Please be careful using the color green. Some of us have vision deficiencies that don't allow us to see this color. Depending on other colors being used, it may just disappear into the surrounding colors.
Lloyd - I know that some color blind people have trouble distinguishing between reds, greens, and maybe browns and oranges. Since I am not color blind, I don't know what you would see in this green example, is it gray? Would a border around buttons, etc., help you to distinguish the shapes?
LuRee - In this example, using these colors, I have no problem distinguishing the green versus the background. For others, it may cause a problem. Suggesting a border around the buttons is a good idea, as long as the border is a very dark color. Shape rather than color is quite useful. As a personal example, there are certain colors of flowers in which the color blends with the leaves, I see no difference. The only way I can determine that there is a flower is to define it by shape.
Thanks, Lloyd - I will keep this in mind for future designs. And maybe have a color blind person preview my work - I wonder if other designers do that.
Actually, LuRee, just try to stay away from shaded greens. If you must use green, then use a very bright shade, emerald or grass. Certain shades of lime can be seen as yellow and aqua or turquoise can be seen as blue.
For my designs, I use a light color hue for background and a dark color hue for emphasis with words being black or white, depending on what color is in back of the words. The color is really not material because of the contrasting color levels.
I really like how you have the menu appear as drop-down tab in top right corner (rather than using traditional left hand column nav panel). Can you provide some instruction on how to set that up? Many thanks!
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