Musings on Vainglory
Design Lab

Alternative Visual Directions

A style sheet sampler for the site. Includes orange + purple families and other combinations so we can choose a direction before locking production styles.

Palette Deck

Each card applies a complete mini style system to the same content block.

Ember + Amethyst

orange + purple
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Pride Becomes a Circuit

Ancient warnings, modern feedback loops, one interior theater.

  • primary #FF8F2A
  • secondary #9658FF

Saffron + Ink

orange + teal
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Conscience and Camouflage

Self-knowledge sharpens and obscures in the same motion.

  • primary #FF9D1C
  • secondary #2CC5D9

Apricot + Forest

orange + green
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Humility as Proportion

Not self-erasure, but right measure under pressure.

  • primary #FF9654
  • secondary #62C06F

Coral + Cobalt

warm + electric
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Recursive Attention

Public metrics compress identity into a running score.

  • primary #FF7C63
  • secondary #5CA0FF

Copper + Teal

earth + marine
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Sincerity Under Observation

Even good acts mutate when the audience is always visible.

  • primary #F48F3C
  • secondary #2FD0BF

Peach + Plum

soft + regal
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The Interior Audience

The self seeks applause even when no one is watching.

  • primary #FFA162
  • secondary #D66AD6

Live Theme Switcher

working thesis

Vainglory Is a Feedback Architecture

Religious traditions diagnosed it, psychology modeled it, and platforms now amplify it at scale. Choose a palette and inspect how the same claim feels under a different visual tone.

If you want, I can apply your chosen palette to the real site in one pass (home + essays + sources) and keep typography/layout unchanged.