Date:         Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:20:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
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From:         Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
Subject:      Re: CX colors in SAS
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On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:54:50 -0700, "RolandRB" <rolandberry@HOTMAIL.COM>
said:
> On Mar 15, 11:06 pm, j...@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG (Jack Hamilton) wrote:
> > Doesn't Tufte claim that there are no intuitive color progressions
> > represnting intensity or degree?  And what about people who are
> > color-blind (up to 10% of males in some countries).
>
> So maybe it is a good idea to do all these reports in B+W. BIG letters
> too, just in case they have forgotten their glasses.

Perhaps.  By the time a report has gone through a fax or copy machine,
you've lost the colors and some of the fine detail.

Actually, I don't think Tufte has a problem with color as long as color
is not the only distinguishing characteristic.



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Jack Hamilton
Sacramento, California
jfh@alumni.stanford.org