<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/5/01 7:07:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
<BR>eliwhite@bellatlantic.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I had used 'pure computer blue' (#0000FF for those that care), and when
<BR>printed on the printer I was using, it was a fairly dark blue. Not Navy by
<BR>all means, but fairly dark. This was rejected by the heralds because it
<BR>was too dark, that blue needs to be bright. So I had to significantly
<BR>lighten the color and submit again ...
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<BR>So at FIRST, close crayola color does matter ... later on, it becomes less
<BR>significant.
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<BR>This sounds to me more like a case of the blue looking so dark as it might be
<BR>black. My wife has a dress like this. ;-) If she gets dressed in poor
<BR>lighting, she might find out later that day that she is wearing black shoes
<BR>with her blue dress.
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<BR>Anyway, you are partially correct. The blue you use on your submission forms
<BR>should be recognizably blue. It shouldn't stray too far from the blue
<BR>spectrum. Think about what color a kindergardener would point to if you said
<BR>"blue." But the CoH would never, and could never, say "This is the only
<BR>shade of blue that is acceptable" just because of the infinite variations
<BR>involved. Your blue need not match my blue, and neither has to match Lord
<BR>Stickjock's blue. But all of them should be a very recognizable blue.
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<BR>Of course, a good rule of thumb in any case is to make the submission forms
<BR>as simple as possible. Avoid over-stylizing. Avoid anything weird. Draw
<BR>your device simply, color it bold, stay in the lines. ;-)
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<BR>Aye,
<BR>Eogan
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