# Aqua × BeOS Interface — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=aqua+beos-interface
# Aqua carries the structure. BeOS Interface appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Aqua (Style, 2000–2014) and its accent from BeOS Interface (Style, 1995–2001). Structural cues: Gel-gloss buttons; Pinstriped grounds; Deep drop shadows; Metaphors of water and light. Accent cues, used sparingly: Only the front window's tab is yellow; every other window keeps a gray tab; The tab is as wide as the window's name, not as wide as the window; Holding Shift and dragging the tab slides it along the top edge of the window; The Deskbar stands in the upper right corner with running applications stacked below it. Composition: Components evenly spaced, gaps left for shadows to fall into. Type and lettering: No shadow on text, weighted to stay legible over gloss. Let one material quality come from the second style: One light gray carries the whole surface; only the front window's tab is painted yellow and the rest stay gray, with no third color invited in.. Mood: Futurism, Play, Intimacy, Technology, Rebellion. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #FFCB00, #D8D8D8, #9D9D9D. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Aqua: Gloss and shadow applied evenly to every component hides what is actually pressable, leaving texture where hierarchy should be.
# - BeOS Interface: Spreading the yellow around as a general accent destroys its one job, marking the front window, and the tab drops to decoration.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/aqua/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/beos-interface/design.md