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From: mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Color Schemes (was Re: best colors set up?)
Message-ID: <9126@cica.cica.indiana.edu>
Date: 20 Dec 90 15:15:40 GMT
References: <8bFuWJG00YU6Q0fl83@andrew.cmu.edu> <13223@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: Center for Innov. Comp. Appl., Bloomington, IN
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In <13223@milton.u.washington.edu> dittrich@milton.u.washington.edu
(Dave Dittrich) writes:

>In article <8bFuWJG00YU6Q0fl83@andrew.cmu.edu> hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu
(Hokkun Pang) writes:

>>Wh[at] is the most comfortable color combinations for Windows 3.0?
>>

>Try the colors suggested in the Microsoft Systems Journal article on Windows
>(an excerpt of my win.ini file is included).

>[colors]
>; Colors reset per Geary article in Microsoft Systems Journal, July 1990
>; Ones that Control Panel knows about...
>ActiveBorder=128 255 255
>ActiveTitle=0 128  64
>AppWorkspace=64 128 128
>Background=128 128 128
>InactiveBorder=192 192 192
>InactiveTitle=128 128 128
>Menu=0 128 128
>MenuText=0   0   0
>Scrollbar=191 191 191
>TitleText=255 255 255
>Window=192 192 192
>WindowText=0   0   0
>WindowFrame=0   0   0
>; New ones that Control Panal knows not
>;ButtonFace=
>;ButtonShadow=
>ButtonText=0   0   0
>GrayTest=128 128 128
>Hilight=128   0   0
>HilightText=255 255   0

It would be nice if this color combination were posted as a color
"scheme" that could be selected through the control panel/color
option.  Is it possible for someone to convert this?

While we're at it, why don't we share some of our own "schemes?"
For example, here's one of mine:

MR=80,408000,FFFFFF,0,FFFFFF,0,804000,408080,FFFFFF,808080,808040,0,818181

It's loosely based on the "Ocean" scheme...

To install it, place the line into your \windows\control.ini under the
[color schemes] section.  (You'll have to quit Windows and restart to
be able to select it from the control panel/colors menu.)

Also, while were on such esoterica, does anyone have any nifty
patterns they'd like to share?

--
michael regoli
mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu 
regoli@iubacs.bitnet
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