Custom Color Chart

RicTresa

Location: Key Center, Washington, USA
Birthday: October 11

Title: Starving Graphic Artist & Patriot

Bio: Born 1952. ________________________________________ We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. Carlos Castaneda ________________________________________ Because of some medical malpractice imposed on my body in 1996, a minor on the job accident left me crippled and with a rare bone disease called, Osteonecrosis. Osteo=Bone.. Necrosis=Death.. And that is what I have. ________________________________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy Shit.. What a ride!" ________________________________________ I create all of my own graphics including some you will find on this blog, the pictures in my profile and banner are me. I use an Apple computer and wouldn't switch back to a PC for all the tea in China. ________________________________________

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MAY 17, 2009 3:07PM

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So.. I've been wanting to put a color chart up for quite a little while but I didn't really have the inclination, (meaning I was to lazy to do it.) But then the idea came to my brains that maybe I could wrap a post around the whole deal making it all meaningful... in some manner or another. The light bulb in my head suddenly lit up and I had a vision of doing a post about colored text boxes and how normally they were boring because the choice of background colors, goldenrod, gray... ect.,.

BORING!

I didn't, however, know how to make a text box in the first damn place until I remembered, (fuzzy at best) that another OS member had done a post on the very subject but who was it?? I couldn't remember and I racked my limited supply of brain cells over it until I figured I would send a note to the smartest guy I could think of,
Rob St. Amant.

I asked Rob if he knew how to make a colored text box and if he didn't, could he send me in the right direction to which he replied that he really didn't have a clue, offhand, but that Kent Pitman had a pretty good post dealing with this very subject.. And he was right! (I told you he was a smart guy and with a great memory..) So if you want to make some colored text boxes to call attention to some of your text AND you want to use some great non boring colors in conjunction, there of, you can use my color chart in addition to Kent's tutorial and dazzle the shit out of others who aren't in the know.

If at some later date you need to find this post of mine again just look to my links, on the left hand side of this screen and you will see the Color Chart Link I have placed there for the world to find. -Ric

White/Pastel 1

White/Pastel 2

Yellow

Orange

Brown

Pink/Violet

Blue

Green

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Comments

Consider the shit dazzled right outta me! Thanks for this!

gracielou

May 17, 2009 03:30 PM

Thanks for all your hard work Ric.
VERY Rated - thanks to Kent and Rob as well.

Kind of Blue

May 17, 2009 03:30 PM

yay- this is awesome! as is the link to Ken Pitman's post.

now if I could just think of something new to write about...... :D

Rrrrrrrated!

Bees Tone

May 17, 2009 03:33 PM

Whoa, Ric! This is going on my "Very Good Posts to Know About" link section! Good heavens, that's a lot of wonderful.

Verbal Remedy

May 17, 2009 03:39 PM

I am humbled by this post Ric.
~bow at your feet~
I will take all the posts like this I can find here.
Humbled!!
A++++

Mission

May 17, 2009 03:43 PM

You never cease to amaze.

m. a.h

May 17, 2009 04:45 PM

I didn't even know we had a choice in background color. Where is that at and how do you change it???? This just gets more awesomie all the time. So how do we install the colors?? Inquiring minds want to know and so do I.

Michael Rodgers

May 17, 2009 05:25 PM

Now I post a comment and I've got polka-dot boarders around the colors. You are really messing with my head now, aren't you?

Michael Rodgers

May 17, 2009 05:27 PM

I've added this to my big collection of html and css advice! You'd better believe that those colored boxes are next on my list!!!!

zumalicious

May 17, 2009 05:29 PM

Go to Kent's blog Mike.. All of your answers are there.

RicTresa

May 17, 2009 05:29 PM

You are the BEST, Ric, I´ll read the other posts now, and then I´ll start playing, yes!
Kisses.

Marcela in English

May 17, 2009 05:53 PM

f's across is white. 0's across is black. The hexi numerology is base 16. The hexi numbers are two digit r's g's and b's. You can get to 256 in "base ten terms" with two digits if you use all the arabic numbers plus a through f in the two places. Take khaki, for example and make that last "c" a "b." It's the same as making that 140 a 139. You and Kent will someday rule the OS design world! Oh, I forgot "dazzle-ator." He rocks too. If all this is Greek, open up MS Paint or similar. Type numerical values for R, G, and B and watch the palette change. Or, with the color picker, settle on a zone and change the slider for brightness. Watch the numerical values also change. So cool!

Stacey Youdin

May 17, 2009 06:09 PM

You are a generous guy. Thanks!

denese

May 17, 2009 06:17 PM

Arrrrrrrghhhhhhh. Thought I left this all behind with the hell that is Quark Express, but noooooooo. You have to bring it all up again like some bad dream.

Seriously, thanks Ric. I'm keeping this one on file.

Boanerges1

May 17, 2009 09:50 PM

Quark about finished me.. That was one BS program.

RicTresa

May 17, 2009 09:54 PM

I'm extremely impressed, although I'm too dim to know how to use it myself. Of course, if Michael Rodgers can do it, maybe there's hope for me. :)

Lisa Kern

May 17, 2009 11:31 PM

I wouldn't count to much on Mike using it.. :)

RicTresa

May 17, 2009 11:38 PM

veeelllllyyyyyyy intelllesting..............

Sorry I am so late, friend. Too many pans on the stove.

Monte

Monte Canfield

May 18, 2009 12:19 AM

Thanks Rick!

annette2009

May 18, 2009 01:24 PM

I love Quark! I used to make my living with Quark. Of course I also dream in Xtags code. So sad when that happens.

CoyoteOldStyle

May 18, 2009 01:24 PM

Thank you sir. These are so damn hard to track down...

Esse Est Percipi

May 18, 2009 01:50 PM

Dang, I'm a sucker for color charts. I like this one. Thanks, Ric.

vonnia

May 19, 2009 06:48 AM

Ric - you are the gift that just keeps on giving. Wish I knew what to give you in return. Thank you again!!

dcvdickens

May 19, 2009 11:53 AM

wow, dude, you are a master. thank you for all of your excellent work and for giving us all of these tools. i'm still too nervous to try any of this stuff but i love knowing that i could if i was up to it. i'm bookmarking this one. love love love and huge gratitude for all of your work and for your generosity.