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

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• StitchInTime@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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.

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  • ChexMax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What is CMY?

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    • Lautrebeacon@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Cyan Magenta Yellow?

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• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Garish yes, but it was great for color-blind people.

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If you read the comments to Atwood’s article, you’ll see some speculation that it’s actually great if you’re color blind, and then you’ll see that speculation debunked.

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  • Flying_Dutch_Rudder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    As a color blind person, it’s not.

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    • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Ah, my sympathies then.

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    • albbi@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      As a colour blind person, I’m pretty sure I used this for a while.

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• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Looks better than windows 11

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