Feb 2005 UTC Federal elections charts I d like to get some consensus on what to do about colours in the elections charts but I don t want to get into a revert war so I m asking people to express their opinions here before any changes are made Since you have contributed to these pages I m inviting your comments I am initiating this discussion because some of the colours that are currently being used are too dark for some monitors so that it is difficult to read the text The point of adding colours to the charts is to make it easier for readers to derive information from the charts This goal is foiled by using colours dark enough to obscure the text The Wikipedia style guide is clear on the issue Use colour sparingly Computers and browsers vary you can not know how much colour is presented on the recipient s machine if any Wikipedia is international colours have different meaning in different cultures Too many colours on one page make them look cluttered and unencyclopedic Use the colour red only for alerts and warnings So let s choose some colours that are light enough that red Wilkilinked text and blue Wikilinked text are both easy to read through Please join the discussion at Talk Canadian federal election results since 1867 Thanks 17 23 18