nanogui: why is grey such a common color


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Subject: Re: [nanogui] why is grey such a common color
From: "Darran D. Rimron-Molloy" ####@####.####
Date: 9 Oct 2002 17:00:19 -0000
Message-Id: <1034183065.30676.35.camel@jennifer.lan.rushmere.intra.route.me.uk>

On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 16:37, vikas kedia wrote:
> why do so many GUIs use grey (GR_RGB(200,200,200)) as the default color, 
> be it a windows based one or linux based application?

Less harsh than white, quite a high contract colour, easy to read from,
"paper like" and easy on the eyes.

I can suggest several book on GUI design if you are interested.....

-cheers, Darran

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