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© Tue Jan 4 2005 |
Help Section 8 |
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The table below is grouped by color categories, in this order, so that the visual contrast may assist in using it. |
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Within each category, the colors are listed in alphabetical order, according to their official names. |
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The 140 Official Color-code Names & their Hex Codes |
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| Darkorange FF8C00 | Lightsalmon FFA07A | Orange FFA500 | |
| Orangered FF4500 | Peachpuff FFDAB9 | Sandybrown F4A460 |
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| Darkgray A9A9A9 | Dimgray 696969 | Gainsboro DCDCDC | Gray 808080 | |
| Lightgrey D3D3D3 | Lightslategray 778899 | Silver C0C0C0 | Slategray 708090 | |
| Cornsilk FFF8DC | Darkgoldenrod B8860B | Gold FFD700 | |
| Goldenrod DAA520 | Khaki F0E68C | Lemonchiffon FFFACD | Lightgoldenrodyellow FAFAD2 | |
| Lightyellow FFFFE0 | Palegoldenrod EEE8AA | Yellow FFFF00 |
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| Aliceblue F0F8FF | Aqua or Cyan 00FFFF | Azure F0FFFF | Blue 0000FF | |
| Cadetblue 5F9EA0 | Cornflowerblue 6495ED | Darkblue 00008B | Darkslateblue 483D8B | |
| Darkturquoise 00CED1 | Deepskyblue 00BFFF | Dodgerblue 1E90FF | Lightblue ADD8E6 | |
| Lightcyan E0FFFF | Lightskyblue 87CEFA | Lightsteelblue B0C4DE | Mediumblue 0000CD | |
| Mediumturquoise 48D1CC | Midnightblue 191970 | Navy 000080 | Paleturquoise AFEEEE | |
| Powderblue B0E0E6 | Royalblue 4169E1 | Skyblue 87CEEB | Slateblue 6A5ACD | |
| Steelblue 4682B4 | Turquoise 40E0D0 |
| Bisque FFE4C4 | |
| Brown A52A2A | Coral FF7F50 | Crimson DC143C | Darkred 8B0000 | |
| Darksalmon E9967A | deeppink FF1493 | Firebrick B22222 | Hotpink FF69B4 | |
| Indianred CD5C5C | Lavenderblush FFF0F5 | Lightcoral F08080 | Lightpink FFB6C1 | |
| Maroon 800000 | Mistyrose FFE4E1 | Palevioletred D87093 | Pink FFC0CB | |
| Red FF0000 | Salmon FA8072 | Tomato FF6347 |
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| Aquamarine 7FFFD4 | Chartreuse 7FFF00 | Darkcyan 008B8B | Darkgreen 006400 | |
| Darkkhaki BDB76B | Darkolivegreen 556B2F | Darkseagreen 8FBC8F | Darkslategray 2F4F4F | |
| Forestgreen 228B22 | Green 008000 | Greenyellow ADFF2F | Honeydew F0FFF0 | |
| Lawngreen 7CFC00 | Lightgreen 90EE90 | Lightseagreen 20B2AA | Lime 00FF00 | |
| Limegreen 32CD32 | Mediumaquamarine 66CDAA | Mediumseagreen 3CB371 | Mediumspringgreen 00FA9A | |
| Olive 808000 | Olivedrab 688E23 | Palegreen 98FB98 | Seagreen 2E8B57 | |
| Springgreen 00FF7F | Teal 008080 | YellowGreen 9ACD32 |
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| Blueviolet 8A2BE2 | Darkmagenta 8B008B | Darkorchid 9932CC | Darkviolet 9400D3 | |
| Fuchsia or Magenta FF00FF | Indigo 4B0082 | Lavender E6E6FA | Mediumorchid BA55D3 | |
| Mediumpurple 9370D8 | Mediumslateblue 7B68EE | Mediumvioletred C71585 | Orchid DA70D6 | |
| Plum DDA0DD | Purple 800080 | Rosybrown BC8F8F | Thistle D8BFD8 | |
| Violet EE82EE |
| Floralwhite FFFAF0 | Ghostwhite F8F8FF | |
| Ivory FFFFF0 | Linen FAF0E6 | Mintcream F5FFFA | Oldlace FDF5E6 | |
| Seashell FFF5EE | Snow FFFAFA | White FFFFFF | Whitesmoke F5F5F5 | |
| Antiquewhite FAEBD7 | Beige F5F5DC | Blanchedalmond FFEBCD | |
| Burlywood DEB887 | Chocolate D2691E | Moccasin FFE4B5 | Navajowhite FFDEAD | |
| Papayawhip FFEFD5 | Peru CD853F | Saddlebrown 8B4513 | Sienna A0522D | |
| Tan D2B48C | Wheat F5DEB3 |
| Black 000000 | |
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© Fri Dec 31 2004 |
Help Section 9 |
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2 of the following 6 tables do not contain official
color-names. The other 4 do –
and are so noted.
Official color-names may be used in place of the "hex-triplet" which is the standard method for designating any of the 16,777,216 colors commonly allowed in website browsers. There are 140 official color-names – but two are alternate names for the same color, id est: cyan/aqua & magenta/fuchsia. There are a total of 16,776,960 different colors – plus "black" and "white", and 254 true greys (usually spelled "gray"). |
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| FFeeee | eeFFee | eeeeFF | eeFFFF | FFeeFF | FFFFee |
| p-pink | p-green | p-blue | p-aqua | p-magenta | p-yellow |
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The above 6 colors are simply heavily whitewashed versions of the following 6 colors – as you can readily see by examining their respective hex-triplets. ••• To keep a color pale (usually to use as a background for text), but to get a little more "show" than in the examples above, change the "e" components of the hex-triplets to a "d", or possibly a "c" at the very max – but not any more. Remember: the further you get away from white, the more difficult text is to read on that background — and that encourages the visitor to dump your site. ••• Another reason to keep your backgrounds very light is because old monitors lose their brightness, and you have no control over that. ••• When in doubt, stick with WHITE – or one of the super-pales in the table above. |
| FULL (FF) – official names | |||||
| FF0000 | 00FF00 | 0000FF | 00FFFF | FF00FF | FFFF00 |
| red | lime | blue | aqua/cyan | fuchsia/magenta | yellow |
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The above table shows a FULL saturation of one, or two, colors. The following table shows a HALF saturation of one, or two, colors, each yielding a darker version of the color above. |
| HALF (80) – official names | |||||
| 800000 | 008000 | 000080 | 008080 | 800080 | 808000 |
| maroon | green | navy | teal | purple | olive |
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Though "teal" and "olive" are rarely used colors (in that they are rather ugly), I have included them simply because they are among the standard 6 "halvies." However, there are 6 other colors that are quite frequently used, and are featured in the following table. |
| OTHER FREQ USED – official names | |||||
| 8B4513 | FFFFFF | 000000 | FFA500 | 87CEEB | FFC0CB |
| Saddlebrown | White | Black | Orange | Skyblue | Pink |
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It is difficult to find a good "brown" with an official color-name. Most of them are either too light, too grey-toned, or too red – as is the case with the one actually named "Brown" – so, "Saddlebrown" is the "cleanest" brown I've found – that is, with an official name – but even that is probably a little too light. ••• The best brown may possibly be #582000 – which is the color of this text. The following 6 greys are exactly graduated between black (7) & white (0). They do not have names. |
| GREY | |||||
| 242424 | 494949 | 6D6D6D | 949494 | B6B6B6 | DBDBDB |
| grey-6 | grey-5 | grey-4 | grey-3 | grey-2 | grey-1 |
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9 of the 140 official color-names are greys. 3 of the 9 are not true greys – they have a bluish-green tint – (Darkslategray - 2F4F4F) – (Slategray - 708090) – (Lightslategray - 778899). 6 of the 9 ARE true greys – shown in the following table, along with their respective place in the 0-7 greyscale. |
| GREY – official names | |||||
| 696969 | 808080 | A9A9A9 | C0C0C0 | D3D3D3 | DCDCDC |
| Dimgray | Gray | Darkgray | Silver | Lightgray | Gainsboro |
| grey-4.1 | grey-3.5 | grey-2.4 | grey-1.7 | grey-1.2 | grey-0.96 |
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I know – "Gray" is actually DARKER than "Darkgray" – Sorry – I didn't name 'em. Neither the official color-names, nor the hex-triplets, are case-sensitive. So, customarily, upper or lower case works fine. But the spelling DOES matter – and some of the official color-names are long (like "mediumspringgreen") and are thereby prone to typing errors. — Be careful. |
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Help // 140 Named Colors and Help // Some Basics About Colors page was first posted on Wednesday, January 26th, 2005, and last updated on Wednesday, January 26th, 2005. |