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Re: RGB Values of "NeXT Help Blue"

#2380
From: wick
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:19
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In article <1993Jan26.180924.278@stone.com> bbum@stone.com writes:
> In article <1993Jan26.010722.7575@strangeways.unh.edu>  
> tjb@strangeways.unh.edu (Thomas J. Baker) writes:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Does anyone know the exact rgb values of the blue that NeXT uses in their  
> help  
> > panels (like for Mail)?  It has the quality of being blue on color  
machines  
> and  
> > pure light grey on monochome ones.  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > tjb
> 
> Nope-- but it is easy to figure out;  launch Mail, open Help, click  
> Format->Font->Colors...., grab the magnifying glass, grab a chunk of blue,  
> switch to the RGB color picker and read the numbers:
> 
> (R 51, G 68, B 136)

To be anal, it is (R 68, G 51, B 136), assuming that you want the color of  
blue for their text.

> 
> 
> > --
> > =====================================================================
> > | Thomas Baker        Director of the New Hampshire NeXT User Group | 
> > | P.O. Box 213           Internet/NeXTmail: tjb@strangeways.unh.edu |
> > | Durham, NH 03824                   Voice: (603) 743-4987          |
> > =====================================================================
> -- 
> <bbum@stone.com>   | "I ride tandem with the random...
> Stone Design Corp  |   ...things don't run the way I planned them."  
p.gabriel

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