Commodore supposedly chose two tone blue for that very reason for their Commodore 64 screen, because it was a soothing color combination.
73, de Jim KG0KP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Ellington" <n...@carolina.rr.com> To: "Monty Shultes" <mon...@mindspring.com>; "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Blue Displays and Visual Acuity > For long periods of exposure, like the front panel of a radio, it seems > like > one would prefer a color that is easy on the eyes and not glaring. Green > and > orange are bit tiring while soft blue is soothing. Next, we need plenty of > contrast so we can see the numbers. Here's where we have trouble. TenTec > is > using blue on the Jupier now. It's soothing but the white numbers make the > display look milky. Black seems too close to blue and doesn't show up > well. > The orange display on the K3 is a bit tiring but I can read it from across > the room. My favorites are displays with a black background and bright > colored numbers. Even white looks good. > Steve Ellington > n...@carolina.rr.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monty Shultes" <mon...@mindspring.com> > To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Blue Displays and Visual Acuity > > >> Would there be any difference between emitted light and reflected light? >> Monty K2DLJ >> >>> If I recall correctly, the human eye is most sensitive in the >>> yellow-green >>> part of the >>> spectrum... 565 nanometers is the peak, but that doesn't necessarily >>> mean >>> "greatest >>> visual acuity" I guess. >>> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
