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Ask HN: Did the HN top bar turn red?

34 points by HenryBemis ↗ HN
Is this a Christmas celebration thingie or it was changed before and I've just noticed it?

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uranusjr
The indexes also turned red/green alternating so it’s very likely just Christmas.
WCSTombs
I do believe it's a Christmas thing. The topic numbers also alternate between red and green today.
drdaeman
Hah! As a deuteranomalous person I wouldn't have noticed without someone telling, and then inspecting very carefully :(
XmasHijinx
They have glasses to correct that. Called Enchroma.
drdaeman
Well, normally that's not an issue at all.

But those glasses are interesting. Never heard about this before. I'll check out - thanks a lot!

flashman
It's a different red (#cc1010) to the story rank numbers (#be2828); maybe the latter colour gave too little contrast compared to the menu bar text, so they opted for a lighter one.
Someone
375 years ago on this day, Isaac Newton was born. We don’t know whether the apple that inspired him to his theory of gravitation was green or red, so I guess the admins play it safe.
slazaro
Isn't Newton's birthday January 4th, but was December 25th in their calendar back in the day? Or is it the other way around?
thg
You are correct. He was born December 25th, 1642 as per the Julian calendar and January 4th, 1643 as per the Gregorian calendar that almost everyone uses today.
raverbashing
Haven't seen this, maybe because I use a custom color (the default one seems "too orange" for me)
dqpb
How do you set a custom color?
raverbashing
Click on your user name (on the top right), change 'topcolor' on the settings, click 'update'
lower
I think you need a certain amount of karma before this option appears.
wyclif
You must be new here ;-)
edanm
I've been here for years, and I forgot literally every year why this happens and have to remind myself.
jaimex2
The blood moon rises once again.
interfixus
Yuletide. Even if that merry feast in many parts of the world is heavily overshadowed by so-called Christmas these days.