Colors
	Introduction	Hexadecimal Colors
	Color Names	Body Colors
	Font Colors	Table Colors
	Color Chart	Color Programs
Introduction There are two ways to specify colors in your web page.  One is using Hexadecimal numbers and the other is using Color names.  I suggest using one that is most comfortable to you and sticking with it thru out your web site. Back top Hexadecimal Codes Colors that are defined by a number is called hexadecimal.  Hexadecimal codes can be tricky but some find easier to use.  I have provided a color chart at the bottom of this page to help you out with the color codes.  An example of hexadecimal color code is: Red Green Blue #FF000 #00B800 #0F00CD Make sure when you type of the code that you type a zero (0) and not the letter o. I also suggest you try and use basic colors since there are people out there that cannot see all the color properly.  Back to Color Names There are over 100 defined color names that are recognized by Netscape 3.0+ and Internet Explorer 3.0+.  Other browsers may not see the color correctly and can become spotty. An example of using color names is: Black Green Red Yellow Olive Cyan Back top Body Colors Body colors are those that are set as the basic colors for your page.  They will cover the text, links, visited links,  activated links, and background.  They are written together in the body tag.  An example: The bgcolor is the background color, the text is text, link is links, vlink is visited links, and alink is activated links.  And example of what this would look like is this: Text Link Visited Link Activated Link This tag will go directly under your tag.  If you put it in the wrong spot or have more then one your page may not load correctly in some browsers. You will learn more about the links on my links page. Back top Font Colors You can control the way your text looks at any time within your page by using the font color tag:  The tag will look like this: colored text You will want to make sure you end you text you wanted colored with the tag.  If not everything from the first part will stay the same color. Back top Table Colors You can add a colored background to your table by added this tag: For example: would make my table look like this: The background  Is now blue. To make just one cell a background color use this tag:				An example is this: This should be blue This should be red This should be black This should be green You can learn more about tables on my tables page. Back top Color Chart This is a thumbnail, if you wish to see the full picture please click on the the picture. Back top Color Programs: Coming soon. Back top