Web Safe Colour?

[McGruff]

Most graphics applications I've got make a big deal about web safe colour but the web safe pallette is very limiting. Considering the graphics capabilities of modern computers, am I right in thinking that web safe belongs to the past?

[Aronya1]

McG,

Unfortunately, no. The problem is that different browsers display colors differently. The only ones we can depend on being displayed properly are the web-safe ones. To be honest, there are still LOTS of older monitors out there, too.

Hope that helps.

Aronya1

ps Love your commercials.

[nkaisare]

Its actually safe to assume that most people use atleast 16 bit colors. I still use web safe colors for my banners, buttons etc. But the pictures/photos that I put, are hardly safe :)

I found this article series very informative.
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/37/index2a.html

[McGruff]

Thanks guys for your replies - especially that very informative web monkey link. Sorry I should have checked there first duh! : )

I've never had problems with bigger pallettes in the (limited) testing I've done but it's really good to get a detailed tech reference.

[Cactus Hugger]

Originally posted by Aronya1
there are still LOTS of older monitors out there, too.


Heh, there sure are, and I own one. 640x480 is the best it can do, with only 256 colors, and it's 'missing' blue. (Blue looks black. Thus making bright pink red...) I had to put up with it for three or four months when my montor broke. (Thank you power company, during off the power in the middle of a sunny day! :o ) (You can only begin to imagine what it's like... going from 32 bit to 256 and back...)