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sity
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Web-Safe Colors - 4/11/2002 22:10:08
I am doing a website for a restaurant Newest Lunch bar and grill.
http://www.newestlunch.com
http://www.newestlunch.com/nightlife.htm
Now, you have to check this site out with an older monitor to see what I'm talking about, but either way, its a problem.
I wanted to use the company colors in the site (of course), and I am a little confused about how to incorporate these colors in a way that will not break-down on older monitors.
I managed to accomplish this with the background colors on the pages, by using a 1x1 pixel gif. and stretching it to the size of the table or cell (what ever the page calls for) However, any logos or photos that I have look like crap because the background color is not web-safe.
Give me some options... PPPPPLEASE !!!
Thanks,
Sity
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pageoneresults
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RE: Web-Safe Colors - 4/11/2002 22:53:14
Hello sity, here are the latest statistics on color depths of browser displays. The days of working with a web safe 216 color palette are numbered although depending on your audience, there is still a concern.
There is a thread in the Tips section that has links to various web based color palettes that you can use to try and match your existing colors as close as possible. The .jpg images are really out of your control. For those people viewing in AOL, its something you have to accept!
8-bit (256 colours):
This accounts for <4% of page accesses, down slightly from 5% a year ago. Most users likely have old PCs. The percentage of PCs will continue to drop as older PCs are retired, but will remain significant for several years.
AOL 8-bit (256 colours):
This accounts for <5-6% of page accesses, by users of an AOL browser with image compression enabled: compression severely restricts the number of displayable colours. This percentage will likely remain about the same in the near future.
16-bit (65 536 colours):
This accounts for <48% of page accesses, down from <52% a year ago. Most of this drop has been in the last six months, with a corresponding rise in the number of higher color depth displays. Some users surely have old PCs, with little video memory; the rest likely have PCs whose color depths are set lower because many new PCs default to a lower color depth. For PCs the percentage will likely drop slowly.
24-bit and more (16 777 216 colours, and more): this accounts for <43% of page accesses, up from 38% percent a year ago. Most of this rise has been in the last six months, with a corresponding drop in the number of lower color depth displays. Most new PCs have enough video memory for high color depths, but many are set lower because many new PCs default to a lower color depth. The percentage will likely rise slowly.
The bottom line is that, although the number of those with 8 bit displays is small and shrinking, design for 256 colors will remain a serious issue so long as AOL continues to compress (mutilate) images.
Browser Statistics from Charles Upsdell
SEO Consultants Directory
Search Engine Optimization Tips
Edited by - pageoneresults on 04/11/2002 22:54:49
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bobby
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RE: Web-Safe Colors - 4/12/2002 11:13:38
one thing you might try is to match the colors in your web to the logo. That way, even if the color degrades a bit on some monitors, at least it will look the same!
The logo is gonna be degraded anyway... unless you open it into a photo editor and change the colors to be web-friendly. It may look a little different than their sign out front, but it's going to anyway from one monitor to the next!
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