There seems to be some weird behavior in Android 15 where the Material You theme’s color palette overlaps, leaving you with fewer choices, but Google says everything is working as intended. It seems there are.
For several years, Android smartphones have used Material U to generate a system-wide color palette. Typically, the system generates about 12 options, but users have noticed that some duplicates appear.
Well, as a behavior it seems pretty strange. Of course, there aren’t always dozens of color theme options. That’s not surprising, since there aren’t that many options for color combinations depending on the image or wallpaper. However, displaying duplicates instead can make users think they have more options than they actually do, which can be annoying.
I hope Google reconsiders and takes a different approach if the system can’t get around 12 color palette options. In my opinion, a better approach is to display nothing instead of filling the space with duplicates. We’ll see if Google changes its mind on this issue.
