Choose your Style
New in ScubaBoard 2021 ScubaBoard had different "Styles" in previous versions but there are several significant new options.
What are Styles?
Styles change the colors that ScubaBoard is displayed in. We now have five Styles to accommodate:- Different preferences
- Different lighting conditions
- Different display technologies
- Differences in color perception (color blindness)
ScubaBoard Light
ScubaBoard Light is the default and looks like this:ScubaBoard Dark
ScubaBoard Dark is very popular in certain lighting conditions.Red Tide
Red Tide is part of our "RGB" series.Green Water
Green Water is part of our "RGB" series.Deep Blue Sea
Deep Blue Sea is part of our "RGB" series.How do I switch Styles?
There are three ways to switch Styles, the first one is new in this upgrade:Toggle Between Light and Dark Styles
Style Chooser
Click the Style Chooser "paintbrush" icon located at the bottom left of every page:Click the Style you want from the pop-up menu:
Preferences
Choose the Style from the drop down menu.
Why so many Styles?
There is tremendous human variation in color perception. About 4-8% of males and 0.4-1% of females are born with some level of color perception deficiency, commonly called color blindness. But the effect of color perception is much deeper than just passing the Ishihara test.Most people gravitate toward their "favorite" color. Our reasons for why we pick that color may be verbalized in many ways, but a contributing factor likely has something to do with our individual color perception. Whatever the reason, we aim to make our time on ScubaBoard as pleasant as possible.
The RGB Series
RGB stands for Red Green Blue and is based on the RGB additive color model. The RGB model is widely used in electronic devices to produce and define colors. RGB is also used in photography and image processing. RGB loosely correlates to human color receptors known as Cones.ScubaBoard, and most current digital displays, supports 24-bit color. This equates to 256 levels, designated by the numbers 0-255, for each RGB color. Three colors with 256 levels produces 16,777,216 colors, or 256 cubed. This is generally considered at, or exceeding, the ability of the human eye to discern between colors.
See the RGB Colors Heading for more information:
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