[OT] Round 2: Webpage design and "Name That Color!"

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On 02/22/2011 03:22 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Nick Sabalausky"<a at a.a>  wrote in message
> news:ijpvpl$2l8u$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> I've been updating the docs for my Goldie project in preparation of a new
>> release, and figured the they looked a bit...sterile, so I've tweaked the
>> CSS a bit. And, well, I think I've stumbled upon a heisencolor...(or a
>> heisenhue, rather)
>>
>> Without reading any replies or "cheating" by inspecting the pixels in a
>> paint program, take a look at this screenshot:
>>
>> http://www.semitwist.com/download/goldie0.4docBeta.png
>>
>> ...and reply with what color you think the background looks like (the main
>> background, not the
>> sidebar). And whether or not you like it would be helpful, too, of course.
>> And, strange as this may sound, reply again if you end up changing your
>> mind on what color it looks like.
>>
>
> Thanks all for the comments! I've made a few more tweaks, put up two sample
> pages, and would like to get some opinions on if this now looks "good" or
> "acceptable" or "bad" (and maybe improvement suggestions for any "bad"
> votes):
>
> http://www.semitwist.com/goldie0.4docBeta2/index.html
> http://www.semitwist.com/goldie0.4docBeta2/SampleApps/ParseAnything/index.html
>
> (Most of the links are broken ATM, I know. And FWIW, "beige" is what I was
> trying to go for with the background.)
>
> FWIW, the old v0.3 documentation is here:
>
> http://www.semitwist.com/goldiedocs/current/Docs/
>
> I want to at least make sure that the 0.4 docs are an improvement on that.

[Nick: I think you'd rather provide a valid email and ask people to reply off 
list. Would be much nicer, I guess. You can write it down like "nick <at> site 
<dot> org" to avoid spam bots.]

I think the intention is good, IIUC, but the choice of colors is not.
There are rules and tricks to choose and "marry" colors but it's a big & 
difficult domain in any case (it's about impossible if you use a color chooser 
based on HSV instead of HSL, for some reasons.) And there are indeed questions 
of taste.

Just as an example:
* main background color less sad (hue=44): #FCE6A9 (or even more rose, hue=33: 
#FCD7A9)
* darken it (L component) for side bar color: #E0CD96
* intensify it (S component) for frame bg color: #FFE28F
The contrasts are rather slight, close to minimal; do your own trials.
You can also play with main foreground color, giving it the same hue (instead 
of absolute black): eg #383019. I like to also use a color that constrasts with 
the hue used everywhere else, for instance for titles and/or frame borders: eg 
#1F3832.

Denis

PS: example using such color choosing principles: http://spir.wikidot.com/
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