catalyst...
Why not go to the source, I always say...
This site, put together by the The Windows XP Design Team,
should cover almost anything you want to know about
Windows XP fonts, colors, icons, controls, folders and
layouts:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~horton/cs305/info/wxp/default.htm
The section on colors is here:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~horton/cs305/info/wxp/colors.htm
Parameters of controls are described here:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~horton/cs305/info/wxp/controls.htm
*Note - I had trouble viewing some of the images in Mozilla.
FAQs are here, along with an email address, at the
bottom of the page, for the Design Team:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~horton/cs305/info/wxp/faq.htm
Microsoft's Terms of Use are here:
http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/gomscom.asp?target=/info/cpyright.htm
Please do not rate this answer until you are satisfied that
the answer cannot be improved upon by means of a dialog with
the researcher through the "Request for Clarification" process.
sublime1-ga
Searches done, via Google:
"Windows XP" colors
://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=%22Windows+XP%22++colors |
Request for Answer Clarification by
catalyst-ga
on
17 Dec 2002 09:45 PST
I had actually performed exactly the same search and found several of
the following links already. :) These links give examples only. If a
user provides a custom color scheme, Microsoft products will change
their background and highlight colors to suit. The colors that
Microsoft uses are not in the registry, but they are a function of
colors that are in the registry. For instance, I have figured out
through trial and error that a decent approximation of the toolbar
background in Microsoft Office is to take the ButtonFace color,
convert from RGB to HSL, increase the luminance with the following
function f(x) = (5/6)x + 40, and then convert back to RGB. This isn't
exact, but it's relatively close. The highlight color is another
function that takes more than one variable, from what I can see (the
Hilight color and background color and maybe others). It may have
something to do with alpha blending. The question referred to the
functions that Microsoft uses in the general case. In short, do you
know what the formulas are that Microsoft uses to generate the colors
that are related to the base colors in the registry? (at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors)
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Clarification of Answer by
sublime1-ga
on
17 Dec 2002 17:28 PST
catalyst...
And I was so excited, thinking I'd found just
what you needed! Should I assume that truetone's
comment does not provide the information you
need by way of the developer downloads, since
you posted your clarification well after his
comment? And did you try emailing the XP
Design Team, or would you prefer that I initiate
contact with them? If none of the above provide
the solution you need, let me know, and I can
have my answer removed, which will clear the
way for another researcher to have a go at it.
sublime1-ga
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Request for Answer Clarification by
catalyst-ga
on
17 Dec 2002 18:27 PST
The link provided gives examples of Windows XP colors, but doesn't
actually say how they are derived. I've sent a message to the Windows
XP design team, but I haven't received a reply yet.
Thanks for your help though . . .
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Clarification of Answer by
sublime1-ga
on
17 Dec 2002 18:45 PST
catalyst...
Let me know how it works out with the Design Team,
and if there's anything else I can do for you...
sublime1-ga
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Request for Answer Clarification by
catalyst-ga
on
20 Dec 2002 13:54 PST
The Design Team has not responded to my email. Do you know who else I
might ask? Is there another researcher who might know? Should I post
a new question with all of this information?
Thanks,
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Clarification of Answer by
sublime1-ga
on
20 Dec 2002 15:01 PST
catalyst...
I'm sorry this turned into a dead end for you.
The algorithms you speak of are over my head,
and I wouldn't even know how to phrase a search
for what you speak of.
If you prefer, I can have my answer removed to
clear the way for another researcher. This will,
however, remove all of the clarification dialogues.
You can either copy all of it to a text file, and
post it in a clarification after my answer is gone,
or you can re-post the question with a link to this
one. I will understand whichever choice you make.
Let me know your wishes.
sublime1-ga
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