is the difference in luminance and/or color that makes an object (or its representation in an image or display) distinguishable.
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Choosing high contrast text color (in relation to background color) dynamically
My application has an area with some number of controls. Each control's background color expresses a state of some sort. The controls are also numbered via some text in their foreground. For ...
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How many visually distinct colors can accurately be associated with a separated legend in a figure?
For charts and graphs it's a relatively common question by programmers to want to procedurally generate an arbitrary number of colors that are visually distinct.
Various research (or educated ...
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Best Way to Darken a Color Until it is Readable?
What's the best way to darken a color until it is readable?
I have a series of titles which have an associated color, but some of these colors are very light and any text drawn in them is unreadable. ...
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automatically calculate contrast
A user can change the default design of his site by selecting a color. This color is applied to the menu background color. The problem is that I have to change the menu text color depending on the ...
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Choosing colors for a subtle UI
I'm currently agonizing over how light I can make various colors in my UI before I adversely affect usability. The reason for the agonizing is that different monitors have different responses. Those ...
