When it comes to design, Apple’s not a lazy company. Cupertino sweats the small details, which — like that anecdote about Van Halen’s “no brown M&Ms” concert rider — shows it sweats the big details, too.
That’s why Apple fans seem so surprised to see that the icon for macOS Big Sur’s Digital Color Meter has something, well, just a little off about it. Can you see what’s wrong?
As spotted by Twitter user Roel Van Gils, the Digital Color Meter icon in macOS Big Sur features a pipette with physics-defying liquid that appears to be tipping to the left.
“I have a rare eye condition called achromatopsia, which affects one in 40,000 people,” Van Gils told Cult of Mac. “This means I’m 100% colorblind. I see the entire world — including this icon — in shades of gray only.”
The Digital Color Meter is a built-in Mac utility used for measuring (and duplicating) the color value of any pixel on the screen.
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