GNU bug report logs - #41544
26.3; Possible incorrect results from color-distance

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Reported by: Simon Pugnet <simon <at> polaris64.net>

Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 16:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 26.3

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 41544 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41544: 26.3; Possible incorrect results from color-distance
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 09:12:11 -0700 (PDT)

> IME, it is unreasonable to assume that a pair of colors will be
> perceived as "contrasting enough" no matter which of them is
> foreground and which background.  Background colors affect larger
> portions of display, and therefore a bright background is perceived as
> brighter and a dark background as darker, than when the same color is
> used as foreground.

I agree with this.  And as you said earlier, different
eyes see differently (and different devices display
differently).
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