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Monitor Settings
One of the biggest
problems on the Internet is seeing what the web site designer wants
you to see. Especially when it comes to color. PC
video cards and monitors are usually shipped with a white point set to
9300°K. This gives a bluish tint to everything. Luckily the
gamma on newer monitors is generally set at 2.2 , which today, is the
Internet standard. Both of these settings can dramatically
change how you see our colors on your monitor.
Our site is best viewed in
Safari 4.0 (free
download). Safari default settings seem the best "right out of the
box" so to speak.
Although once your monitor is set
properly our colors should look pretty accurate in Explorer and
Firefox.
These are the settings we
use:
Adjusting
your monitor setting the same as ours will allow you to see our colors
as they are intended.
Monitor temperature
7500°K. (6500°K is too red, 9300°K is too blue)
Gamma 2.2 (yours is most likely set to this already)
If you aren't familiar
with your monitor settings, it's best to get out the ol' manual.
The controls are normally somewhere on the front or side of your
monitor. The temperature setting is normally with the "color"
settings (Red- Green-Blue).
Before you make any adjustments to your
monitor
Be sure to jot down
your original settings before you make any adjustments. That way
if you don't like the "optimal" settings you can set them back to what
they were. Just remember that you won't see our colors as they
are meant to be seen without making these adjustments to your monitor.
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