Merging two colors

[simon]

Hi All,

Is it possible to have a background colour that goes from one colour down to
another?

I don't want to use an image as it will be far too big but my boss wants the
merged look.

Can it be done?

Many thanks

Simon

 

[rf]

Is it possible to have a background colour that goes from one colour down to
another?

I don't want to use an image as it will be far too big but my boss wants the
merged look.

Can it be done?

No.

Use an image, it wont be big. Make it a 1 pixel wide image and tile it.

 

[simon]

No.

Use an image, it wont be big. Make it a 1 pixel wide image and tile it.

But how would I get the fading effect from one colour to another using one
pixel?

Simon

 

[Fat Sam]

But how would I get the fading effect from one colour to another
using one pixel?

Simon

Well, say the area you want the blend to cover was 500 pixels wide by 300
pixels tall, and you wanted the colour to blend from blue at the top to red
at the bottom......You'd make an image 1 pixel wide, by 300 pixels tall with
a colour blend running from blue at the top to red at the bottom.....Then
you'd either insert this image as a background, which will tile it to cover
the entire area.....Or you could display it as an image, and use the browser
to resize it to 500 pixels in width......

Having said this, I'm sure there's a CSS solution that will do this without
the need for any images at all.....I've seen it somewhere, but haven't got a
clue where or how to do it......

 

[Steve Pugh]

But how would I get the fading effect from one colour to another using one
pixel?

1 pixel wide. Many pixels long.

Steve

 

[Toby Inkster]

Having said this, I'm sure there's a CSS solution that will do this without
the need for any images at all....

There isn't.

 

[Leif K-Brooks]

Well, say the area you want the blend to cover was 500 pixels wide by 300
pixels tall

What if the area contains text?

 

[Els]

What if the area contains text?

Then you should make sure the text is neither blue nor red

 

[rf]

Then you should make sure the text is neither blue nor red

Nor anything inbetween

 

[Els]

Nor anything inbetween

Yellow seems the best alternative

 

[rf]

Yellow seems the best alternative

My eyes are starting to bleed just thinking about it :-(

 

[Duende]

While sitting in a puddle rf scribbled in the mud:

My eyes are starting to bleed just thinking about it :-(

You want blood, Well here's blood in your eye.
http://usenet.wipkip.biz/lake/

WARNING not for rf!


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[rf]

While sitting in a puddle rf scribbled in the mud:

You want blood, Well here's blood in your eye.
http://usenet.wipkip.biz/lake/

WARNING not for rf!

Simply not good enough Mr D!

You are way outside the frequency range (5Hz to 30Hz) that induces epilepsy.
Like the lake though

http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/pages/info/leaflets/photo.cfm#lights

Besides with all that flashing you lose the three-D effect that occurs when
wearing glasses.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/rf/temp/red.html

Using my eyes the red is about half an inch in front of the blue. You may
be different. The red may even be behind the blue.

Move your head around a bit too, things should slide about

 

[Duende]

While sitting in a puddle rf scribbled in the mud:

Move your head around a bit too, things should slide about

Don't have to move my head. My blood pressure is so low I always feel a bit
dizzy.

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[Oli Filth]

Besides with all that flashing you lose the three-D effect that occurs when
wearing glasses.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/rf/temp/red.html

Using my eyes the red is about half an inch in front of the blue. You may
be different. The red may even be behind the blue.

Move your head around a bit too, things should slide about

Yes, isn't the chromatic aberration in high-power glasses great! It
means you can never really tell if two things with different
monochromatic frequencies are in the same place or in line or whatever.
Which can get annoying.