[REJECTED] Tag implication: white_background -> simple_background

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White background's wiki page explicitly says it is a simple background.

The tag implication white_background -> simple_background has been rejected.

Not exactly. There are lots of white backgrounds you can't really call simple. It's just that the tag is used for any background that predominantly features the use of white.

It's the reason why blue or purple don't imply monochrome either -- the color presence is largely there, but it doesn't say that others can't be.

-1. The wiki only states a common situation where the two tags overlap. There are many posts that qualify for white background and not simple background (recent examples: post #2701978, post #2701975, post #2702144, post #2702122, post #2702931, post #2704104).

White background is not mutually exclusive with gradient background.
For example, the majority of the picture can be white, but at the bottom left corner, it turns into a more grey-ish tone.

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If the background is only white, sure, it's a simple background; but as shown before there are cases in which there are other colors or elements in it.

So (going slightly off topic) should gradient background and simple background be mutually exclusive? I've used the two together quite a few times in the past, and around 1 in 6 posts with gradient background also have the simple background tag.

I would say yes. A major use of simple background is to search for pictures with backgrounds that can be easily edited or deleted, and most gradient backgrounds don't fit that criteria.

I've personally used the two together (When there are only two colors with even gradience) because, though a gradient might make it a bit harder to rip an image, it is at its core a very simple background design. So, I would say no. A situation where a gradient would make extracting an image difficult would be when the gradient value is similar to that of the image's main color, which is no different from a solid background in that respect.

The tag implication white_background -> simple_background has been rejected.