Re: Totally OT, I have a serious question [was: Talk about GARISH!]

Hi Jeniffer,

I've been studying a book on visual perception called  _Information
Visualization : Perception for Design_
which is quite scholarly and examines available research on visual
perception from a physiological, psychological, and from a design and
engineering perspective and one of the points that the author makes is that
colors do have the effect of seeming to recede or advance simply based on
hue.  For most people, blues recede, and red tends to advance, although the
effect does not seem t be consistent for everybody.

I think on a site which is -so-bright- the effect is exacerbated, especially
for people who are especially sensitive to it.

So I'm just saying that I don't think you're crazy at all.. it's just anther
effect which most people don't notice,  but plays a role in most people's
perception even if they're not conscious of it..  and is something which a
professional designer should take into consideration..

All the best,
Kim
Kimberley Mitchell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lead" <lead(at)sunshineband.org>
>
> BUT, before I stray any farther down that road, let me ask the group a
> question...which is totally off topic except in that it often affects
> how/when/if I work on sites. Am I the only one on this list who, when I
> look at this site and has actual physical trouble with some of the colors?
> I'm going to address the nav menu, where the links are on blue tickets.
> When I look at this, the blue tickets appear to be SUNK into the page.
They
> literally look to my eyes as if they are, oh, a bit more than 1/8 of an
> inch DEEPER than the yellow. Add the colors on top of the tickets, and I
> see: red (Who We Are) appears to be about 1/4 inch ABOVE the blue, thus
> slightly above the background of the page; yellow (Our Programs) same as
> the background in color and depth; purplish (References) is slightly below
> the background, slightly above the ticket; white (Location) is as the
> yellow, even with the page background; bright blue (Join Us) is where it
> gets really hard for me to look at. Because of the white above and yellow
> below, this entire ticket actually appears to my eyes to be even further
> sunk into the background than the others, making the bright blue appear to
> float way high over it; aso, aso...
>

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