On 3 March 2011 11:11, Peter Miller <peter.mil...@itoworld.com> wrote: > On 3 March 2011 09:51, Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> blue-red is the standard for cold-hot display, though it's being >> displaced by red/amber/green in most management reporting. >> >> I might add green for those who've got to the blissful state of 100% > > We must not forget those 10% of men who are red/green colourblind which is > why we used blue not green.
Almost on-topic and because I found it interesting is this [1] article on the use of colour in reporting scientific and technical results. In my line of work I see so many people making the same mistakes mentioned in the article so I'm trying to spread the work :) [1] http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/people/l/lloydt/color/color.HTM -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
