| Many web designers as we have often seen tend to | | | | essential that you use browser safe colors for the |
| overlook the importance of colors when they are in | | | | design element as it will make the readability easy. Be |
| the process of designing of web sites. It is very | | | | sure that you use some of the browser colors with |
| important that we do realize the relevance we should | | | | caution. |
| give it to the colors in designing the websites. This | | | | If you go outside the 216 color pallet you start to |
| article will deal with the colors that have to be used. | | | | use colors that do not exist within that browser. The |
| One of the primary concerns while designing the site | | | | browser has to mix the colors that do not exist. In |
| should be colors. In case you do not give colors the | | | | order for the browser to display the color, it needs |
| essential importance then result that will be driven is | | | | to take tiny dots from the colors native to that |
| that either your website will end up to be too plain or | | | | browser to come up with an approximate color. This |
| there would be difficulty to read the content present | | | | is known as dithering. Some displays will distort the |
| in it. The colors you are selecting should be taken for | | | | tiny dots to the point where the image is so |
| a clear prescription once you have properly though | | | | speckled that it does not appear to be a solid color. |
| about the impact they would have on the feel of the | | | | This makes text very hard to read if it is placed over |
| site. | | | | the dithered color. |
| As a matter fact the web browsers can see only | | | | You should always use a browser safe color when |
| 256 colors but this number is also not sure as not all | | | | using solid color as a design element. Some of the |
| browsers share the same 256 pallet combination. At | | | | browser safe colors should be used with caution |
| present the browsers share the same 216 pallet. So it | | | | though. It is quite essential to remember like all the |
| is essential that when you are considering choosing | | | | other muscles get tired the eye muscles also do get |
| the color combination then do select the 216 pallet. In | | | | tired. So it is essential that you do not use extreme |
| case you go beyond the 216 pallet then you will take | | | | contrast colors as they will have an impact on the |
| up the colors that are beyond the pallet capacity of | | | | reading. Use colors like yellow and red as they attract |
| many browsers. In such cases the computer has to | | | | attention very easily. But ensure that you use them |
| resort to dithering wherein there is a mixing of the | | | | in few areas where you want the attention to be |
| color to make the colors that are not present in the | | | | really diverted like the areas of important information. |
| pallet. This will not produce good results making the | | | | So while you are in the process of designing website |
| reading of the text very hard as the text will be | | | | do ensure that you get the right colors in the right |
| placed on top of the dithered dots. Hence it is | | | | areas. |