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From: kniffki@nixbln.UUCP (kniffki)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Request: Color Configuration SUN/X11R4/Motif
Keywords: X11 Motif mwm color Sun
Message-ID: <139@nixbln.UUCP>
Date: 30 May 90 07:31:49 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Nixdorf Microprocessor Engineering GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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Hello world,

I'm working on a Sun SparcStation 1 with color monitor. I also have X11
release 4 from the original MIT-tape and a Motif(mwm) package. 

A color monitor is such a nice thing. But color can make things worse (if
you choose the wrong colors). I've played with the colormaps and got a few
nice combinations. But there are always a few things which affect the eye.

So my request is:
Who has designed color-combinations for the hardware/software described above? 
Has anybody designed a color palette from the ergonomical point of view?

Excuse me, I want to hear about YOUR color palette only if it's well-designed
and not only a rule of thumb.

It would be nice to mail me parts of the Mwm-file in app-defaults. What I'm
using most of the time now follows:

#
# START OF SOME RESOURCE SPECIFICATIONS WHICH HANDLE COLORS
#

Mwm*backgroundTile:		background

Mwm*activeForeground:		Black
Mwm*activeBackground:		Cyan
Mwm*activeTopShadowColor:	White
Mwm*activeBottomShadowColor:    SteelBlue4
Mwm*makeActiveColors:		true

Mwm*foreground:			Black
Mwm*background:			DodgerBlue2
Mwm*topShadowColor:		White
Mwm*bottomShadowColor:  RoyalBlue4
Mwm*makeColors:			false

#
# general appearance resources that apply to specific parts of Mwm
#

Mwm*menu*background:		DodgerBlue2
Mwm*menu*topShadowColor:	White
Mwm*menu*bottomShadowColor:	Black
Mwm*menu*makeColors:		false

#
#  END OF RESOURCE SPECIFICATIONS
#

The color definitions from rgb.txt are:
  0   0   0     black
  0 255 255     cyan
 54 100 139     SteelBlue4
 28 134 238     DodgerBlue2
 39  64 139     RoyalBlue4
255 255 255     white

Thanks a lot for your effort to save my eyes ...

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