For the sake of simplicity

3/14/2026

For the sake of simplicity

Or maybe “sake of efficiency” is more accurate.

Artist friends have been sharing Keith Cirkel’s “Just Noticeable Difference” test. At my best I landed on .0029 which is pretty dang good. I chalk it up to so much time spent working with color throughout my career.

Admittedly I gave Keith’s writeup on why he made the test, but it gets really into the technical side of things. I am fine admitting that most of that goes way over my head. I think I get the basics of it. Automating and optimizing the way colors are chosen in efforts to simplify CSS. I think.

Either way, it was fun to see where I landed as a designer. That’s a whole different story filled with pantone shades, RBG and CMYK values, and a lot of discussions about “how it looks in print.”

What did you get?

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color theory, graphic design, jnd, just noticeable difference, keith cirkel

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