Re: [WSG] Yay! Pretty Colors

[Designer]

Joseph Bernhardt wrote: I have been using the hex value light gray color #EEEEEE on two of my websites for almost a year without complaint.  Recently, I shocked a friend of mine by showing her one of the sites on a different monitor than her own.  Supposedly her monitor could not display this gray color (even with brightness/contrast adjusted) and the site looked very bad, almost to the point of being unusable.  I find this odd and must assume that the occurrence is rare.  Google even uses this color (#EEEEEE) on multiple occasions!  Has anyone else ran into any problems like this before?  Is this something I truly need to worry about? Jough ****************************************************** The discussion list for  http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** The opening page of www.marscovista.com has the title 'URBAN WHISPERS', and the 'whispers' text is #eeeeee (to emphasise the quiet, whispering aspect).  I saw this on someone else's monitor and it showed the title:  'URBAN'  (nothing else!!) I tweaked the monitor and all was well . . . (O.K., yes, it means it's an accessibility danger zone, but I think it's worth risking as it isn't a disaster if some folk don't set their monitor properly, and it won't ruin the site if they don't/can't read that bit!) -- Best Regards, Bob McClelland Cornwall (UK) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************