Blueprints are indeed a bright blue (sometimes black) to facilitate
the visibility white chalk/pen lines.  While this is a neat idea in
theory to translate over to a website, the hue of the blue felt like
it was jumping of the page.  You end up noticing the background and
not the content.  Just my 2 copper :)

On Mar 30, 2:14 pm, Brendan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have to say I like it. Aren't all blueprints a reasonably bright
> blue color?
>
> You'd lose the effect if you dulled the colour...
>
> On Mar 30, 8:06 pm, TheMuffinMan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Agreed, IT BURNS MY RETINAS! >.<  *grin*
>
> > I think a softer solid blue would look better than a plain white.
>
> > On Mar 30, 1:47 pm, Quentin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Ouch! That repeated background is kind of hard don't you guys think?
> > > Wouldn't that look nicer on plain white?
>
> > > My 2 cents.
>
> > > On Mar 30, 6:36 pm, Christian Montoya <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hello all,
>
> > > > I've been meaning to improve blueprintcss.org for a long time. I've
> > > > been working on the latest for quite a few hours now and I would like
> > > > to hear your thoughts:http://blueprintcss.org/index2.html
>
> > > > The part that I am wondering about now is the middle section - "new to
> > > > blueprint, live demos, get social." I'm not happy with this. I'm
> > > > trying to come up with a better way to present all the information,
> > > > but I'd like to hear suggestions on what should go here and how it
> > > > might look.
>
> > > > Any other input would be great too!
>
> > > > --
> > > > --
> > > > Christian Montoya
> > > > mappdev.com :: christianmontoya.net
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