Confusing Cabin Color Codes

I have read numerous posts, on CC and other forums, from people who are finding it more difficult as time passes to differentiate the cabin colour codes from the on-line deck plans.

The reason for this is that as cruise ships get larger and more cabin grades are being offered, it should be obvious that the natural colour spectrum is starting to merge into a colour wash.

There is, however, a very simple way to overcome this.

All colours used in online graphics have a unique code. There are several different formats, but the best one to use is what is called the “Hexadecimal Colour Code”. It is normally written in this manner, #3A6552 Every colour used in graphics has a unique code, so here’s how to differentiate, those close to call colours, on an online deck plan.

What you need is to have a little program sitting on your computer desktop called a colour picker. The one I use, which is for windows, is called ( Color Cop ). It is free and can be downloaded from http://www.colorcop.net If you are using a Mac or any other operating system, there will be a colour picker designed for them. There are literally hundreds of them out there, but be careful and only download from a reputable source to avoid “PUPS” being planted on your computer.

To use it, once it is on your desktop, just click on it to open and it will sit on top of any program you have open, even pdf files can be picked. These are commonly used for deck plans.

Click the picker and drag it over to the cabin colour, from the chart you want to identify, then click it and the code will be displayed, for example #3A6552

Then go over to the deck plan and click on the cabin colours until you match the code. You have then identified the unique cabin colour, or vice a versa.

I have created a video here to show how to do it: [YOUTUBE]oAWxdVFq4pQ[/YOUTUBE]