iwethey graphic's background != bgcolor of page

Post #59,322 by SpiceWare 10/25/02 12:05:48 AM Reply	iwethey graphic's background != bgcolor of page I've seen the effect before - an RGB value is probably off by 1. It's not noticable at 24/32 bit(my desktop) but is noticable when displayed at 15/16 bit(my laptop). I think what's happening is one color is rounded up while the other is rounded down for display at the lower bit depth. Considering the number of iwethey images, I'd recommend changing the value of bgcolor. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #59,327 by ChrisR 10/25/02 12:43:07 AM Reply	Need transparent value set? The problem is that the values of images do no translate across a variety of displays and resolutions. Basically means that matching the color in an image to the color of the html background is hard to do. Best to set the background as transparent.
Post #59,372 by drewk 10/25/02 8:43:59 AM Reply	Could be a PNG issue Some browsers (guess which?), while they support PNG, don't properly handle PNG transparency. You'll see a slight darkening of the underlying color, so it would look like the effect you're describing. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #59,383 by SpiceWare 10/25/02 9:48:30 AM Reply	ah I was booted under windows, I'll check under Linux tonight. Odd thing about the video drivers for my laptop, OS/2 lets me use 24bit color but both Windows and Linux limit the 1400x1050 display to 16bit. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #59,375 by admin 10/25/02 9:01:22 AM Reply	Exactly the same. Your browser may have an issue with PNG images. Both the image background and the body background here are #EAEAEA. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #59,398 by ChrisR 10/25/02 10:46:04 AM Reply	Run into this problem before on IE You can not depend on the image color of GIFs or PNGs to match the colors embedded in the html page. It doesn't matter if they have the same RGB setting - #EAEAEA in an image will have slightly different color than #EAEAEA as a background in the html. Assuming you want to solve the problem - which is really a browser bug - you have two options. Either set the transparency of the image to be #EAEAEA, or worse, set the background to an image that has only one color of #EAEAEA. I've used both approaches in the past for some of my pages.
Post #59,399 by ChrisR 10/25/02 10:51:17 AM Reply	One other thing The background for the iwethey graphic on the suggestion page doesn't seem to have the same background setting as the one on the main forum page.
Post #59,401 by admin 10/25/02 10:54:20 AM Reply	Same as far as the Gimp is concerned. They're both #eaeaea according to the color picker tool. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #59,411 by ChrisR 10/25/02 11:37:49 AM Reply	Ok, it's just a misperception. Guess that paper box just makes the color difference more obvious.
Post #59,400 by admin 10/25/02 10:51:51 AM Reply	Re: Run into this problem before on IE which is really a browser bug I think you answered that right there... Browser bugs that affect the workings of the site but which can be worked around, well, I will consider those. Something that makes images not quite so spiffy looking in IE... let me just say I find myself with a distressing lack of motivation to fix that one. ;-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #59,404 by drewk 10/25/02 11:01:43 AM Reply	Third solution Make a small tile (say 20x20) in your background color and set that as the background image. Then regardless of how the browser handles them, the image and the background image will match because the browser will screw them up the same way. Note that while I have done this in the past, I am heartily not recommending it. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #59,387 by deSitter 10/25/02 9:57:21 AM Reply	Re: iwethey graphic's background != bgcolor of page Seems to be a Windows issue - I've seen this before with desktop icons in high color schemes. (I verify your observation.) -drl

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