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Re: Web image color question
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Britt Griswold <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:06:44 -0500
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However, converting to sRGB color space is now considered the "Web-Safe" color space.  This also 
closely matches most monitors produced these days.

Britt

On 2/14/11 1:45 PM, Jeff Swanson wrote:
> "Web safe colors" has been a meaningless term for years. Just plain RGB will be fine. Web Safe
> referred to old monitors that could only display 256 colors; a problem long gone.
> Jeff
>
> .....................
> Jeff K. Swanson
>
> On Feb 14, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Marjorie Leggitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> One of my current projects is a digital textbook. I’m creating the figures as I do for print.
>> However, I’m sure there are important things to look doing differently. Concerning color: should I
>> use the “ Web Safe RGB’ color mode?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Marj

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