So many great suggestions and thoughts about the card. Itโs true the hot coral card would be hard to separate from, but looking at this from a brand identity point of view it really is a trouble maker. It can be mesmerizing under the right light (summer evening sun is my fav) and in other light it can appear orange, or even brown in low light, arrghhhhhh! this is the headache a special ink can bring. Especially if you want to use it across your brand. You see, the colour Pantone 805c cannot be reproduced on-screen and this worries me a little as we are building a bank you interact with through screens.
As @hugo mentions above, the hot coral colour was chosen specifically for our alpha / beta testing and we didnโt really think beyond this at the time. As it turned out everyone started falling in love with the thing and itโs been an incredible mascot for Monzo.
We still donโt have an answer for this moving forward but we do think it would be a shame to loose that unique vibe we currently have with the hot coral.
p.s unlikely, but If we could find a card manufacture who could triplex bank cards and customise the colour of the chips! iโd be tempted to do something like this, hot coral homage.