Re: [Gnumed-devel] Intensity of colour shading of high or low measurements

[Busser, Jim]

On 2014-06-28, at 11:09 AM, Karsten Hilbert <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 05:36:47PM +0000, Jim Busser wrote:
> 
>>> Currently it is "cornflower blue". Please suggest a better
>>> alternative.
>> 
>> Hmm … a few options avail at http://www.html-color-names.com/color-chart.php 
>> including
>> 
>>      - LightSkyBlue
>>      - Cyan
>>      - PaleTurquoise
>> 
>> some thoughts:
>> 
>> 1) LightSkyBlue is a tad lighter
>> 
>> 2) Cyan gives good contrast from black text. But is it so over-powering as 
>> to distract from other measurements?
>> 
>> 3) PaleTurquoise offers good contrast, and is least visually distracting. 
>> But is it so faint as to provide insufficient contrast?
>> 
>> My guess would be to look at PaleTurquoise and, if you deem its contrast 
>> insufficient, we maybe try LightSkyBlue?
> 
> PALE TURQUOISE works for me. Actually, it feels quite, well, "friendly".

I agree !

-- Jim