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If only one of the colours is selected, I would prefer the +</I>>><i> light green. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I´d take a different shade of green (personal preference only!) - say +</I>><i> #00ff00, and a greyer shade of blue like alexn has been using, say: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3Hd2ovKw0Mnf58Q1Gc9GTVKaPlZpbP.GrcIgNi">http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3Hd2ovKw0Mnf58Q1Gc9GTVKaPlZpbP.GrcIgNi</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> As well, I hope you stay away from selecting (ugly) red/brown colours. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> It´s a different thing to use a red/brown/yellow as an accent (say 10% +</I>><i> or less of the colour on the page) than to use it as a main colour - +</I>><i> there are a couple of pinks in that last colour set, but you´d hardly +</I>><i> use them except to highlight things, if at all. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Looking for more input, please folks! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Cheers, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> Patricia Fraser +</I>><i> On the move +</I>><i> Gnu/Linux 1997-2008 #283226 counter.li.org +</I>><i> Dark Side - approach with caution +</I>><i> +</I> +I would like to see something with more purple and dark greens in it, +for some reason they have a natural feel to me. + +Its not perfect, but here is an idea of what I am meaning +<A HREF="http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3Td1SvKw0Mnf5">http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3Td1SvKw0Mnf5</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003540.html">[Mageia-discuss] Colour palette for Mageia artwork +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003545.html">[Mageia-discuss] A name for mageia-app-db (round 2) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3542">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3542">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3542">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3542">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |