TESTING colors
Hi Folks,
Recently I've been experimenting with various colors for my site, which has many articles on KPFA/Pacifica. My hope is to make the site attractive and also readable; the problem is that a dazzling display of colors may hurt the eyes. I'd like to ask for your opinions on this.
Some people have told me that red, yellow and even lime are like neon signs and hurt their eyes. On the other hand muted colors such as green and brown may be so dim as to be almost invisible.
For text, maybe skyblue or white (the default color) would be most soothing to the eyes. For headings I've tried glaring colors including magenta, which does indeed look neon. And for Q & A or myth vs. fact articles, I've been putting the Q in yellow and the A in lime or skyblue.
So, I set up this thread with a display of about 14 different colors, and below that is an old article ("Parliamentary Addiction"), with each paragraph in a different color. I'm inviting comments.
I'd like to find 3 or 4 colors that people are comfortable with. For example, are lime and yellow too bright for text? Are green, seagreen, and brown too dim? Is skyblue the most soothing color for text? Is white (the default color) a boring color?
And, is the multicolored display in right hand the index column attractive? Or, is it too glaring?
My email address is: daniel41 (at) trip.net
Thank you,
Daniel Borgström
daniel41 (at) trip.net
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the colors
white (the default color)
skyblue font color test
seablue font color test
palegreen
seagreen font color test
green font color test
darkgreen
brown font color test
darkbrown
tan font color test
lime font color test
yellow font color test
paleyellow
orange font color test
red font color test
darkred
magenta font color test
blue font color test
purple font color test
pink font color test
gray font color test
pale yellow font color test (using span)
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ADDITIONAL COLORS
(the below are experiments that mostly don't seem to work
***
wine font color test
winedark font color test
litewine font color test
seablue font color test
flamingred font color test
DEEP
deepgreen
deepyellow
deepred
deeppink
deepbrown
firered
brickred
LIME
deeplime font color test
lightlime font color test
litelime font color test
darklime font color test
***
GREEN
lightgreen
palegreen
darkgreen
***
PINK
lightpink
palepink
darkpink
offwhite
***
darkyellow
lightyellow
liteyellow
paleyellow
***
RED
litered
palered
darkred
***
BROWN
litebrown
palebrown
darkbrown
***
BLUE
liteblue
paleblue
darkblue
***
ORANGE
liteorange
paleorange
darkorange
***
MAGENTA
litemagenta
palemagenta
darkmagenta
***
the text in various colors
(Parliamentary Addition by Daniel Borgström)
white (the default color)
About five years ago I took up board watching. As a KPFA listener I began attending the monthly public meetings of the Local Station Board (LSB), and I have to admit that for me it's often like looking into the insides of my computer and trying to figure out what's going on in there. Just keeping up with the names and faces of the LSB members and the roles they play is an ongoing process. There's also a host of other players in this drama, many of whom I've met or at least seen, and a lot more who just seem to be out there somewhere, exerting their influence on events. Names without faces. And of course there are the hijackers of the 1990's, ghost of the past, who still cast their nefarious shadows over KPFA and Pacifica Radio.
skyblue
The board has 25 members, at least 20 of whom are normally present, but they don't always work together in harmony. The dysfunction has often been subtle, but frequently blatant, as on Saturday, April 22, 2006, the day the LSB met in San Jose, and where I really first saw this dysfunctionality manifested. For me, in my career as a board watcher, it was a rite of passage.
seagreen
I arrived late and walked in the door fearing the meeting would be nearly over, but my concern was unfounded. To my amazement and disgust, it hadn't even begun. After three hours, the board members were still haggling over what items to include on the day's agenda.
green
The entire session was dominated by Robert's Rules of Order--in all its glory. Someone would speak and someone else would interrupt, saying, "Point of order." The point-of-order guy was Brian Edwards-Tiekert. Brian had points of order on this, and points of order on that.
brown
The purpose for holding this meeting in San Jose was to include listener-activists from the South Bay Area, to hear their input, and involve them in the KPFA process. At least the first part of that plan had been a success; the room was nearly full, some fifty local people attending. But by the time the agenda was finally approved, most of the audience had gone home. For those who remained, it was time for public comments, an opportunity for these people to address the board. Not surprisingly, they got up one after another and castigated the LSB for the horrendous, time-wasting display of parliamentary procedures they had just been subjected to.
tan
At long last, having worked out an agenda, and having received well-deserved scoldings from what remained of the audience, the board could finally settle into the business of the day. However, the hall had to be vacated by five o'clock, and it was now already after four. So, most of the agreed-upon agenda was jettisoned in hopes of dealing with one supremely urgent issue, a matter concerning the Pacifica National Board (PNB).
lime
There was one more hurdle. Although they had rented the hall till 5:00, the meeting was scheduled to end at 4:20. They needed to extend the meeting time; naturally this had to be done according to Robert's Rules of Order.
yellow
And, of course, Brian Edwards-Tiekert was there to complicate matters. All afternoon he'd been bringing up arcane points of order, and now he did more of the same, seemingly impervious to the intense anger and disgust that had just been expressed by listeners who'd attended this meeting in hopes of seeing something done. Of course Brian's points were correct, according to the revered rules at least, but they were pointless points.
orange
"Brian! What are you doing!" gasped a fellow board member. And Brian promptly responded with a rule to show that her rebuke was out of order.
I and other listeners in the audience sat there, helplessly watching the clock and groaning as the precious minutes ticked away. Five minutes wasted, then ten. Another five, and, finally, after twenty of those last minutes had been squandered, the chair overruled him and called for a vote. The meeting was extended to 5 p.m.
red
That single crucial item--concerning the national board of Pacifica Radio--was then quickly discussed and the vote was unanimous, Brian being part of the unanimity. The meeting then adjourned, having spent less than half an hour of that long afternoon on actual business.
magenta
So why had Brian gone off on such a parliamentary binge? He's a capable KPFA news reporter, and had aired some excellent, well researched reports on environmental topics, which made it even harder for me to understand his disruptive use of the rules of order. It seemed a bizarre and inconsistent way for an intelligent person to act. He seemed a likable person; I couldn't imagine him being so incredibly inconsiderate to all the people at that meeting. The big "why" of Brian's actions kept puzzling me as I remembered him sitting there, desperate to make yet another point of order, his hand reaching out compulsively for a microphone, like an alcoholic grasping for a drink.
blue
The sickness and abuse of parliamentarianism. Brian Edwards-Tiekert was clearly addicted to Robert's Rules of Order, and, like so many addicted persons, he created problems for people around him. "Parliamentarians Anonymous," I kept thinking, might be the answer.
purple
Addictions are said to be a symptom of underlying problems in the family, in this case the KPFA mgmt family. There is a faction of this board (the CL/SaveKPFA slate) which represents the station's dysfunctional mgmt and maneuvers to render the board irrelevant, leaving their control issues untreated. Brian Edwards-Tiekert is the favored child of station mgmt, essentially their voice on the board, and a leader in this faction, which enables him in his parliamentary binges.
DANIEL BORGSTRÖM
September 2011
(ran out of paragraphs, so this is starting over)
pink
About five years ago I took up board watching. As a KPFA listener I began attending the monthly public meetings of the Local Station Board (LSB), and I have to admit that for me it's often like looking into the insides of my computer and trying to figure out what's going on in there. Just keeping up with the names and faces of the LSB members and the roles they play is an ongoing process. There's also a host of other players in this drama, many of whom I've met or at least seen, and a lot more who just seem to be out there somewhere, exerting their influence on events. Names without faces. And of course there are the hijackers of the 1990's, ghost of the past, who still cast their nefarious shadows over KPFA and Pacifica Radio.
gray
The board has 25 members, at least 20 of whom are normally present, but they don't always work together in harmony. The dysfunction has often been subtle, but frequently blatant, as on Saturday, April 22, 2006, the day the LSB met in San Jose, and where I really first saw this dysfunctionality manifested. For me, in my career as a board watcher, it was a rite of passage.
pale yellow
I arrived late and walked in the door fearing the meeting would be nearly over, but my concern was unfounded. To my amazement and disgust, it hadn't even begun. After three hours, the board members were still haggling over what items to include on the day's agenda.
************
white (the default color)
skyblue font color test
seagreen font color test
green font color test
brown font color test
tan font color test
lime font color test
yellow font color test
orange font color test
red font color test
magenta font color test
blue font color test
purple font color test
pink font color test
gray font color test
pale yellow font color test
.
Recently I've been experimenting with various colors for my site, which has many articles on KPFA/Pacifica. My hope is to make the site attractive and also readable; the problem is that a dazzling display of colors may hurt the eyes. I'd like to ask for your opinions on this.
Some people have told me that red, yellow and even lime are like neon signs and hurt their eyes. On the other hand muted colors such as green and brown may be so dim as to be almost invisible.
For text, maybe skyblue or white (the default color) would be most soothing to the eyes. For headings I've tried glaring colors including magenta, which does indeed look neon. And for Q & A or myth vs. fact articles, I've been putting the Q in yellow and the A in lime or skyblue.
So, I set up this thread with a display of about 14 different colors, and below that is an old article ("Parliamentary Addiction"), with each paragraph in a different color. I'm inviting comments.
I'd like to find 3 or 4 colors that people are comfortable with. For example, are lime and yellow too bright for text? Are green, seagreen, and brown too dim? Is skyblue the most soothing color for text? Is white (the default color) a boring color?
And, is the multicolored display in right hand the index column attractive? Or, is it too glaring?
My email address is: daniel41 (at) trip.net
Thank you,
Daniel Borgström
daniel41 (at) trip.net
*** *** ***
*** *** ***
the colors
white (the default color)
skyblue font color test
seablue font color test
palegreen
seagreen font color test
green font color test
darkgreen
brown font color test
darkbrown
tan font color test
lime font color test
yellow font color test
paleyellow
orange font color test
red font color test
darkred
magenta font color test
blue font color test
purple font color test
pink font color test
gray font color test
pale yellow font color test (using span)
***
ADDITIONAL COLORS
(the below are experiments that mostly don't seem to work
***
wine font color test
winedark font color test
litewine font color test
seablue font color test
flamingred font color test
DEEP
deepgreen
deepyellow
deepred
deeppink
deepbrown
firered
brickred
LIME
deeplime font color test
lightlime font color test
litelime font color test
darklime font color test
***
GREEN
lightgreen
palegreen
darkgreen
***
PINK
lightpink
palepink
darkpink
offwhite
***
darkyellow
lightyellow
liteyellow
paleyellow
***
RED
litered
palered
darkred
***
BROWN
litebrown
palebrown
darkbrown
***
BLUE
liteblue
paleblue
darkblue
***
ORANGE
liteorange
paleorange
darkorange
***
MAGENTA
litemagenta
palemagenta
darkmagenta
***
the text in various colors
(Parliamentary Addition by Daniel Borgström)
white (the default color)
About five years ago I took up board watching. As a KPFA listener I began attending the monthly public meetings of the Local Station Board (LSB), and I have to admit that for me it's often like looking into the insides of my computer and trying to figure out what's going on in there. Just keeping up with the names and faces of the LSB members and the roles they play is an ongoing process. There's also a host of other players in this drama, many of whom I've met or at least seen, and a lot more who just seem to be out there somewhere, exerting their influence on events. Names without faces. And of course there are the hijackers of the 1990's, ghost of the past, who still cast their nefarious shadows over KPFA and Pacifica Radio.
skyblue
The board has 25 members, at least 20 of whom are normally present, but they don't always work together in harmony. The dysfunction has often been subtle, but frequently blatant, as on Saturday, April 22, 2006, the day the LSB met in San Jose, and where I really first saw this dysfunctionality manifested. For me, in my career as a board watcher, it was a rite of passage.
seagreen
I arrived late and walked in the door fearing the meeting would be nearly over, but my concern was unfounded. To my amazement and disgust, it hadn't even begun. After three hours, the board members were still haggling over what items to include on the day's agenda.
green
The entire session was dominated by Robert's Rules of Order--in all its glory. Someone would speak and someone else would interrupt, saying, "Point of order." The point-of-order guy was Brian Edwards-Tiekert. Brian had points of order on this, and points of order on that.
brown
The purpose for holding this meeting in San Jose was to include listener-activists from the South Bay Area, to hear their input, and involve them in the KPFA process. At least the first part of that plan had been a success; the room was nearly full, some fifty local people attending. But by the time the agenda was finally approved, most of the audience had gone home. For those who remained, it was time for public comments, an opportunity for these people to address the board. Not surprisingly, they got up one after another and castigated the LSB for the horrendous, time-wasting display of parliamentary procedures they had just been subjected to.
tan
At long last, having worked out an agenda, and having received well-deserved scoldings from what remained of the audience, the board could finally settle into the business of the day. However, the hall had to be vacated by five o'clock, and it was now already after four. So, most of the agreed-upon agenda was jettisoned in hopes of dealing with one supremely urgent issue, a matter concerning the Pacifica National Board (PNB).
lime
There was one more hurdle. Although they had rented the hall till 5:00, the meeting was scheduled to end at 4:20. They needed to extend the meeting time; naturally this had to be done according to Robert's Rules of Order.
yellow
And, of course, Brian Edwards-Tiekert was there to complicate matters. All afternoon he'd been bringing up arcane points of order, and now he did more of the same, seemingly impervious to the intense anger and disgust that had just been expressed by listeners who'd attended this meeting in hopes of seeing something done. Of course Brian's points were correct, according to the revered rules at least, but they were pointless points.
orange
"Brian! What are you doing!" gasped a fellow board member. And Brian promptly responded with a rule to show that her rebuke was out of order.
I and other listeners in the audience sat there, helplessly watching the clock and groaning as the precious minutes ticked away. Five minutes wasted, then ten. Another five, and, finally, after twenty of those last minutes had been squandered, the chair overruled him and called for a vote. The meeting was extended to 5 p.m.
red
That single crucial item--concerning the national board of Pacifica Radio--was then quickly discussed and the vote was unanimous, Brian being part of the unanimity. The meeting then adjourned, having spent less than half an hour of that long afternoon on actual business.
magenta
So why had Brian gone off on such a parliamentary binge? He's a capable KPFA news reporter, and had aired some excellent, well researched reports on environmental topics, which made it even harder for me to understand his disruptive use of the rules of order. It seemed a bizarre and inconsistent way for an intelligent person to act. He seemed a likable person; I couldn't imagine him being so incredibly inconsiderate to all the people at that meeting. The big "why" of Brian's actions kept puzzling me as I remembered him sitting there, desperate to make yet another point of order, his hand reaching out compulsively for a microphone, like an alcoholic grasping for a drink.
blue
The sickness and abuse of parliamentarianism. Brian Edwards-Tiekert was clearly addicted to Robert's Rules of Order, and, like so many addicted persons, he created problems for people around him. "Parliamentarians Anonymous," I kept thinking, might be the answer.
purple
Addictions are said to be a symptom of underlying problems in the family, in this case the KPFA mgmt family. There is a faction of this board (the CL/SaveKPFA slate) which represents the station's dysfunctional mgmt and maneuvers to render the board irrelevant, leaving their control issues untreated. Brian Edwards-Tiekert is the favored child of station mgmt, essentially their voice on the board, and a leader in this faction, which enables him in his parliamentary binges.
DANIEL BORGSTRÖM
September 2011
(ran out of paragraphs, so this is starting over)
pink
About five years ago I took up board watching. As a KPFA listener I began attending the monthly public meetings of the Local Station Board (LSB), and I have to admit that for me it's often like looking into the insides of my computer and trying to figure out what's going on in there. Just keeping up with the names and faces of the LSB members and the roles they play is an ongoing process. There's also a host of other players in this drama, many of whom I've met or at least seen, and a lot more who just seem to be out there somewhere, exerting their influence on events. Names without faces. And of course there are the hijackers of the 1990's, ghost of the past, who still cast their nefarious shadows over KPFA and Pacifica Radio.
gray
The board has 25 members, at least 20 of whom are normally present, but they don't always work together in harmony. The dysfunction has often been subtle, but frequently blatant, as on Saturday, April 22, 2006, the day the LSB met in San Jose, and where I really first saw this dysfunctionality manifested. For me, in my career as a board watcher, it was a rite of passage.
pale yellow
I arrived late and walked in the door fearing the meeting would be nearly over, but my concern was unfounded. To my amazement and disgust, it hadn't even begun. After three hours, the board members were still haggling over what items to include on the day's agenda.
************
white (the default color)
skyblue font color test
seagreen font color test
green font color test
brown font color test
tan font color test
lime font color test
yellow font color test
orange font color test
red font color test
magenta font color test
blue font color test
purple font color test
pink font color test
gray font color test
pale yellow font color test
.
