# Why should the preview images in the libraries directory be grayscale?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-should-the-preview-images-in-the-libraries-directory-be-grayscale/38958>\
**Category:** p5.js\
**Created:** [September 24, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-should-the-preview-images-in-the-libraries-directory-be-grayscale/38958 "2022-09-24T12:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![meezwhite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/meezwhite/32/16878_2.png) [@meezwhite](https://discourse.processing.org/u/meezwhite)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-should-the-preview-images-in-the-libraries-directory-be-grayscale/38958/1 "2022-09-24T12:53:19Z")

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I always wondered why the preview images for libraries in the [libraries directory](https://p5js.org/libraries/) should be grayscale and I didn’t find a discussion about this.

What were the foundations thoughts behind this decision?

Just a wonderment 🙂

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**Author:** ![quark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/quark/32/26_2.png) [@quark](https://discourse.processing.org/u/quark)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-should-the-preview-images-in-the-libraries-directory-be-grayscale/38958/2 "2022-09-24T13:16:03Z")

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I would imagine it is to keep a consistent look for the page