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Subject:RE: Color Schemes for Tables in Documentation From:"Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> To:"'Jona Steenbrink'" <jsteenbrink -at- bluefinrobotics -dot- com> Date:Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:11:17 -0800
> From: Jona Steenbrink [mailto:jsteenbrink -at- bluefinrobotics -dot- com]
> That is an excellent and marvelously useful observation. I've had a
> PANTONE process guide gathering dust in my desk for years and never
> once did I to use it to select complementary colors for tables and
> other design elements in my documentation.
Thank you for the compliment. That is a good use for the PANTONE process
guide. I should get one of those. I heard about somebody who was using a
PANTONE color book and set the colors for a document, but the colors didn't
match the colors that other people had. It turns out that he left his book
in the window sill and the sun and heat faded the colors.
Paint swatches are easy enough to get from paint web sites and they have
applications to find schemes for particular colors. So, there is an
economical option too that might work for me in the short-run, but I'll keep
PANTONE in mind if I find myself dealing with a lot of colors.
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