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Posted by Neredbojias on 08/18/05 12:03
With neither quill nor qualm, dorayme quothed:
> >> If you want a larger class of colours, stick to 6. There is nothing
> >> then to gain from 3ing colours that happen to be like #XXYYZZ and lots
> >> to lose, namely a changing of actual colour when 3ing a colour like
> >> #UVWXYZ by some rather arbitrary "rounding". There is unlikely to be a
> >> logical way of doing this to preserve the approx colour without
> >> reference to the colour itself and matching a "close enough" colour
> >> between two sets of colour (in which one is a subset of the other).
> >
> > This would _only_ matter in photo retouching, digital imaging,
> > and the like. Designing pages with backgrounds and foregrounds
> > from three hex integers provides more than enough colors. I
> > find it also makes it easier to tweak the colors -- to find
> > combinations I like without resorting to a color chart.
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> I, too, tend to only use the 3 hex lot. But this
> may not suit everyone. I have fancied that I
> can't *always* get what I want in 3 and so use 6
> now and then. But this may be a simple conceit.
> Every person needs some to have the pride to go
> on.
Every person needs some for simple contentment.
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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.
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