How to decide which colors to use that look most similar across most screens/monitors?

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Published on 2010-05-26T10:48:58Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 10:51 UTC
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Hi,

I'm baffled. I'm trying to find suitable colors for a logo that would look similar across most monitors/screens. I know it's near impossible, but how does one end up with the color palette that new Google logo and Facebook "blue" uses for example?

I've a monitor that has been calibrated, and a few laptop screens that have default settings. Yet both the Google logo and facebook's look similar (although they aren't using colors restricted to the web safe 216 palette.

Any ideas? thoughts?

Thanks

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