settings and propose a specific Flexoki role assignment for `accent`, headings, links, tags, checkboxes, and callouts. ### User "Use green more sparingly than blue." why this way around? ### Assistant Because blue is semantically looser. Blue can mean a lot of unobtrusive things in an interface: - link - reference - navigation - selection - information - cool secondary emphasis Green is narrower. It tends to imply: - success - completion - affirmation - correctness - healthy/active status So if you spread green around too freely, it starts assigning a meaning you may not intend. A heading in green can feel “resolved” or “approved.” A UI accent in green can feel like a status signal rather than just structure. Blue usually does not create that problem. There is also a balance issue with your red anchor. If `#AF3129` remains the primary accent, blue sits more naturally as a secondary counterweight. Red plus blue feels like hierarchy. Red plus a lot of green can start to feel more coded, even seasonal, or more explicitly symbolic. So I would put it like this: - `red`: identity, strongest emphasis - `blue`: secondary active emphasis - `green`: occasional semantic emphasis That is why I’d use more blue than green unless you specifically want the interface to communicate lots of “done / good / settled” signals. If you want, I can sketch a very concrete assignment of Flexoki `red`, `blue`, and `green` across Obsidian elements and explain the rationale line by line. ### User i want h1 h2 h3 and the block quote colour and the body text to stay the same. I also like the yellow for square brackets and %s and the red for what is inside them. other than this. show me what you got ### Assistant Given those constraints, I would leave the core text syntax exactly as it is and redistribute color only in the UI/peripheral layer. Here is the assignment I would try. - Keep `h1`, `h2`, `h3`, blockquotes, and body text unchanged. - Keep yellow for square brackets and `%` markers, and keep red for the content inside them. - Keep `#AF3129` as the main accent. Then change the rest like this: - `blue` for links and internal links - `blue` for hover states on clickable UI elements - `blue` for the active tab underline or active file highlight - `blue` for informational callouts - `blue` for graph view highlights, if you tint those - `green` for checkboxes when completed - `green` for tags or metadata pills - `green` for subtle success/confirmation states - `green` for search-match highlights only if you want them calmer than yellow - `red` only for the primary accent, current focus, and genuinely forceful emphasis - `red` not for ordinary links, secondary buttons, or routine UI chrome So the overall logic would be: - text hierarchy stays warm and familiar - syntax accents stay as you like them - blue picks up navigation/reference duties - green picks up completion/metadata duties - red becomes more selective and therefore stronger If you want a more concrete picture, the cleanest version is probably: 1. `#AF3129` for main accent and `h1` 2. one Flexoki blue for links, tabs, active-file indicators, and info callouts 3. one Flexoki green for completed tasks and tags That would give you more of the palette without disturbing the reading experience. If you want, I can turn this into an exact Obsidian color-role map using specific Flexoki hex values. ### User "Then change the rest like this: blue for links and internal links blue for hover states on clickable UI elements blue for the active tab underline or active file highlight blue for informational callouts blue for graph view highlights, if you tint those green for checkboxes when completed green for tags or metadata pills green for subtle success/confirmation states green for search-match highlights only if you want them calmer than yellow red only for the primary accent, current focus, and genuinely forceful emphasis red not for ordinary links, secondary buttons, or routine UI chrome" just o we are clear because you had a lot of trouble keeping this ijn your head in another instance: IT CAN'T JUST BE ANY GREEN OR BLUE ETC. THEY HAVE TO BE FROM THE Flexoki COLOUR SCHEME ### Assistant Yes. I mean specifically Flexoki blues and greens, not arbitrary substitutes. So restating it properly in Flexoki terms: - Keep `red-600` for the main accent and anything that should still feel primary. - Use a Flexoki blue for secondary active/interface functions. - Use a Flexoki green for completion/metadata/support functions. If I were assigning actual Flexoki roles, I would start here: - `blue-600` for links and internal links - `blue-400` or `blue-500` for hover states and lighter interactive accents - `blue-600` for active tab underline / active file indicator - `blue-400` or `blue-500` for informational callouts - `blue-500` for graph highlights - `green-600` for completed checkboxes - `green-400` or `green-500` for tags / metadata pills - `green-600` for success states - probably not green for search highlights if you already like yellow doing that job And then: - keep `red-600` out of ordinary links, routine buttons, and generic UI chrome - reserve it for the vault’s main accent and strongest emphasis The main reason I’m preferring blue over green for the broader redistribution is that within Flexoki, blue can spread across more interface roles without changing the meaning of the UI too much. Green, even in Flexoki, starts to imply completion/positive state faster. So the clean version is: 1. `red-600` stays the anchor 2. `blue-600` becomes the main secondary UI color 3. `green-600` appears in a smaller number of semantic roles If you want, I can now give you a strict “Obsidian role -> exact Flexoki token” mapping with no ambiguity. ### User i am not sure about what you are saying about green, but let's try what you are saying with the blue first of all. ### Assistant That is the sensible first move. Blue is the lower-risk experiment. I would try this version first: - keep `red-600` as the main accent - keep all current text colors exactly as you described - switch ordinary links and internal links to `blue-600` - switch link hover or other clickable hover accents to `blue-400` or `blue-500` - switch the active tab underline or active file indicator to `blue-600` - switch any informational callout accent from red to `blue-500` That gives blue a real job without touching the reading layer. Why this is a good first test: - it reduces the spread of red - it leaves your core textual atmosphere intact - blue naturally fits “reference / navigation / interaction” - if it feels wrong, it is easy to revert because these are peripheral roles I would not change green yet. Test whether blue already gives the palette more breathing room. If it works, then later we can decide whether green deserves a distinct semantic role or whether blue plus red is already enough. If you want, I can now help you make a strict one-by-one assignment for the actual Obsidian appearance settings you have on screen. ### User come on then. start please start ### Assistant Start with this exact reassignment. Keep unchanged: - `h1`, `h2`, `h3` - blockquotes - body text - yellow for square brackets and `%` signs - red for what is inside them - main accent at `red-600` / `#AF3129` Change these to Flexoki blue: - ordinary links: `blue-600` - internal links: `blue-600` - link hover: `blue-500` - clickable hover accents: `blue-500` - active tab underline: `blue-600` - active file / selected navigation item: `blue-600` - informational callout accent: `blue-500` - graph highlight, if used: `blue-500` Leave these red only if they currently exist: - vault-wide main accent: `red-600` - strongest “current focus” accent, if you have one Do not leave these red: - ordinary links - routine clickable states - secondary UI chrome - info callouts So the principle is simple: `red-600` stays identity; `blue-600` takes over navigation and reference. If you want, send me the exact Appearance color labels you have in Obsidian and I’ll map them one by one rather than at the level of general roles.