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<blockquote data-quote="Knight Otu" data-source="post: 1608449" data-attributes="member: 192"><p>Guilty as charged.</p><p> I don't even think that much of the different styles anymore (and I'm sure some people are not even aware that they exist), to be honest. The only one that I would switch to would be Hive (the bees are too massive, making everything hard to read).</p><p> </p><p> I think the main reason to use colors is to draw attention to the text, followed by differentiating between players and flavor. <strong>It's</strong> <em>easy </em><u>to</u> <em><strong>do </strong></em><u><strong>the</strong></u> <u><em>first</em></u> <u><em><strong>just</strong></em></u> with styles, but the other two functions aren't easily represented. Personally, I wouldn't mind guidelines on color use, but practically any color can look bad on any style.</p><p> </p><p> Edit: Here's the colors per style that I think look bad or are plain unreadable. I suspect we can disregard blue screen, though.</p><p> Standard:</p><p> Black</p><p> Dark Olive Green</p><p> Dark Green</p><p> Dark Slate Blue</p><p> Navy</p><p> Indigo</p><p> Dark Slate Grey</p><p> </p><p> PHB + d20Modern + Stealth:</p><p> Yellow</p><p> Silver</p><p> Pink</p><p> Wheat</p><p> Lemon Chiffon</p><p> Pale Green</p><p> Pale Turquoise</p><p> Light Blue</p><p> Plum</p><p> White</p><p> </p><p> Electric Blue:</p><p> Black</p><p> Dark Olive Green</p><p> Dark Green</p><p> Dark Slate Blue</p><p> Navy</p><p> Indigo</p><p> Dark Slate Grey</p><p> </p><p> Hive:</p><p> Black</p><p> Sienna</p><p> Dark Olive Green</p><p> Dark Green</p><p> Dark Slate Blue</p><p> Navy</p><p> Indigo</p><p> Dark Slate Grey</p><p> Dark Red</p><p> Olive</p><p> Green</p><p> Teal</p><p> Blue</p><p> Slate Gray</p><p> Dim Gray</p><p> Sea Green</p><p> Royal Blue</p><p> Purple</p><p> Gray</p><p> </p><p> Blue Screen:</p><p> Sienna</p><p> Dark Olive Green</p><p> Dark Green</p><p> Dark Slate Blue</p><p> Navy</p><p> Indigo</p><p> Dark Slate Grey</p><p> Dark Red</p><p> Dark Orange</p><p> Olive</p><p> Green</p><p> Teal</p><p> Blue</p><p> Slate Gray</p><p> Dim Gray</p><p> Red</p><p> Sandy Brown</p><p> Yellow Green</p><p> Sea Green</p><p> Medium Turquoise</p><p> Royal Blue</p><p> Purple</p><p> Gray</p><p> Magenta</p><p> Orange</p><p> Yellow</p><p> Lime</p><p> Cyan</p><p> Deep Sky Blue</p><p> Dark Orchid</p><p> Silver</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knight Otu, post: 1608449, member: 192"] Guilty as charged. I don't even think that much of the different styles anymore (and I'm sure some people are not even aware that they exist), to be honest. The only one that I would switch to would be Hive (the bees are too massive, making everything hard to read). I think the main reason to use colors is to draw attention to the text, followed by differentiating between players and flavor. [b]It's[/b] [i]easy [/i][u]to[/u] [i][b]do [/b][/i][u][b]the[/b][/u] [u][i]first[/i][/u] [u][i][b]just[/b][/i][/u] with styles, but the other two functions aren't easily represented. Personally, I wouldn't mind guidelines on color use, but practically any color can look bad on any style. Edit: Here's the colors per style that I think look bad or are plain unreadable. I suspect we can disregard blue screen, though. Standard: Black Dark Olive Green Dark Green Dark Slate Blue Navy Indigo Dark Slate Grey PHB + d20Modern + Stealth: Yellow Silver Pink Wheat Lemon Chiffon Pale Green Pale Turquoise Light Blue Plum White Electric Blue: Black Dark Olive Green Dark Green Dark Slate Blue Navy Indigo Dark Slate Grey Hive: Black Sienna Dark Olive Green Dark Green Dark Slate Blue Navy Indigo Dark Slate Grey Dark Red Olive Green Teal Blue Slate Gray Dim Gray Sea Green Royal Blue Purple Gray Blue Screen: Sienna Dark Olive Green Dark Green Dark Slate Blue Navy Indigo Dark Slate Grey Dark Red Dark Orange Olive Green Teal Blue Slate Gray Dim Gray Red Sandy Brown Yellow Green Sea Green Medium Turquoise Royal Blue Purple Gray Magenta Orange Yellow Lime Cyan Deep Sky Blue Dark Orchid Silver [/QUOTE]
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