Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!pa.dec.com!bacchus!mwm From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Recommended Colours for Amiga Workbench Display Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 91 20:20:19 GMT References: <03232.AA03232@gondor.actrix.gen.nz> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 29 In-Reply-To: chrisw@gondor.actrix.gen.nz's message of 8 Feb 91 01:28:04 GMT In article <03232.AA03232@gondor.actrix.gen.nz> chrisw@gondor.actrix.gen.nz (Chris Woodhouse) writes: Can anyone provide some guidelines or hints on the best colour combination for the Amiga display? For example I note from the above article that blue is sensible to use as the full background colour. But what amount of blue? etc etc. I've been futzing with color terminals for nearly a decade. My experience has been that it depends on the viewer. Most people I know who actually play with it settle down to a dark blue background with light blue text. The colors depend on the person; the values to get those colors depend on the monitor. Therefore, my telling you the exact values I use won't do you any good, even though I tend to tweak it for weeks after anything that changes the displayed colors, looking for less eyestrain. You might note that the faddish 3d look of the 2.0 WB depends on the text color being darker than color 2 (0 -> background). This almost requires a dark-on-light text scheme, which is _not_ easy on the eyes (at least not on mine). So you have to choose between text that doesn't strain your eyes, and pretty decorations.