# Bookmarked: Beyond the Blur: How Tinting Liquid Glass Can Boost Legibility

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2025-08-22
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2025/08/22/beyond-the-blur-how-tinting-liquid-glass-can-boost-legibility/
- Categories: link, technology
- Tags: design, mac, macos, os-x, technology, ui, ux, visual-design

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> When you layer the translucent effect with a color, you still get a glassy look but the text and iconography atop them are more legible. I recently switched to using an orange liquid glass tint on my lock screen and home screen. It looks particularly great when paired with the wallpaper I am rocking which features an orange flower. But the best part is that everything is even more defined. They also bring further personality to the system.

*Source:* [Tinted Liquid Glass Should be the Future of User Interfaces on Apple Platforms](https://parkerortolani.blog/2025/08/04/tinted-liquid-glass-should-be.html)

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<p>While I disagree with Parker that the current liquid glass is a coherent system as of Dev Beta 4, I think he's onto something here. The addition of a tinted color (aka the secondary color for a comparison with Material design for example), will go a long way to make the apps own their branding more, shining their personality all the while improving legibility. Let's see. </p>
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