Hi,
LCD screens are prone to fading in both brightness and saturation over time.
>From the WAI accessibility guidelines:
2.2 Ensure that foreground and background colour combinations provide
sufficient contrast.
There is also a perceivable difference between Mac and PC (LCD or CRT) due to
different gamma settings.
So avoid subtle colour effects, they don't always work.
mike 2k:)2
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 22 March 2005 15:29
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Color "LCD Monitors vs traditional Monitors
Nancy Johnson wrote:
> Dear Webstandards,
>
> Are there any articles or standards out there that talk about how to
> pick colors for both LCD and traditional monitors?
>
> I have a website that is an intense blue that looks great in a
> tradiational monitor but looks terrible in an LCD monitor.
>
> Nancy Johnson
>
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I haven't seen any articles on the subject, but I know that I won't use
an LCD screen when I'm picking colors for a site or an image. Every LCD
screen I have ever worked on has a distinct blue cast to it and cause
the colors to come out wrong.
Of course picking colors is very subjective anyway. Even between two CRT
screens I see a major shift in the colors. I assume that if I am seeing
that much of a shift between two fairly closely calibrated screens in
the same office, there is now way I can count on anyone viewing my site
seeing the exact same colors I see.
Carl.
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