Talk:Ombré

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Esther's comments[edit]

I think this article was organized in a way that was easy for me to read and understand. The pictures helped a lot, because without them it would have been hard to imagine what exactly ombre refers to. Speaking of pictures, though, I think more pictures could have helped. For example, the part explaining how ombre nails are done could be improved with photos showing what those nails look like in each stage of the rendering. In addition, I think adding some more content under "Home" and "Baking" would definitely improve the article as a whole, because at this point, I feel like this article is more about ombre fashion than about ombre as an overarching concept. The content should be balanced out a little more to give more weight to the subcategory "Art" than there is now. Also, there are a few sentences without citations, and I think it would definitely help to have some supporting evidence. Jms457 (talk) 22:28, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Building off of Esther's comment on adding more pictures I think it would be really cool if you add one of the ombre hair technique that transition from a natural to a more unnatural cool. --TaniaArguello (talk) 04:05, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Jms457: and @TaniaArguello:. I've added a photo to accompany our nail section. In terms of expanding the section on "Baking" I worked on gathering information for this and not too much turned up that would be appropriate to include for a wikipedia article. --Zyvzyva (talk) 18:43, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tania's comments[edit]

I really liked your guys' article! It was very interesting and concisely-written. You did a good job of including different pictures on examples of how the ombre technique is applied to different art forms. I feel like you guys could expand more on certain subdivisions to make the article a little more comprehensive. Maybe you could elaborate on how it is that ombre has been used in marketing and how that has helped to popularize it. You guys could also see if there’s enough information on the use of ombre in graphics and oil painting, which you mentioned in your introduction in order to create more subdivisions Overall though, it looks pretty good!--TaniaArguello (talk) 03:51, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Matt's comments[edit]

This article on the ombré concept does a good job of explaining what exactly ombré is, by way of both a clear definition and pictures/descriptive examples. I think the layout of the article makes sense, with an introduction and definition of the concept to start, followed by history, and then delving into specific examples and applications of ombré. I would however question the source and sweeping tone of the history section – I don’t know that the history of ombré begins in 2007 with Giselle, though she may have been the first to wear it as noticed by the particular stylist you cite. Maybe just say, “according to x, Giselle brought Ombré to the mainstream when…” Overall the article definitely enlightened me on a concept I previously knew nothing about, but saw all the time. Good work!!

Matt (talk) 19:19, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Mattfasa: Thanks Matt! We heard you and made the changes to the history of Ombré, great suggestion. Kmulier8 (talk) 20:46, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kurt's comments[edit]

The article explains really well what the trend of ombre is, and how it is displayed in popular cultural trends and fashion. It is well written, using a factual and unbiased description of what good examples of ombre are. I had a similar thought to Matt's as I was reading, I think the history of ombre could go deeper. Well the use of the term "ombre" to describe how it is used for hair and nails today might be new, the idea of transitioning colors from light to dark probably has a much longer history in visual art that it might be good to reference in the history section. The home section also brings up some very interesting ideas of how ombre can be used in the home, but as a reader I am having a difficult time visualizing this. This article is great because it's something that's so common and can be seen wherever one goes, but I never knew what to call it before reading this article. KJHoff (talk) 20:35, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ombre photos[edit]

Most of the photos I added as illustrations for the examples given in our article were taken down by bots in the Wikimedia Commons page and then on the article page. I am not sure how to adequately reference the photos' sources despite finding them through more advanced searches targeted at photos with the licenses/permission to reuse/share/distribute. Any help here would be appreciated. It would make the article page, literally, more colorful. Thanks. --Zyvzyva (talk) 23:01, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Split Proposal[edit]

Oppose - Per WP:SPLIT, using ombre in different places doesn’t justify separate articles - they come back to the same idea which is blending a dark color to a lighter one. Creating articles may cause more confusion; the way the article is set up right now allows the information to separated by the different uses of the technique, but keeps them centrally located. No one section in the article meets the notability guidelines to have its own separate article. Greente28 (talk) 20:16, 13 May 2019 (UTC) Oppose - I agree with the points from Greente28. Good article summing up all types, but in the end it is blending of colour. Keep them all on one page. I'll remove the split notice on the page since it was put there in May 2018 and one oppose in may 2019. ~ Ablaze (talk) 07:56, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]