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Re: Action : SEVERE, WARNING, INFO log messages (red and green)

From: Lloyd Chambers <Lloyd.Chambers_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:44:06 -0700

~5% of the population has color deficient vision.

Red and green are most problematic (and garish)


On Oct 16, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Sekhar Vajjhala wrote:

>> Red and green text is not the best choice of colors. Better to add
>> text or separate the output into two lists.
>
> What is the problem with red and green ? After I sent the message, I
> did
> notice that the colors (green in particular) was hard to read on
> another
> display ( not my PC). I still like the color encoding scheme.
> Perhaps I can
> look at web safe colors.

Lloyd Chambers
lloyd.chambers_at_sun.com
GlassFish Team