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		Jabbles on Aug 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since... Oh. I wonder why Google chose those colours then? There was a rumour about their first server being made of various colours of lego bricks, but maybe someone put more thought into it...

wgx on Aug 23, 2012 | [–]

Because it was designed by Sergey Brin[0], not a pro designer. They even had a Yahoo-esque exclamation mark in the beginning.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_logo

tptacek on Aug 23, 2012 | | [–]

The full-saturation primary colors, plus green? Because they're obvious.

odajay on Aug 23, 2012 | | [–]

Aa

27182818284 on Aug 23, 2012 | [–]

Lego colors:

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