
He added that the latest icon would also be relected in Chrome user’s browsers ‘soon’, as the company rolls out the latest features and improvements for the beta and stable channels. Once we arrived at a good place, we finished up the icon by resizing, pixel-pushing, and getting everything out the door.”

It was important to maintain consistency across all media, so we kept print, web, and other possible formats in mind. Collectively, we explored many variations, tried the icon in several different contexts, and refined the details as we moved along. “Redesigning the icon was very much a group effort. Numerous creative reinterpretations have organically moved the icon towards simplicity and abstraction, so it felt right to make the icon structure cleaner and easier to recreate,” explained Rura. “Even before this effort, the new version of the Chrome logo was already being conjured up by Googlers and Chrome fans. The Google Chrome Icon perfectly expresses the speed and simplicity of the modern browser and operating system in general.Rura explained that the new ‘simpler’ icon embodied the spirit of Chrome as a result. As for the central part of the Chrome “flower”, it is drawn in light blue and outlined in white, which makes it airier and fresher.

The main circle of the icon is executed in the corporate Google colors - green, red and yellow. Though in the beginning the icon was made three-dimensional, and today it is simplified to a minimalist flat symbol. Since 2008 the Google Chrome Icon has been using the same concept and idea - a multicolor rounded, flower-like geometric composition with a solid blue circle in the middle. So, as far as there are four colors in the Google wordmark, the number of colors in the Chrome’s palette is the same (plus white borders). Starting from the very first version, the Chrome icon has used the colors extracted from each letter of the Google wordmark. As for the colored segments, their contours and shadows were also slightly refined. The outline of it was switched from gray to white and became wider. In 2014 the logo got simplified even more by replacing the gradient blue circle with a plain light blue one.

The blue circle in the middle was executed in gradient shades, and its matte texture resembled a globe. The logo became flat, yet still had light shadows, creating a sense of rotation. An explanation as to why the Google Chrome logo was changed has finally emerged over a week after the alteration from a 3D symbol to a 2D symbol. We simplified the main brand icon by removing the shadows, refining the proportions and brightening the colors, to align with Google’s more modern brand expression. The new icons will start to appear across your devices soon. The icon was simplified in 2011, and now the three-dimensional effect and glossy surfaces were gone. Google explains logo change for Google Chrome. Why did the Google Chrome icon change we’re refreshing Chrome’s brand icons for the first time in 8 years. The three segments featured red, yellow, and green color, which in combination with blue made the color palette, reflecting its affiliation with the Google Company and showing the endless possibilities of the browser to its users.

Each of the segments had its sides cut diagonally, which created a sense of swirling and moving, adding a sense of speed and dynamics. The emblem, adopted by the browser in 2008, boasted a three-dimensional rounded figure, composed of three equal segments and a blue sphere in the middle.
