[thelist] Help With This Color

Donna Jones donnajj at gwi.net
Sat Oct 21 09:58:16 CDT 2000


Hi all, I'm arriving a bit late - neat thread here.  One thing Patrician
mentioned that I don't think was addressed, was that she said she
couldn't see the difference between the three gold colors.  I can, and
someone else said they could.  So, Patrician, you may want to adjust
your monitor.  I ran across this link not too long ago -
http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/visualcheck.html   Also, I tried to
get a client to use it because I think his settings are too dark, but
that didn't get very far. ;)  

best wishes
Donna

aardvark wrote:
> 
> > From: "Patricia Meeks" <pmeeks at email.msn.com>
> >
> > My client wants a more "golden" color. I am using #FFCC66 and
> there are two
> > other orange/yellow web safe colors that I can see in FW:
> #FFCC33 and
> > #FFCC00.
> >
> > But, on my monitor, I can not see "any" difference between these
> three
> > colors. Does anyone know if one looks more "golden" or "richer"
> than the
> > other? Or, is there a combo of two web safe colors I can dither to
> make a
> > more "golden" color? Or...is this just a question without an
> answer given
> > the huge differences in monitors and OS.
> 
> monitor settings vary from user to user, coupled with environment,
> hardware, OS, etc... so, no, the colors won't look the same to
> everyone... and yes, i do see a difference...
> 
> if you want to create dithers, try using Photoshop's DItherbox
> filter... another good resource is http://www.colormix.com/
> 
> also, keep in mind that 16-bit doesn't show all the web-safe colors,
> so only folks at 8-bit and 24-bit+ may see them anway... it might
> be worth checking that out and maybe even skipping the web-safe
> color...
> 
> also:
> Death of the Websafe Color Palette?
> http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/37/index2a.html
> 
> > <tip>Find out the resolution you client has their monitor(s) set to if you
> > have not visited with them in person. All my clients 17" monitors were set
> > at "out of the box" resolutions (600x480).</tip>
> 
> HAH !!!
> 
> i keep telling you... i keep writing articles on it, but no one listens...
> hahah ahhaha hah...
> 
> btw...
> 
> 640 x 480 Isn't Dead Just Yet
> http://evolt.org/index.cfm?menu=8&cid=275
> 
> Real-World Browser Size Stats, Part II
> http://www.evolt.org/index.cfm?menu=8&cid=2297&catid=20
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