holmedwa04 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Hi,As most of you already probaly know, when writting a colour you can use the colour name, or a hex value, I have listed the colour names that you can use below:Black,Sliver,Gray US spelling,White,Maroon,Red,Purple,Fuchsia,Green,Lime,Olive,Yellow,Navy,Blue,Teal,Aqua,* Lightblue,* Lightyellow,* Lightgreen,* Pink.* Not always accepted by some browsers.Then obviouly you have the Hex value (256 I think).Link Here to a table of the colours with RGB values as well, the username is: buildmysite, and the password is: now.So here comes my question, why can you use any colour you like if you get the hex number of an image program? Is it because the 256 colours are websafe or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Exactly :)You can use this as a good reference and explanation about them and what exactly is the issue here: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/colors/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmedwa04 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 Am I best just using the web safe colours then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 You can use hexcodes safely With only those "safe colours" you can't really choose nice colours out of so little amount. But it is up to you You can use anything you want, only not all colours (might) look exactly the same in all browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmedwa04 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 You can use hexcodes safely With only those "safe colours" you can't really choose nice colours out of so little amount. But it is up to you You can use anything you want, only not all colours (might) look exactly the same in all browsers.So, if I dont use the websafe colours will they perhaps appear dithered?I dont usually use other than websafe colours, its just for one site template that I have made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Yes Though I am not an expert at dithering, that would be the case yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmedwa04 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 Ok, thanks thats all really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 You're welcome Ask anything you want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 So, if I dont use the websafe colours will they perhaps appear dithered?I dont usually use other than websafe colours, its just for one site template that I have made.I haven't seen this issue for several years. It used to be an issue when people had 8-bit or sometimes 16-bit color displays, but the vast majority of users these days have at least 24-bit displays that will display any hex value correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Thanks for mentioning that, I wasn't sure about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Brown, Yellow, White, Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Gray, Magenta, Lime, Pink, Purple, Dark Blue, Aqua Marine, Royal Blue, Dark Red, Dark Turquoise, Turquoise, Dark Khaki, Sky Blue, Maroon, Tan, Ivory, Cyan, Gold, Plum, Light Coral, Indian Red, Firebrick, Silver, Alice Blue, Lightslate Gray, Light Blue, Aqua, Maroon, Navy, Teal, Indigo, Antique White, Blue Violet, Cadet Blue, Chartreuse, Chocolate, Cornflower Blue, Crimson, Dark Orchid, Salmon, Deep Pink, Dodger Blue, Fuchsia, Dark Salmon, Gold, Green Yellow, Olive, Peru, Saddle Brown, Tan, TomatoAll those are colour names you can use... If you can't read what it says because of contrast, highlight the word with your mouse. If it's a two-word color, write them in one word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 you can use steelblue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 The links I supplied explained that, and gave even a scheme for grey and red teints And an explanation about "dithering" and "safe colors" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reportingsjr Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Hex HubThat has a list of literally thousands of hex codes, plus the have what each one looks like next to the code.. I always use this when using hex, and I never use words, always hex! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I also always use hexcodes, but with that explanation of http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/colors/ I now understand how those hexcodes work. So I don't have to use a page that sommuns all hex colors It is very handy to know how they work, it is like the rgb() values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmedwa04 Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 Thanks for mentioning that, I wasn't sure about it Wow, that is seriously cool, I never knew that there were that many different colours you could use, the ones that I listed were from a HTML book that I have got but from reading it, I think that it was last printed in 2000, and so it might not be up to date.But I will certainly use those other ones, I mainly use just hexcodes but they are cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Wow, that is seriously cool, I never knew that there were that many different colours you could useThere are over 16.7 million colors you can use! Anything from 0x000000 to 0xFFFFFF. In hex, FF is 255, so you can use values from 0-255 for each RGB: #RRGGBB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 255 meaning the full color, which makes white instead of black in real life. And 0 means no color leaving black (which is in real life just white) What a mess ey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 It's the way different media uses colors. With print media or mixing paint, white is the absence of color and black is every color. The more colors you mix together, the darker the color gets. Any kid with a set of watercolors can tell you that. With light (such as computer monitors), it is the reverse. The absence of color is black, and every color being mixed is white. White on a screen is all colors being shown maximum. The more colors you add to the light, the brighter the light gets. You can see it for yourself with a prism. If you shine light through a prism, it gets separated into the different wavelengths and you can see all of the colors that make it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McKalling Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I know , you don't have to explain me I may not be clear though, so its fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmedwa04 Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 Yeh, that is really quite a good way of explaining it, I have never thought of it like that! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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