[MR] submission form colors

[EoganOg at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/5/01 7:07:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
eliwhite at bellatlantic.net writes:


> I had used 'pure computer blue' (#0000FF for those that care), and when 
> printed on the printer I was using, it was a fairly dark blue.  Not Navy by 
> all means, but fairly dark.  This was rejected by the heralds because it 
> was too dark, that blue needs to be bright.  So I had to significantly 
> lighten the color and submit again ...
> 
> So at FIRST, close crayola color does matter ... later on, it becomes less 
> significant.
> 

This sounds to me more like a case of the blue looking so dark as it might be 
black.  My wife has a dress like this. ;-)  If she gets dressed in poor 
lighting, she might find out later that day that she is wearing black shoes 
with her blue dress.

Anyway, you are partially correct.  The blue you use on your submission forms 
should be recognizably blue.  It shouldn't stray too far from the blue 
spectrum.  Think about what color a kindergardener would point to if you said 
"blue."  But the CoH would never, and could never, say "This is the only 
shade of blue that is acceptable" just because of the infinite variations 
involved.  Your blue need not match my blue, and neither has to match Lord 
Stickjock's blue.  But all of them should be a very recognizable blue.

Of course, a good rule of thumb in any case is to make the submission forms 
as simple as possible.  Avoid over-stylizing.  Avoid anything weird.  Draw 
your device simply, color it bold, stay in the lines. ;-)

Aye,
Eogan

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