Colors in HTML are given as either words or hexadecimals. Some
common colors are recognised as simple words i.e "silver", "orange" etc. The
HTML colors are made up of various degrees of Red, Blue, and Green. By mixing
various amounts of Red Blue and Green, up to 16,7 Million different colors can
be made. These are 'mixed' using a hexadecimal system. Hexadecimal numbers are
given as a combination of the numbers 1 to 9 and letters a to f. The letters a
to f represent the numbers 10 to 16. You can mix up to 256 units of Red, and
Blue and Green. e.g 3f=3times16, ff=16times16=256. ff is the brightest and 00
the darkest color. Click HERE to view a
color chart. NOTE: remember to use the American spelling i.e color. Remember
always to check your tags and spelling carefully, and make sure that all tags
are closed i.e in < > clammers, and all tags that need to be are begun and
ended e.g <font> "text to be formatted" </font>. Paragraph <P>
and page breaks <BR>, are exceptions. Remember that colors are given as a
hexadecimal <color="#RRBBGG"> e.g <color="#3b5caf">. Take a look at
the color chart and pick out colors you really like. There are 16.7 million
possibilities!
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