How to Generate Random Colors Programmatically

[Martha_Jackson]

http://martin.ankerl.com/2009/12/09/how-to-create-random-colors-programmatically/

[Semiapies]

This is a nice article, but the central lesson is that you almost never want actual randomness - you want variation within useful limits.

[viggity]

I wrote a short method that when given a background color it will tell you whether or not white or black text will be the most readable. Using this you can still generate saturated colors but still have the text be readable.

You can find it here:

http://blog.nitriq.com/BlackVsWhiteText.aspx