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Which colours should be chosen to match a metro theme and be easily readable? [closed]

I am colourblind, which makes choosing the colours of my website very hard (Often I choose colours that appeal to me, yet look awful to everyone else). I have recently begun a new website (Image ...
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How can I highlight errors when bright red is the main color of the brand?

I'm working on a mobile website for a client whose main brand color is red. The website header and headings are all red. CTA buttons are red too. How can I effectively separate errors (mostly in form ...
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Change button for color input modes

I have this SWT widget (color picker) with label: By pressing the star button, color picker field transforms into code field, where you can write code: I am not satisfied with this "star ...
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Alternative to color code in table cell

I am currently redesigning an LOB application that makes use of color coding in tables to 'categorize' each row of data. For instance, in the picture above, the 'St' column (which stands for ...
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What's a good modification/alternative to differentiating categories by colour when the number of categories grows large?

We have an application in which users carry out similar tasks on different types of reports. As such, the user's first interaction with the app is to select a Report Type. To make it easy to tell at a ...
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Apt symbol and color for the words “solution” and “shuffle”? [closed]

Can anyone suggest me symbols and colors for the words solution and shuffle? Here shuffle means randomly rearranging a set of tiles. Will the symbol of randomize used in music players be apt for ...
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Microsoft Visual Studio 11 - why would they use uppercase in UI?

Microsoft has been very transparent with their updates to Visual Studio 11. It includes a huge change to the UI design of the entire IDE, most notably colour themes, icons and capitlization. In their ...
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Remove color to add emphasis

Context I'm working on a new user interface for a project portal system. Part of the system is a dashboard that lets the user know what the status of his project is. This dashboard is also there to ...
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Is it better to 'XOR' or 'shade' text that is highlighted?

What is the best way of displaying highlighted text in a text editor? I know of shading, which simulates what a physical highlighter does: And 'xor' highlighting: Are there any other methods? ...
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Is flashing red text a good idea for denoting an active alarm?

I'm working on a windows application that is showing the realtime status of a particular piece of equipment. While operating the equipment (via the application), two important values & labels are ...
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Red buttons in an e-commerce site?

I'm designing an e-commerce site with red buttons. It has a yellow/white background and it looks quite good that way. Now, my boss finds the same, he likes it, but he is doubtful, because red could ...