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Re: RGB Values of "NeXT Help Blue"

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From: Gary Miller
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:26
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In article <1993Jan26.010722.7575@strangeways.unh.edu>  
tjb@strangeways.unh.edu (Thomas J. Baker) writes:
> 
> 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.  
>

There's no connection between the blue color's rgb values and the  
pure light gray that appears on a monochrome display.  The .tiff  
files that produce these graphic elements each contain two separate  
TIFF images:

# tiffutil -info 3PixelRule.tiff 
Directory at 0xca8
  Image Width: 359 Image Length: 3
  Resolution: 72, 72
  Resolution Unit: pixels/inch
  Bits/Sample: 8
  Compression Scheme: none
  Photometric Interpretation: RGB color
  Samples/Pixel: 3
  Number of Strips: 1
  Planar Configuration: Not planar
Directory at 0xe62
  Image Width: 359 Image Length: 3
  Resolution: 72, 72
  Resolution Unit: pixels/inch
  Bits/Sample: 2
  Compression Scheme: none
  Photometric Interpretation: "min-is-black"
  Samples/Pixel: 1
  Number of Strips: 1
  Planar Configuration: Planar

-Gary Miller (NeXT Publications)
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Subject: Re: RGB Values of "NeXT Help Blue"
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