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Study in Color
by Dan Simpson

In HTML, there are two ways to specify for colors to be rendered. One way is using hexadecimal code (see below). For example, the tag <font color="#ff0000"> causes the font to be displayed in RED. The other manner to specify color is using a color name. For example, the tag <font color="red"> causes the font to be displayed in RED. A helpful Color Chart lists 140 Netscape color names (and corresponding hexadecimal code) that work on both Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers.

Below are some common color names. The first number in parentheses after a color name is its hexadecimal code. The "safe" next to some of them indicates that it is one of the 216 Non-Dithering Colors, the "browser-safe pallet." The other numbers in parentheses are similar colors from the safe pallet. The "not-Net" means that the color name is not on the Netscape Chart.

Sample Colors by Name

Color Tan (d2b48c) (cccc99) (ff9966) (ffcc99)
Color Brown (a52a2a) (993333) (663300) (663333)
Color Maroon
Color Darkred
Color Dark red
Color Red (ff0000 - safe)
Color Orange
Color Olive
Color Baby (non Net)
Color Gold
Color Yellow (ffff00 - safe)
Color Avacado (non Net)
Color Chartreuse
Color Lime (00ff00 - safe)
Color Umber (non Net)
Color Green (008000)
Color Blue (0000ff - safe)
Color Navy (000080) (000099)
Color Teal (008080) (009999)
Color Cyan (00ffff - safe)
Color Aqua (00ffff - safe)
Color Pink
Color Lavender
Color Indigo
Color Purple (800080) (990099)
Color Burgandy (non Net)
Color Magenta (ff00ff - safe)
Color Fuchsia (ff00ff - safe)
Color Violet
Color Silver (c0c0c0) (cccccc)
Color Gray (808080) (999999) (666666)

MS Word Colors

MS Word Font Color Pallet
Microsoft Word uses a 16-color pallet (pictured above). The following are the color names (as indicated in Word when you put your cursor on the color tile), their hexadecimal code ("Safe indicates that they are included in the 216 Non-Dithering Colors pallet."), and their corresponding relationship with the Netscape Color Chart.

Color Name
* indicates same name as the
Netscape Color Chart

Hex code

Netscape Name

Black*

000000 - safe

Black*

White*

ffffff - safe

White*

Gray 50%

808080

Gray

Gray 25%

c0c0c0

Silver

Dark Red

800000

Darkred, Dark, Maroon

Red*

ff0000 - safe

Red*

Dark Yellow

808000

    

Yellow*

ffff00 - safe

Yellow*

Green*

008000

Green*

Bright Green

00ff00 - safe

Lime

Teal*

008080

Teal*

Turquoise

00ffff - safe

Aqua, Cyan

Dark Blue

000080

Navy

Blue*

00ffff - safe

Blue*

Violet

800080

Purple

Pink

ff00ff - safe

Magenta, Fuchsia


RGB Colors

______ ______ ______
Red Green Blue
Using Hexadecimal Code (Base 16)= 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f

0 = No color hitting the screen, thus a 100% black screen.("#000000"=black)
f = 100% of the color hitting the screen, thus total saturation of that color.("#ffffff"=white)

Color "#ff0000"(100% Red)
Color "#00ff00"(100% Green)
Color "#0000ff"(100% Blue)

Color "#0000ff"(safe)
Color "#0000ee"
Color "#0000dd"
Color "#0000cc"(safe)
Color "#0000bb"
Color "#0000aa"
Color "#000099"(safe)
Color "#000088"
Color "#000077"
Color "#000066"(safe)
Color "#000055"
Color "#000044"
Color "#000033"(safe)
Color "#000022"
Color "#000011"
Color "#000000"(safe)

Color "#00ff00"(safe)
Color "#00ee00"
Color "#00dd00"
Color "#00cc00"(safe)
Color "#00bb00"
Color "#00aa00"
Color "#009900"(safe)
Color "#008800"
Color "#007700"
Color "#006600"(safe)
Color "#005500"
Color "#004400"
Color "#003300"(safe)
Color "#002200"
Color "#001100"
Color "#000000"(safe)

Color "#ff0000"(safe)
Color "#ee0000"
Color "#dd0000"
Color "#cc0000"(safe)
Color "#bb0000"
Color "#aa0000"
Color "#990000"(safe)
Color "#880000"
Color "#770000"
Color "#660000"(safe)
Color "#550000"
Color "#440000"
Color "#330000"(safe)
Color "#220000"
Color "#110000"
Color "#000000"(safe)

Color "#00ffff"(safe)
Color "#00eeee"
Color "#00dddd"
Color "#00cccc"(safe)
Color "#00bbbb"
Color "#00aaaa"
Color "#009999"(safe)
Color "#008888"
Color "#007777"
Color "#006666"(safe)
Color "#005555"
Color "#004444"
Color "#003333"(safe)
Color "#002222"
Color "#001111"
Color "#000000"(safe)

Color "#ffff00"(safe)
Color "#eeee00"
Color "#dddd00"
Color "#cccc00"(safe)
Color "#bbbb00"
Color "#aaaa00"
Color "#999900"(safe)
Color "#888800"
Color "#777700"
Color "#666600"(safe)
Color "#555500"
Color "#444400"
Color "#333300"(safe)
Color "#222200"
Color "#111100"
Color "#000000"(safe)

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This page was last updated October 11, 2001.