: What Colors should I use for changed/added Items? I am programming an Application that manages a Database. The User can add Items to the List or modify them. These Items should be colored.

@Chiappetta793

As Mr. E. suggests, it's not quite the colours that are the problem here--it's the fact that you rendered them as borders. Rendering them as a background colour is way better, just like on the selection. It's rather impossible to recommend actual colours without knowing what the rest of your app design looks like, but there's a couple you should not use:


Blue: already in use. Another shade might work, but it's risky.
Red: suggests danger, error or removal.
Grey: doesn't stand out, might be overlooked.


Personally, I'd also go for a bit more of a lighter shade / tint of these colours, in order to avoid the list looking like a Christmas tree. But that's subjective, I guess.

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