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Do you know of 6 clearly distinct colors that show up well on a white background? Mike 10-11-2004
Posted by Mike on October 11, 2004, 5:40 pm
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Do you know of 6 clearly distinct colors that show up well on a white
background? I was thinking of the 6 standard colors
red/green/blue/cyan/magenta/yellow

however, on a white background, yellow, cyan, and green are hard to
read. Any suggestions? (html color codes would be great!)


-Mike


Posted by Neal on October 11, 2004, 9:48 pm
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> Do you know of 6 clearly distinct colors that show up well on a white
> background? I was thinking of the 6 standard colors
> red/green/blue/cyan/magenta/yellow
>
> however, on a white background, yellow, cyan, and green are hard to
> read. Any suggestions? (html color codes would be great!)
>
>
> -Mike


http://www.juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.asp


Posted by Stan Brown on October 12, 2004, 12:10 am
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comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html:
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>http://www.juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.asp

Nice service; thanks for drawing my attention to it!

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Posted by Mr.Clean on October 13, 2004, 11:37 am
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the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm says...
> comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html:
> >
> >http://www.juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.asp
>
> Nice service; thanks for drawing my attention to it!
>
>
Actually, this one is WAY better:

http://visibone.com/colorlab/


Posted by Mr.Clean on October 13, 2004, 11:48 am
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Subject: Re: Do you know of 6 clearly distinct colors that show up well
on a white background?

the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm says...
> comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html:
> >
> >http://www.juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.asp
>
> Nice service; thanks for drawing my attention to it!
>
>
Actually, this one is WAY better:

http://visibone.com/colorlab/


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