goodbye tumblr blue
I’ve been playing with the look of my blog lately and this past weekend I decided that I wanted to add a pop of colour. I’m currently using the Claritas theme which has a default black and white colour scheme. I do like the minimalist look of it but I ideally would like one or two accent colours. I want to figure out how to make my links change colour when hovered over but I’m unfortunately not fluent in the language of computers. I’m sure it’s a simple task and I could figure it out if I really put my mind to it but I’m not in the mood for that side quest right now.
So instead I decided to duct tape over my colour problem by just simply changing my blog’s background colour for now. I originally wanted a dark purple but I couldn’t find a shade that felt right. I messed around with the RGB colour picker for an hour until I got frustrated. I eventually just settled on a placeholder colour that unintentionally was very similar to Tumblr blue.
At first I liked the novelty of this because it reminded me of the countless nights and days I spent on that website. It was my teenage vice of choice. I managed multiple blogs of whichever interests I was most obsessed with at the time. I mainly reblogged other people’s content and I barely (if ever) posted anything of my own. I slowly lost interest as the site changed until I completely deleted my account. Over the years, I would occasionally pop my head in when I’m feeling nostalgic. Now that I’ve created this blog, it was nice to be reminded of where my interest in blogging first blossomed.
It wasn’t too long until the novelty of Tumblr blue wore off though because I was severely depressed the entire time I was on that website. It somehow served as both a distraction from and a place to entertain the bad thoughts. Having that colour on this blog was reminding me of the bad mental space I used to live in. So today I resolved myself to find a suitable shade of purple and pulled up the RGB colour picker.
Isn’t it crazy how mundane things like colours can evoke such strong emotions and memories in us? They can all have such differing meanings to everyone too. Maybe for someone out there, Tumblr blue reminds them of a happy place. Personally, the journey to my happy place involves saying goodbye to Tumblr blue.
-- M. --