There are quite a number of “green” moves recently by few big computer-makers. One of the “green ” activities involved is to reduce the energy consumption for the environment. According to a recent survey by Sun Microsystems, computers have made up about 3-4% of the total energy consumption of the whole world. Since there is more and more computers and gadgets coming into this world, we all have the responsibility to this energy efficiency before it eats up the energy of the whole world!
As a blogger or web developer, what can you do for saving some energy? Adjust the color of your blog or web pages to use those consuming lower watt by your CRT or other monitors. Your monitors use more power to display some colors than others, such as white and bright colors can use up at least 20% of power more than dark and black colors. EnergyStar has recently published a wattage ratings for different colors and thanks to Mark Ontkush has picked up 6 colors, which form a low-wattage color-palette as shown above, suitable for use in web-applications as your contribution for lower energy consumption. The hex code of the 6 colors are as follows:
#822007 (rusty red)
#000000 (black)
#b2bbc0 (blue grey)
#19472a (forest green)
#3d414c (cobalt)
#ffffff (white)
The white is included here as the accent color. Perhaps, I shall consider redesigning TechChee to follow the low watt color pallete.
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May 1st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Nice topic. For our sites, we should make sure that the color gives the right impression.
I would like to share with you a resource on
Website Design: Choosing The Right Colors For Your Website.
Hope you’ll find it useful too.
have a great day!