[CIMC-working] Re: my color picks Re: Re: [Chicago-tech] Color test

[Ian Bicking]

When you put it on a full page the sand is much to yellow.  The blue is
okay, but I don't feel they go together very well.

On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 12:57, Chris Kaihatsu wrote:
> Okay, based on a cursory glance at web-safe swatches, I'd suggest the following color scheme:
> 
> background color: sand -- #CCCC66
> text: black #000000
> sidebar color: cornflower blue -- #6699CC
> 
> See swatches at http://www.lynda.com/hexh.html
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ChrisGeovanis@aol.com
> To: ianb@colorstudy.com, imc-chicago-working@lists.indymedia.org
> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:33:14 EST 
> Subject: Re: [Chicago-tech] Color test
> 
> ok, a day late and a dollar short i don't like this color scheme. too dark 
> and somber. other options?
> 
> christine
> 
> In a message dated 10/28/02 11:34:37 PM Central Standard Time, 
> ianb@colorstudy.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Subj:[Chicago-tech] Color test 
> > Date:10/28/02 11:34:37 PM Central Standard Time
> > From:<A HREF="mailto:ianb@colorstudy.com">ianb@colorstudy.com</A>
> > To:<A HREF="mailto:imc-chicago-working@lists.indymedia.org">imc-chicago-working@lists.indymedia.org</A>
> > CC:<A HREF="mailto:Chicago-Tech@lists.indymedia.org">Chicago-Tech@lists.indymedia.org</A>
> > Sent from the Internet 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Well, after the inspiration look at Chiapas, I looked around some more
> > and found Bolivia, which I thought had a very nice color scheme.  I've
> > put a sample of CIMC with that color scheme up at:
> >   http://colorstudy.com/cimc-test/cimc-test.html
> > 
> > I'd have put it on Stallman, but it is full, full, full.
> > 
> > We probably shouldn't just totally rip off someone else's color scheme,
> > but we could probably change the hue a little without changing how the
> > colors work with each other.
> > 
> >   Ian
> > 
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Ian Bicking <ianb@colorstudy.com>