Sampled from 6 of De Groene Amsterdammer's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#FCFCFC bg
#DDDDDD
#CC2C2C accent
#111111 text
De Groene denkt verder. Met iedere week gedurfde, diepgravende onderzoeksjournalistiek, essays en analyses en kritische aandacht voor literatuur, kunst en cultuur. In de app van De Groene Amsterdammer kunt u naast het Digitale Weekblad ook alle actuele artikelen voor de website lezen. Daarnaast heeft u toegang tot het archief, podcasts, luisterverhalen, en de Groene Filmclub en heeft u de mogelijkheid om uw favoriete artikelen te bewaren in uw leeslijst. Als u al abonnee bent van De Groene Amsterdammer kunt u na inloggen direct gebruikmaken van de app. U kunt als abonnee inloggen met uw e-mailadres en het wachtwoord dat u heeft aangemaakt. Meer informatie over de rechten van verschillende abonnementen vindt u op onze website. Vragen? Kijk op www.groene.nl/app voor veelgestelde vragen en de contactgegevens van onze helpdesk. Voor de gebruiksvoorwaarden van De Groene Amsterdammer klik…
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 12 screenshots above are De Groene Amsterdammer's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: De Groene Amsterdammer runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #FCFCFC) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #CC2C2C, 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 News apps approach the same problem? Browse more News apps in the showcase.
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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.