Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true story
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/windows-3-1-included-a-red-and-yellow-hot-dog-stand-color-scheme-so-garish-it-was-long-assumed-to-be-a-joke-so-i-tracked-down-the-original-designer-to-get-the-true-story/
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StitchInTime@piefed.social · 22 pts · 264d
What I found interesting was the rationale behind the 16 available colors. Black and white, RGB, CMY, gray, and dark versions of each outside of B&W. Makes so much sense, but I never thought of it that way.
ChexMax@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 263d
What is CMY?
Lautrebeacon@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 263d
Cyan Magenta Yellow?
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 264d
Looks better than windows 11
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 3 pts · 264d
Garish yes, but it was great for color-blind people.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 31 pts · 264d
Flying_Dutch_Rudder@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 264d
As a color blind person, it’s not.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 7 pts · 264d
Ah, my sympathies then.
wagesj45@fedia.io · 8 pts · 264d
I dunno, I think some of these look pretty good. (via https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/)
The_v@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 264d
I used the black and white one in college.
My laptop screen was only black and white.
It also had a clip-on trackball as a mouse.
albbi@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 264d
As a colour blind person, I'm pretty sure I used this for a while.