Round 3 - visual language

Borrowed on purpose, kept as Qoloa

Qoloa pairs warm rice paper and Bricolage titles with one clean flippable flashcard on Read, nine topic hues that tint the room and review strips, and tactile pressable controls: ink actions with a warm ledge, numbers in a heavy rounded face, tiles that celebrate, and the lime cat at moments that earn it.

Duolingo

  • A ledge under every button, so a tap feels like a press
  • Stat tiles at the end of a session
  • The mascot at peaks, not everywhere
  • A thick progress bar with a highlight
  • Runs that ring

Brilliant

  • One clean card per screen, centred, calm
  • Warm neutral surfaces, generous space
  • A tutor that speaks in a small bubble
  • Feedback that lands in place, then gets out of the way

Anki

  • The flippable card and its back
  • Two grades are enough
  • Audio on reveal
  • Undo, always one tap away

WaniKani, GitHub

  • A named stage and a seal for Known
  • Retirement as completion
  • A year of squares that survives a missed day
Buttons. Press them
  • One ink button per screen: the next thing to do. Got it and Again wear the colour of their swipe. No red anywhere: in a learning app red means wrong.
  • The ledge is 4 pt of a darker shade. On press the face sinks into it in 80 ms. Transform only.
  • Corner radius 18 for full-width actions, 14 for small ones. Labels in the rounded face at 800.
Three faces, three jobs
Day kept.Bricolage Grotesque 800. Titles and moments.
21day streakRounded, 600 to 900. Controls, numbers, labels. SF Pro Rounded on iOS.
olvidesThe target language, in its own face on clean white paper.
Colour roles
Topic spectrumNine topics, nine hues. Tints the room light and review card strips
InkEvery action, type, Known
Qoloa limeThe cat and brand accent. The app icon sits on an ink tile
Bright leafGot it, stepped up, learned
FlameThe streak
Stamp inkUltramarine stamp and wordmark dot
AmberAgain. Nothing is ever red
Qoloa, at the moments that earn it
CelebrateDay kept, a milestone
CuriousThe first quick check, peeking over the cards
IdleTap any word, once. Ask Qoloa. Empty lists
EncourageWelcome back
RecoverOffline, or a card that failed to load

Never on the front of a Read card, never on a review card, never to nag. The words are the content; Qoloa is the friend who shows up at the good parts.

Surfaces
Warm roomRead and review. Topic colour tints the light behind the card
MorningMoments of done
RiceWords, Progress, settings
Card paperPure white on Read; ruled index card in Review