RE: web safe background

by "tim booker" <timbooker(at)btinternet.com>

 Date:  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:33:18 +0100
 To:  "'Kehvan M. Zydhek'" <kehvan(at)zydhek.net>,
"'Peter Anderson'" <peter(at)launch-pad.com>,
<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
 In-Reply-To:  zydheknetp1
  todo: View Thread, Original
Yes, thank you.  I am well versed in the myth of the web safe pallette.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kehvan M. Zydhek [mailto:kehvan(at)zydhek.net]
> Sent: 27 March 2001 00:30
> To: tim booker; 'Peter Anderson'; hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Re: web safe background
> 
> 
> I'm SUSPECTING that it dithers because he's got 16-color mode 
> on, not 16-bit
> (65 thousand) color mode, but could be wrong. Peter, you 
> might want to check
> that. Also, if possible, switch up to 24-bit (16.7 million 
> colors) mode.
> 990000 is NOT in the 16-color pallette, (the closest is 
> 7F0000) which is why
> I suspect the wrong color mode.
> 
> Tim, 990000 IS a websafe color. Values of 00, 33, 66, 99, CC, 
> and FF in the
> red, green, or blue units are considered part of the 216 
> web-safe color
> list. Therefore 99 Red 00 Green and 00 Blue is a web-safe color. That
> doesn't explain the dithering, though...
> 
> Kehvan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tim booker" <timbooker(at)btinternet.com>
> To: "'Peter Anderson'" <peter(at)launch-pad.com>; 
> <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 13:54
> Subject: RE: web safe background
> 
> 
> | Interesting.
> |
> | If it dithers in two browsers on your system, then why do 
> you refer to it
> as
> | a web safe colour?
> |
> | Tim
> |
> |
> |
> | www.timbooker.com
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | > -----Original Message-----
> | > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> | > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Peter Anderson
> | > Sent: 26 March 2001 20:59
> | > To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> | > Subject: web safe background
> | >
> | >
> | > I'm having a strange problem with a web safe background color
> | > 990000. It's
> | > dithering on my PC with 16 bits of color enabled. Anyone ever
> | > experience
> | > this problem? It's the strangest thing I've ever seen. The
> | > background color
> | > is spec'd in the code correctly, it just dithers in both 
> IE as well as
> | > Netscape. Weird.
> | >
> | > Peter
> | >
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
> 
> 
> 

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