Sampled from 5 of Four Seasons: Weather Forecast's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#F4F4F4 bg
#D6D6D6
#6CCCFC accent
#111111 text
Four Seasons is a weather app that immerses you in the atmosphere of the weather as soon as you open it. Without even looking at the numbers, you can easily see the weather conditions for the present and the upcoming week. Icons and background colors show which days are sunny, while circular progress bars display the probability of precipitation, letting you know which days are more likely to require an umbrella. The Rainbow Temperature Bar allows you to feel the changes in temperature. The arrangement of information emphasizes trends and contrasts, without overwhelming you with unnecessary details. Features include: - Search for weather in any city around the world - Save your favorite cities - Get the weather for your current location - Display weather alerts - Sunrise and sunset times - Include your calendar events on the timeline Various settings include: - Change temperature un…
Every shipping app on the App Store has gone through the same decisions you're working through right now: which screenshot goes first, what caption sits over it, which device frame to show, what color the background should be. The 10 screenshots above are Four Seasons: Weather Forecast's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Four Seasons: Weather Forecast runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #F4F4F4) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #6CCCFC, is the one to reuse for badges, arrows and highlighted words if you borrow this look. Hit Use this style to open the editor with these exact colours and drop your own screenshot in.
Notice the first screenshot in particular. It's the one users see in search results and on the product page, and it's where most apps spend their best caption and tightest design. Look at the proportion of background to phone, where the text sits, what one thing the image is trying to communicate.
Want to see how other Weather apps approach the same problem? Browse more Weather apps in the showcase.
Open LaunchShots and design your App Store & Google Play screenshots — pick a device frame, drop captions, ship in minutes. Free, in your browser.
Open the screenshot editor →Closest background + accent colours among the listings we've analysed — useful when you want to see the same palette handled by a different team.