There are four ways to specify color:
- By Color Name
- By hexadecimal value.
- By RGB percents (only with CSS/XSL)
- By RGB decimal values (only with CSS/XSL)
Here’s a chart of colornames, codes, and samples. If you want to see how a color looks in more detail, just click on the alphabet and?pop?the whole page background will change to that color. This does require a JavaScripted Web browser. You should be fine if you are using Netscape Navigator 2.0+, Internet Explorer 3.0+ or any other Web browser that supports JavaScript.
This chart can be very useful for determining if your color is legible against the background color you wish to use.
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