Define Your Colors » Other Color Problems

Minnesota Public Radio’s Lack of Defined Colors

Define Your Colors — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:27:46 +0000

A slight redesign, but the colors are correct.

Another day, another site without defined colors.

The Link: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/ and every other page on the site.
The Problem: Pages on the site are missing both background and text colors.
The Fix: Adding background-color: #fff; color: #000; to the global.css file.
The Screenshot: Click to Enlarge

Happy 10th, Google! Now Please Define Your Colors!

Define Your Colors — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:37:54 +0000

Google is celebrating its 10th anniversary today. They even released an interactive timeline of Google events. Unfortunately, Google’s front-end coders are as inconsistent as Yahoo’s. I’ve already mentioned that Google’s search results page doesn’t define its colors correctly, and now their timeline doesn’t either.

The Link: http://www.google.com/tenthbirthday/#start
The Problem: Once again, no defined background or text colors.
The Fix: Adding color: #000; to the body selector in the display.css file.
The Screenshot: Click to Enlarge

Two-Toned MSNBC Pages

Define Your Colors — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:47:16 +0000

MSNBC goes for a potpourri of color problems! Their FirstRead site tries to be clever by using a background image for colors all over the place. Unfortunately for them, one of those images stops short of doing the job (much like the media during election time). So instead of one seamless color, we get a lovely two-toned background, with nary a defined color in sight.

The Link: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ and all their underlying pages.
The Problem: Background and text colors are undefined.
The Fix: I think it needs something close to #EBECF1 as a background color, and the typical #000 for the text (good old black).
The Screenshot: Click to Enlarge