# Gender based colours on avatars

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/gender-based-colours-on-avatars/74383
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [November 19, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gender-based-colours-on-avatars/74383 "2017-11-19T23:21:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Pawel\_Kosiorek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pawel_kosiorek/32/75785_2.png) [@Pawel\_Kosiorek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pawel_Kosiorek)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gender-based-colours-on-avatars/74383/1 "2017-11-19T23:21:14Z")

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Hi!

I’m searching for the way to tag user avatar base on gender.  
For example male avatars will have blue background and female pink one. Does anyone tried to do that?  
Thanks!

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gender-based-colours-on-avatars/74383/2 "2017-11-20T00:18:37Z")

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I suspect this wouldn’t be very common as it is fraught with potential… difficulties. For instance I wouldn’t like to have a pink background on my avatar and I’d be upset if I was forced to do so.

That said, it’s your community and your decision!

Do you collect gender information at registration?

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gender-based-colours-on-avatars/74383/3 "2017-11-20T01:33:03Z")

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I think it might better to add the distinction by using icons near their names or maybe avatar “flairs”.

For me at least, for members that have the default avatars, I use the background color to help in identifying different members.

For example, Lex and Luther might be L green and L yellow. If both were L blue, I could not as easily tell the difference.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gender-based-colours-on-avatars/74383/4 "2017-11-20T02:30:45Z")

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I think you could allow people to join groups that would style their avatar.