On Saturday 19 February 2011 18:53:15 Nick Sabalausky wrote: > I've been updating the docs for my Goldie project in preparation of a new > release, and figured the they looked a bit...sterile, so I've tweaked the > CSS a bit. And, well, I think I've stumbled upon a heisencolor...(or a > heisenhue, rather) > > Without reading any replies or "cheating" by inspecting the pixels in a > paint program, take a look at this screenshot: > > http://www.semitwist.com/download/goldie0.4docBeta.png > > ...and reply with what color you think the background looks like (the main > background, not the > sidebar). And whether or not you like it would be helpful, too, of course. > And, strange as this may sound, reply again if you end up changing your > mind on what color it looks like. > > I don't think the weirdness is from my CRT monitor (yea, yea, it's a CRT, > "join the 21st century" etc...), because I've checked on someone's LCD and > noticed the same effect. > > Secondarily, any other comments on the page would be appreciated, too. I'm > not much of an artist or graphic designer. This NG does seem to be a good > place to get many different opinions on a webpage's design. FWIW, I think I > may increase the font size slightly and darken the BG colors a tad.
My first thought was white, but it's not a bright white. Dirty white maybe? I suppose that it has a slightly beige tinge to it, but it looks essentially white to me, just not pure white. - Jonathan M Davis
