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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [kde-artists] Sane pseudo random colors; was: PieChart widget
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2007-09-21 15:35:13
Message-ID: fd0obj$9se$1 () sea ! gmane ! org
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Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
> Olaf Schmidt said the following, On 2007-09-20 18:15:
>> Applications should use the KColorScheme to get reasonable foreground and 
>> background colours. They can also mix those colours with KColorUtils if they 
>> need more.
> 
> Olaf
> This time I am not sure you're right :) You obviously do not want to print 
> documents with black backgrounds and white letters just because you're using 
> white-on-black color scheme. Sometimes the same occurs for print-previewing.

I think you're both right. For display purposes, it is best to use 
colors from the system palette if possible, as this is more likely to 
maximize accessibility. For printing, there should probably be a totally 
different palette.

-- 
Matthew
"Please remain calm... I may be mad, but I am a professional."
   -- Mad Scientist

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