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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Jul 27, 2005 3:51AM

On 7/27/05, Glenda Watson Hyatt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> That is fair. My very first venture into this field seven years was to come
> up with guidelines for colour schemes for individuals with colour blindness,
> like I knew anything on the topic. And that was long before visucheck etc.
> That was when I became aware of browser safe colours, so now that is one
> thing that really pops out at me. I love the visibone site for choosing
> colours. Like you needed to know all that !

My take on colours is that "browser-safeness" and "colour-blind
friendliness" are two distinct issues. We've stopped insisting on the
216 colour palette for our designers' work, as it doesn't give enough
flexibility. As long as you respect the most needs of colour blind
users and use enough contrast (for all of us!), I don't see why the
web-safe palette is necessary any more.

Regards,

Tim