From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 17:08:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C771065691 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:08:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DEDC8FC17 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Kben5-0008Qn-TT; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:08:11 +0100 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m85H89EG021490; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:08:10 +0100 Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9F08CFCA4AE; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:08:04 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:08:04 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20080905170804.GB20329@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List References: <20080903231439.GA98955@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080903231439.GA98955@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:08:11 +0100 (BST) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: which gray is best for print? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:08:17 -0000 On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 04:14:42PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > This is for any webmaster types: which color gray (in hex, "#xxxxxx") > is best for a site that has probably very long articles? I've googled > around and found various grays such as "#696969" or "#708090", but I > haven't found anything that really fits what I want. URL, anybody? > Or if there is a color-chooser in ports, that too, altho I haven't found > anything in ports/x11 or ports/www. > > To prevent boredom, two shades of deep gray or blue-gray would be besy. > > tia, > > gary I can't tell you which grey is most suitable but I can tell you how I go about choosing a colour. Install: x11/rgb Then: $ showrgb | less will give you the names of the 256 websafe colours and their rgb values. I usually check out the colours by: $ xterm -bg DarkSalmon etc. Alternatively, you can use css and set an html pages bg properties: & view it in your browser. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html