Black logos are taking over Silicon Valley

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Black has replaced blue as the dominant brand color. 👉 Further analysis in this thread: https://x.com/ollysmyth_/status/2032194186439770331?s=20 Methodology: I pulled the full list of YC companies using the public search index, then fetched each company's logo thumbnail. A pixel-level HSV color classifier analysed each image, categorizing dominant hues into nine buckets: Black, Blue, Red, Green, Teal/Cyan, Orange, Yellow, Purple, and Pink/Magenta. ~2,000 logos were classified across the 2007–2026 batches. all 15 comments sorted by: best top new controversial old random q&a live (beta) Want to add to the discussion? Post a comment! Create an account [–] ojsizzle [ S ] 143 points 144 points 145 points 11 hours ago (3 children) Take a look at the logos from the 2026 YC batch. A shame to see no one taking risks. permalink embed save report reply [–] themodgepodge 40 points 41 points 42 points 10 hours ago (1 child) Would logos like these be categorized as black in your chart? (and/or would they be categorized as their predominant rainbow color if the background were white?) edit: apologies if that tiny screenshot is showing up as a giant image here... permalink embed save parent report reply [–] ojsizzle [ S ] 51 points 52 points 53 points 10 hours ago (0 children) Good question. The classifier works at the pixel level, so it's reading the dominant color across the whole image. For logos with a black background and colorful elements, it would try look for the primary brand color. If it's majority black with a touch of color it would most likely be assigned to black. permalink embed save parent report reply [–] tornait-hashu 2 points 3 points 4 points 3 hours ago (0 children) the future is uncertain, no one wants to take risks. Either that or Silicon Valley is dressing up in black for the upcoming funeral for AI permalink embed save parent report reply [–] j-random 56 points 57 points 58 points 12 hours ago (0 children) Symbolizing the rot taking over silicon valley permalink embed save report reply [–] ojsizzle [ S ] 41 points 42 points 43 points 7 hours ago (2 children) The inflection point: 2022. The year ChatGPT launched. OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity all lean into dark, minimal aesthetics. Black signals AI, modernism, mystery, the future. permalink embed save report reply [–] Realtrain OC: 3 17 points 18 points 19 points 6 hours ago (1 child) Can't be playful anymore, everything must be serious. permalink embed save parent report reply [–] You_meddling_kids 7 points 8 points 9 points 3 hours ago (0 children) It is when your stupid world-burning LLM is choosing to fire missiles at a girl's school. permalink embed save parent report reply [–] Echo127 23 points 24 points 25 points 10 hours ago (0 children) Probably because AI told them to permalink embed save report reply [–] asarious 4 points 5 points 6 points 4 hours ago (0 children) Now do the frequency of new car colors over time. permalink embed save report reply [–] Picorims 8 points 9 points 10 points 10 hours ago (0 children) It could be because it easier to put everywhere: light background, black background, print, etc with a very good contrast. And cheaper to not also ask for a colored logo (or even a color for the brand). But yeah it feels very cold permalink embed save report reply [–] neversimpleorpure 3 points 4 points 5 points 6 hours ago (0 children) Apps are going the way of car colors it seems permalink embed save report reply [–] ojsizzle [ S ] 2 points 3 points 4 points 13 hours ago (0 children) Source: YC company data sourced from the public Y Combinator company index: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies Logo thumbnails fetched directly from company profile images. Tool: Python (matplotlib). Color classification via pixel-level HSV analysis across 2,000+ logo thumbnails. permalink embed save report reply [–] hardleft121 1 point 2 points 3 points 12 hours ago (0 children) would help to use the real colors, perhaps permalink embed save report reply [–] normaal_volk 0 points 1 point 2 points 4 hours ago (0 children) My theory: too much male energy. permalink embed save report reply about blog about advertising careers help site rules Reddit help center reddiquette mod guidelines contact us apps & tools Reddit for iPhone Reddit for Android mobile website <3 reddit premium Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy . © 2026 reddit inc. All rights reserved. REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc. Advertise - technology π Rendered by PID 346639 on reddit-service-r2-loggedout-59f74b7959-p2984 at 2026-03-13 10:20:03.211403+00:00 running f6e6e01 country code: AT.