Talk:Colored Pencils

Quote text color

I'm aware it took one hour for the user to change the color of the quote to match how it looks in game, however compared to how it looks in-game it's actually pretty difficult to read. I don't mean to be disrespectful but I don't think we should be going for this sort of thing and just have the quote be normal so that it's easily readable. Nightwicked Bowser 16:01, September 2, 2024 (EDT)

Maybe there could be a hover with the same text but normal? Technetium (talk) 16:08, September 2, 2024 (EDT)

I would say, keep the text black, but just show a screenshot showing this is how colored pencils talk. Mario^-HOHO! (Talk / Stalk) 16:13, September 2, 2024 (EDT)

I think the idea is fine; probably the reason the text is more readable in-game than here is that (a) the colors currently used by the article are approximations of the colors shown in-game, and (b) the text box whereupon the lines are overlaid in the game is a light shade of gray instead of pure white. I support keeping the letters colored, but like, more accurately to the source material. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 16:19, September 2, 2024 (EDT)

Edited the quote using colors extracted from a screenshot using the eyedropper tool. Note that it was a screenshot from a YouTube gameplay video, so who knows how truly accurate these colors are still, but it should be more palatably executed nonetheless, I think. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 16:37, September 2, 2024 (EDT)

I was the one who arranged these text colors! I worked so hard to make this! Maybe you should reconsider reverting the text colors to all black because, mind you, I have spent my time dissecting and analysing the individual text characters in the Origami King videos thoroughly. I have been making sure that the letters and punctuation where corresponding to their original colors. I’m just urging that my hard work should not be taken in vain! If you want I can make the text character’s colors clearer to read by dimming it a bit! -User:Jude da Dude

I already made the text more readable using the colors that are used in the game. Your work was not in vain, the color formatting tags are still in place and I, myself, agree the quote should remain multicolored, because this gag is integral to the character. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 17:31, September 2, 2024 (EDT)

It does look better now at least. Nightwicked Bowser 17:47, September 2, 2024 (EDT)

Name???

So if you are like me you would call them "pencil crayons" but since Nintendo used a more recognisable name,(and since this article has disgusting text colour), this should be moved to pencil crayons. 142.162.45.152 12:20, September 27, 2025 (EDT)

Not to be rude, but I don't think anyone calls them "pencil crayons". And for the record, we use official names, not unofficial names that users think sound better. Conkdor! (T|C) 18:45, October 2, 2025 (EDT)

...we have not once, ever, heard someone call colored pencils "Pencil crayons". Attempts to search the term yield a few images of products that are very clearly just crayons but given the form factor of pencils, and ordinary colored pencils. The closest thing was a box of colored pencils with the text "Crayon de colour" below them, so, maybe that's something in a different language? Certainly not English, however, which is what this wiki uses. ~Camwoodstock ( talk ☯ contribs ) 22:46, October 2, 2025 (EDT)

The character is named "Colored Pencils". PopitTart (talk) 22:49, October 2, 2025 (EDT)

...What kind of logic is "we should move Article Name A to Article Name B because Article Name A is more recognizable and used by Nintendo", anyway? That's like moving "Mario" to "Red Guy". It makes no sense?!
Also what has the text color in the quote to do with it? And it's not "disgusting", it's how the quote is actually presented in the game. Because it's COLORED pencils. rend (talk) (edits) 08:39, October 3, 2025 (EDT)

I do believe the text color is bad, because it makes every letter a template, increasing the loading time, but sigh. it's how the quote is presented in the game. Conkdor! (T|C) 07:54, October 4, 2025 (EDT)