Please Stop Automatic Color Naming

[MyDigiDesigns]

This is getting out of hand. I have an olive green product labeled "puke." PLEASE discontinue this feature!!

 

[CrazyMermaid]

Is this a joke? I haven't ever noticed that themes were named. 

[jophb]

I hadn't either, but I just saw they are. Maybe a new change? But dang, 'puke' is definitely not a good one haha.

 

[Mark]

Hey @MyDigiDesigns,

Can you please share a link to the product page from which the screenshot was taken?

[MyDigiDesigns]

Here are all the ones of mine I've found that have "puke" as the color. I've also noticed some called "blood red" which I really don't like. Additionally some are just flat out wrong, I had one that described a purple item as pink, things being called khaki or beige instead of sage, something that is hunter green being described as "blue green", things without a background being called "transparent" which I think would really confuse customers. 

https://www.zazzle.com/trendy_whimsical_drawn_martini_bridesmaid_proposal_card-256960995489571160 

https://www.zazzle.com/best_day_ever_olive_green_wavy_custom_wedding_napkins-256915502204604109 

https://www.zazzle.com/olive_green_modern_welcome_party_rehearsal_dinner_napkins-256279757601887582 

https://www.zazzle.com/trendy_whimsical_drawn_martini_bridesmaid_proposal_card-256690891383364046 

[SJoy]

Perhaps if Zazzle is wanting the theme colors to have a name associated with them it would be better left to the creator to fill that section in.

[alissag]

This is an excellent idea!

[Badeesie]

Sometimes deciding what to call a certain color can be tricky, so maybe the AI could suggest color names that will not be applied until a human approves or replaces them.

[Cat]

Bwhahaha! Ok, sorry, not funny, but funny. Anyhow, I found the feature interesting because sometimes I'm not sure what other folks would call a particular color and it's interesting to see what Zazzle calls it. Made me re-think some of my color names.

[PenguinPower]

LOL... I'd probably call it olive, maybe pea soup, but olive sounds nicer. 

[newradiance]

My crimson and gold grad sticker is now apparently "Blood Red" - I don't want AI deciding what my color names are.

[MyDigiDesigns]

I also have some that have been named "blood red"

[alissag]

I mean nothing on here should be described as blood red, well and puke obviously is a terrible choice too. Who thought this was a good idea?

[SJoy]

Probably the same person who  came up with the Ambassador Program.

[Jadendreamer13]

Well, blood red might be amusing on Halloween products or goth-inspired products. 🙂

[ChromaMaven]

Not great.  I checked a few of my products and now my gold color is described as “light tan” or “light brown.”

[Fantabuloustef]

On mine gold is cream, and silver is light grey… This new feature is a disaster

[Zorinda]

The irony, at least for me, is that I’ve never even seen puke of that color! 

[rebeccaheartsny]

I have white clothing items which are now labeled "transparent." Not great. I'd imagine that many people will avoid anything lableled transparent because it sounds like it will be see-through, whereas a customer who actually wants something transparent will be disappointed to receive an opaque product.

[jophb]

HAHA oh no 😂 Funny story, on my local Facebook forum, someone just posted something about a Laundromat and said 'clear clothes'.... I assume they meant CLEAN haha, but my mind still went to clear vinyl clothes for a second haha. 

[AirTwin]

And does search think "transparent" are templates from old quick create?
Does this effect zRank when the whole site is based on trends? 😂
Pricing games... now color games, all these things make it harder for the customer to buy.

[Artellus]

First I've heard of it - but it's so wrong! So I checked my items and it turns out some with a yellow background have been labelled as "cream",  and another with a bright peach background is now called "flesh" (whose flesh anyway? humans come in a lot of different 'flesh' colors! - and none of them are anything near this orange shade!)

But worst of all are my oven mitt sets - army green? There is no green! And the other option which is an orangey red is called "Black/Transparent".... Huh????
https://www.zazzle.com/southwest_yellow_swallowtail_butterflies_pattern_oven_mitt_pot_holder_set-256...

But - still can't beat that "Puke"!!! 🤢

[Sea-Change]

Beyond the issues with the feature, I'm dismayed that Zazzle -- or whatever dysfuncional algorithm Zazzle is using -- would label a single color tone as flesh. What are they thinking?

[Windy]

It's another day at Zazzle. Hilarity ensues. 

[jophb]

I have a very bright pink invitation labeled as 'white'... I assume because of the fonts and art? But the entire background is pink. I also have another version that has a black background, white fonts and gold glitter (but overall black) and it's labeled as 'taupe'. And another that calls it 'Dusty Rose/Dusty Rose' despite it being mostly black with pink fonts and art.

[Zorinda]

What’s kind of astonishing about this boneheaded new ‘feature’ is that it probably went through at least a layer or two approvals at Zazzle.  😳🤡

[kidGooGoo]

I'm sorry this has happened to you, but I have to admit that I laughed very hard when I read this!

[Sea-Change]

I also noticed that purple is often autodescribed as indigo, which is a rare and potentially confusing term. Some people think of it as more blue versus purple. It also messes up SEO, unless the designer intended on that color specifically, since customers would be more likely to search for purple than indigo.

[MaggieA]

This is something that needs to be stopped, it is just bad marketing to use color names that gives negative associations. Do you really think customers look for the color puke or flesh? 

If the color function actually is a serious addition it should NOT be automated by some AI, it needs to be done by a human staff who actually knows something about colors AND marketing.

[AirTwin]

Oh no it's called something that is yellow gold "peach" on one of their own Z filter types ... A bright item is saying it's pale... a green dot items says its cream... "Puce" showing brown dot for a pastel pink item??? 

Design Theme Dot: Transparent ??? for a pattern

"Puce" ? puke? flesh? is this what happens when pantone controls all color names. 

I didn't know this was happening. It's no wonder there are so many cancellations.... 

It's not the end of the world, it's just another day with a zBug, but I can see buyers just leaving due to the waste of their time.

[northwestphotos]

I just noticed this as well on my designs. Please disable this!

[JStat]

I'm just here for the Zazzle weigh-in 👀 since I too have a few "flesh" and some that are just flat-out wrong/misleading.