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Each pair of HEX CODE digits represents the levels of
RED,
GREEN and
BLUE required to achieve the defined color.
The range of each pair of digits is from 00 to FF Hexadecimal,
or 00 to 255 Decimal. This yields 256 3 or 16,777,216 possible colors.
The same colors may be obtained in an application such as MS Word,
or Excel, by selecting "MORE FILL COLORS", then "CUSTOM".
Set the RED,
GREEN and
BLUE values
to the Decimal equivalent of the appropriate part of the HEX CODE.
Some examples are listed below.
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Primary Colors
PURE RED : Red only is at maximum.
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HEX CODE FF 00 00
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255
00
00
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PURE GREEN : Green only is at maximum.
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HEX CODE 00 FF 00
| DECIMAL
00
255
00
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PURE BLUE : Blue only is at maximum.
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HEX CODE 00 00 FF
| DECIMAL
00
00
255
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Secondary Colors
YELLOW : Red and green only are at maximum.
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HEX CODE FF FF 00
| DECIMAL
255
255
00
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CYAN : Green and blue only are at maximum.
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HEX CODE 00 FF FF
| DECIMAL
00
255
255
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MAGENTA : Red and blue only are at maximum.
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HEX CODE FF 00 FF
| DECIMAL
255
00
255
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Shades of Gray
BLACK : All color settings are at zero.
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HEX CODE 00 00 00
| DECIMAL
00
00
00
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GRAY : All color settings are equal, at a medium level.
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HEX CODE 80 80 80
| DECIMAL
128
128
128
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HEX CODE C0 C0 C0
| DECIMAL
192
192
192
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HEX CODE DF DF DF
| DECIMAL
223
223
223
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WHITE : All color settings are at maximum.
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HEX CODE FF FF FF
| DECIMAL
255
255
255
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Varying the Color Settings
Higher primary color settings will produce brighter colors.
MAROON
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HEX CODE 77 33 00
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119
51
00
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SALMON
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HEX CODE FA 80 72
| DECIMAL
250
128
114
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ORCHID
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HEX CODE BA 55 D3
| DECIMAL
186
85
211
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KHAKI
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HEX CODE 80 80 00
| DECIMAL
128
128
00
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TAN
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HEX CODE C4 8F 35
| DECIMAL
196
143
53
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PURPLE
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HEX CODE 70 0A 99
| DECIMAL
112
10
153
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The primary color settings may be varied to produce any
desired final color. In many cases, there is little difference between colors from a
practical point of view. Consider the blue variations below. Each primary color in
the sequence is incremented by a value of one.
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HEX CODE 18 9D FB
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18
157
251
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HEX CODE 19 9E FC
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19
158
252
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HEX CODE 20 9F FD
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20
159
253
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HEX CODE 21 A0 FE
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21
160
254
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HEX CODE 22 A1 FF
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22
161
255
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The primary color components in the table below are separated by a value
of 40 Hex, or 64 Decimal. (The first increment is 3F Hex, or 63 Decimal; 00 is also
a number). Green increases from left to right. Red is increased
by groups of five cells, from top to bottom. The blue component is incremented
within each group of five, also increasing from top to bottom.
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