[Duncan]

Just spotted this...

At work for the first time in months yesterday I logged on, and the forums came up in purple (on a CRT)... whereas at home, they're blue (TFT)

Which is wrong? If its work then I'm happy, because i'm only there for another three days... but if its home... whats up with my TFT?

Cheers

 

[Welly Wu]

On my 19" CRT: Purple
On my 15" TFT: Blue

 

[Edwood]

closest guess: Prussian Blue.

It is slightly in the purple spectrum of blue.

At least my calibrated monitor says so.

You're referring to the menu bars, right?

-Ed

 

[Edwood]

Are you referring to the Head-fi Logo?

It's purple.

But the forums are closer to blue.

-Ed

 

[Edwood]

If you really really want to know what the actual colors are, here they are.

Head-fi Logo Purple = R:98 G:98 B:178 (average)

Head-fi Lighter Blue Bar = Gradient from R:76 G:109 B:166--->R:209 G:209 B:225

Head-fi Darker Blue Bar = Gradient from R:52 G:178 B:128 --->R:209 G:209 B:225

Tinted Row = R:225 G:228 B:242

"White Row" = R:245 G:245 B:255


-Ed

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Given that is an uncolored/unmodified version of vBulletin's provided forum skin, Head-fi is Purple.

 

[3lusiv3]

The whole page is shades of blue, plus some white of course. Nothing is purple at all and I have seen head-fi on quite of few computers.

 

[Stephonovich]

I'd say your CRTs and TFTs are set to different color temperatures. On my CRT, the logo is purple, and the bars are blue. My color temperature is set to 6500K. However, if I set it to 9300K, which is the usual for most CRTs (makes media and web pages look better for the most part, but screws up graphics work, which is why I don't use it), the logo and bars have a fairly similar blueish tinge.

 

[bhd812]

it depends what drugs your on at the time ...lol

 

[Duncan]

lol... seems that some of us are not seeing the same things...

The head-fi logo to me looks like a dark blue, bordering on purple, but the forum itself is a mixture of light and darker blue.

The CRT at work is set up at 10000K (and 9300K when I spotted this).

Its slightly worrying what Buffalo Bill has said though... lol, I guess its time for some calibration.

 

[Edwood]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duncan lol... seems that some of us are not seeing the same things... The head-fi logo to me looks like a dark blue, bordering on purple, but the forum itself is a mixture of light and darker blue. The CRT at work is set up at 10000K (and 9300K when I spotted this). Its slightly worrying what Buffalo Bill has said though... lol, I guess its time for some calibration.

Is there a specific reason for using 10000K?

If not, try 6500K, it's closer to daylight, and is usually a photography standard.

-Ed

 

[Edwood]

Hey, Duncan.

What color do you see the part at the top of the page near the Sponsor links and above the Head-fi Logo?

It is the closest to neutral gray. If it looks like a color, you should adjust in the opposite direction.

-Ed

 

[Duncan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edwood Hey, Duncan. What color do you see the part at the top of the page near the Sponsor links and above the Head-fi Logo? It is the closest to neutral gray. If it looks like a color, you should adjust in the opposite direction. -Ed

Ed...

No, that looks like gray to me...

I guess it doesn't really matter at the end of the day, seeing that images show up correctly, it just puzzled me though, seeing that we do not have user options to customize the color settings for the board why there was a difference.

As to the 10000K question... its not my monitor, i've got the dubious pleasure of hot-desking whilst people are on holiday etc... I personally always had my own CRT at my previous job at 6300K... each to their own I suppose.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duncan lol... seems that some of us are not seeing the same things... The head-fi logo to me looks like a dark blue, bordering on purple, but the forum itself is a mixture of light and darker blue. The CRT at work is set up at 10000K (and 9300K when I spotted this). Its slightly worrying what Buffalo Bill has said though... lol, I guess its time for some calibration.

Well, I'm looking at it and both modes... it looks more purple to me in both ways. But now I just noticed how orange everything is on my monitor. In fact, I think I totally screwed everything up on my monitor.

EDIT :: Forget, anything I do it still looks purple.

 

[Edwood]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duncan Ed... No, that looks like gray to me... I guess it doesn't really matter at the end of the day, seeing that images show up correctly, it just puzzled me though, seeing that we do not have user options to customize the color settings for the board why there was a difference. As to the 10000K question... its not my monitor, i've got the dubious pleasure of hot-desking whilst people are on holiday etc... I personally always had my own CRT at my previous job at 6300K... each to their own I suppose.

Oh, OK.

I only mentioned 6500K because it's a standard used in photography.

Funny when you work with uncalibrated and calibrated monitors, it can bug you seeing two different colors when seeing the same image.

-Ed