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A Guide to Color-Name Test Pages
     There is a standardized list of color names that can be used in place of hexadecimal codes. These names are recognized by most browsers, but not all browsers produce the same color with the same name [example, "sienna", right].
color="sienna"
color="blue"
 These Color Test Pages are designed to demonstrate the actual color your browser will display when you enter a color name into your HTML document in lieu of its code number [as in: color="blue", left, -- instead of color="#0000FF"].
     The pages first display the color-name in the named-color font column as text [as in: font color="redorange" shown right.] to demonstrate the appearance of a text in that color against a neutral background.
< font color="redorange">
red
     Then the named color is displayed in the named-color background column as a solid background color with the name of the color superimposted on it [example: bgcolor="red", shown left] to demonstrate the appearance of a broader field of that color.
     Finally, in the coded-color font column, the hexadecimal number for that color name -- and the color it produces when used -- is shown as text against a neutral background. [example: color="#228b22" -- corresponding to forestgreen -- as shown at right. In HTML the hexadecimal number is always preceded by a hash mark (#) and enclosed in quotes.]
color="#228b22"
X(color="summersky")
Hexadecimal Only
"summersky"
color="#38b0de"
      Several color names in the tables do not produce the color they name -- they are obsolete [as in "summersky", left]. You can still produce that named color, but only by using its hexadecimal code number. These colors are therefore listed in the named-color font column as Hexadecimal Only, with the former name in quotes over its color field in the named-color background column -- (in this case the background and texts are produced with the hexadecimal code, not the name).

     The colors are grouped in color categories to assist search:
Within each category, the color names are listed alphabetically.


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