Same username color in "People" Chats

[Leon0402]

Description

It seems to me like the color of the username is always the same in every chat (Perhaps it's based on the username hash or something like that?). This is problematic in 1-1 Chats (People) if both have the same color or a similar color. It makes it a lot harder to identify at a first glance who has written what (especially if both also have the default profile picture, which will look rather similar then as well).

Different Solutions:

• (Automatically) Change the color of the other person for just me (client-side) -> Automatic approach would be preferrable
• Give People the sender and receiver always the same color in 1-1 chat (i.e. like in whatsapp or similar, where the sender is always green and the reciever is always blue) -> This also makes it easier to identify the sender and reciever in a screenshot for example
• Use additional visual distictions. For instance messages of the sender right aligned, of the reciever left aligned (similar as in basically every other messenger) -> That might be a good idea in general, at least optional

[t3chguy]

Related https://github.com/vector-im/element-meta/issues/841 https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/5626

Perhaps it's based on the username hash or something like that?

Precisely that

[Leon0402]

Good to know thanks!

I just want to clarify that being able to change the username color would certainly help, but I think it's more suitable for group chats. For 1:1 I would prefer if there is an automatic solution like the ones suggested by me in the initial post.

[t3chguy]

being able to change the username would certainly help,

This is not an option, the option linked above is the same as you asked for

Change the color of the other person for just me (client-side)

[Leon0402]

being able to change the username would certainly help,

This is not an option, the option linked above is the same as you asked for

Change the color of the other person for just me (client-side)

I edited my post to address that I rather (or additionally) would prefer an automatic approach. I think people expect it to have good defaults. Imo the probably simplest and easiest way would be to just give the receiver and sender always the same color in 1:1 chats. Then there are no such issues like bad color contrast with some colors (as you only need to find two fitting colors for each theme) nor is there any need to implement a complicated algorithm. Then maybe on top of that give the option to customize these colors, but that's rather low priority for me.

[vranki]

Related https://github.com/vector-im/element-meta/issues/1559

[unknown-user-9246102101]

Related: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/835