Yes, it is possible to use color names in css. I don't know if it is recommended or not. In some cases it might be.
Octavian----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:07 AM Subject: Re: Colors On Web Pages
You could use CSS to accomplish this, or surround each with a Div or Span tag. I believe the syntax is: style="background-color: #xxxxxx" But doing a search for "CSS manual" can identify this more clearly.I'm not sure if you can use the actual color names within CSS though, so ifyou want the literal HEX values for all 548 available colors, the color picker at http://gutterstar.net/mbrs/colorgen.php will do this. Best wishes, Bryan----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Parks" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:30 PM Subject: Re: Colors On Web PagesThis is getting into coding, but how do you make sections different colors? I have a blog I keep online (not through a site--I wrote the code and all and use js files to insert most of it, so I can play with thissort of thing). I have the blog, a contact form, and a misc section. Howcan I give each section its own bgcolor? Thanks for the help. Have a great day, Alex----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Pearson" <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:11:50 -0000 Subject: Re: Colors On Web PagesHi,I don't think that there are any generic rules for colour choicethat fitall purposes. The best thing to do is to base the design ofsomething onhow you expect people to interact with it and how those peoplefunction.I agree that black on white is a reasonable choice for readingease;however, if people are going to be looking at something for along time thenpure white, which can be very bright, can cause a lot of glareand actuallyreduce reading ease. So, using something just off white might bemoreappropriate if someone is expected to look at something for awhile.If ease of navigation around the screen is a priority then Iwould actuallyencourage blocks of colour. For example, having the backgroundfor a menuone colour, the background for the main content another colour,and so on.Unifying content to form a perceptual block by giving the contentthe samebackground colour will enable someone to shift their attention toanotherblock of content faster and easier. There is research evidencethat peopleshift their attention based on perceptual groups.So, I would say that you need to choose colours based on the taskthatsomeone is performing and how you expect them to perform thattask. You'llprobably get an artist saying different but then it's still anopen questionas to whether form or function has greater importance. I guessI'm prettybiased in favour of function given I'm a human factorsresearcher, and Ispend most of my days thinking about how to make novel userinterfaceseasier to use.Will ----- Original Message ----- From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 1:25 PM Subject: Re: Colors On Web PagesHi, I ran this by a usability person here. Her comments are abovethe originaltext.I would say it's an accurate description of the meaning and moodof thecolors he describes. But I don't really agree with the advice of using colored textor acolored background for Web site design. From a usability perspective,the highcontrast of black text on a white background is the best choice. Most sites use color in images, borders, and forsomeheadings and link text - but typically the main content of the page isblack onwhite. Another choice is to have a background color on the sides, and a center section (about 2/3 of the page)that'swhite with black text. Of course, there are beautiful and easy-to-read sites that use avarietyof colored backgrounds, text, and images. But, that is notsomething thatmost sighted people can achieve. Typically, to do a good job with visual design, you need an artist or graphicdesigner.That's my 2 cents!The first thing to ask is what kind of website are you trying tomake.What kind of website you are trying to put out to the people needs tobe adetermining factor because you wouldn't want a banking websiteto have ared background with brite green text. Why you might ask? Becausewhen peopleare visiting a banking website a rule of advertising for them isthey wantto come across as secure and stable. So for that most of themwill justuse the standard black text on a white background. I am going totry to helpby associating a color with a mood and see if that helps. red= A color that is for fun things, like a clown's red nose, ared ball.blue = the color of the sky or ocean. Think of how you feelwhen youvisit either but keep in mind that when in the water although sightedpeople cansee underwater it is a bit hard to see unless you have a mask. green = an earthen color, the color of grass, trees etc. Greentexthowever doesn't work unless you have a dark dark background color. Alsofor mixedcolors like green, blue and yellow make green, it is always agood ideanot to use either color that make up a certain color with the colorthat theymake. For example you would not want to have green text on ayellowbackground. That would make things a bit hard to see. Youcould howeverhave yellow text on a blue background. Why you might ask?Because it isalso another rule of thumb to have either a dark color as abackground anda light color as text or vice versa. Yellow = it is the color of the sun, many times it can be verybright,other times rather soothing to the eyes again depending on the time ofday, andits background. You can use yellow as a background color quite effectively with black text if it is a light but not too bright yellowbackground.Why you might ask, just associate yellow as day and black as night.So yes,yellow text on a black background will also work. black= well for some of us black is probably pretty selfexplanatory.Black means no light can pass through. A black background can be usedifcontrasted with a bright color such as yellow, green, red,orange. Tofully understand black you have to also understand the mood associatedwith it.To some black is scary, to some black is also a mysteriouscolor. Youmust also understand black in the way that it works in the sense of acomputermonitor. All televisions and monitors work off of the sameprincipal.There are 3 colors that can make every color that is visible ona screen.Red, green and blue. The description of how the aliens couldsee in HGWells' War of the Worlds still amazes me considering when thebook wasactually written. Basically what you have with red green andblue arethree colors that can make any other color when mixed together withvaryingbrightnesses. Now back to the black, black on a computermonitor isproduced when you drop the brightness of all three colors downto zero.JimJames D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc., james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810"Never doubt that a thoughtful group of committed citizens canchange theworld. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -- MargaretMead__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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