[thelist] Web Safe Colours

[j.d. welch]

the Pantone RGB guide is really helpful if you've already got a
corporate color palette to work with (as i'd assume a cosmetics company
would):

http://www.pantone.com/products/
products.asp?idSubArea=0&idArea=1&idProduct=371&idArticleType_Products=0

look up a PMS number, and you've got rgb and hex values for it.  kinda
pricey, but quite useful-- easier to justify choices to a client than
trying to match a hue in photoshop and saying "well, it looked good on
my monitor."  i haven't used their software counterpart to the guide,
but that looks like a promising way to streamline the process as well.

-jd

On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 06:13  AM, Martyn Haigh wrote:

>
> Heres a quick question :
>
> How many people can only view the web in web safe colours?  Are the
> days of
> the 256 colour pallet gone?
>
> I'm only asking as I'm designing a new site for my company, and they
> are
> quite specific about colours (it being a cosmetics company).
>
> I know I should stick to the 256 colours given to me - but I'm
> starting to
> think that by doing this I will be making it viewable for the 3 people
> that
> view the site in 256 colours and the rest of the people are going to
> have a
> less enjoyable experience because of the lack of colour.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Martyn Haigh