Re: [Audacity-quality] Colour of interface elements

[Steve t. F. <ste...@gm...>]

On 12 March 2013 04:43, Gale Andrews <ga...@au...> wrote:
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> | From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...>
> | Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:58:18 +0000
> | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Colour of interface elements
>>[...]  do we have a policy about the choice of colours for interface
>> elements
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> This is all I know of:
> http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Visual_Consistency#Colour .

Thanks Gale. That was all that I could find too.

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>>  how do we ensure that the colours are appropriate on all platforms?
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> Perhaps we need a few background colours explicitly designed
> for small rectangular shapes on white backgrounds, instead of
> using brush colours for backgrounds?

The easiest way to do that would be to just document the hex values of
colours to be used in such situations.

It would probably be useful if we also documented the hex values of
colours used elsewhere in the interface so as to avoid the slight
mismatches that have occasionally occurred.

Steve


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