It's Not A Polar Bear In A Blizzard, But. . .

I've been meaning to say it for awhile, but Iron Fist's current color scheme is kind of stupid.

The dragon symbol on his shirt doesn't pop at all. It's the reverse of what Chris Sims was talking about as a problem for the current Batman costume. One of the things he thought was a problem with Bats is everything's too dark. All variations on black or grey, except for the utility belt.

With Iron Fist, it's a light yellow, but set against an even lighter color as backdrop. The colorist can mitigate this some, depending on what shade of yellow they use. Maybe there can be some convenient shadows (like on that cover there) to make his chest darker and let the emblem stand out more. But with the general colors, there's only so much one can do to make it pop off the page.

Certainly not like the yellow dragon did on the update David Aja gave his green costume. It doesn't stand out as much as the black tattoo did in his original "open shirt with high collar" look, for that matter. If the dragon were a deep blue, or maybe a green, a sort of reverse on the old pattern, where now the darker color is set against a light background, it could work fine. Using yellow against white just seems like making it harder than it needs to be to make him stand out.