igauresh posted this at 03:47 — 15th December 2006.
Is there any difference between using hex or rgb codes or colour names when coding a page? Does it make a difference in the browser used? Obviously the coding is a little different with the hex or rgb or colour names. Also I am wondering why the sites that have these codes are labeled as web safe. I don't know what that means.
j4k3 posted this at 05:12 — 15th December 2006.
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do you mean like
font color="red"'vs
font color="#000000"'?
Busy posted this at 09:02 — 15th December 2006.
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the # before the letters/numbers means rgb, so #000000 is the correct way to do it.
Web safe is using within the 256 colour scope, which is meant to be 100% universal on all browsers and all platforms.
Using the color names can be done but not all are supported, I often use the black and white instead of #000000 and #ffffff but keep away from the others as I founf some time back Mac's had issues with names.
With CSS the 6 digit/number rgb combination can be shortened to 3, #000000 can become #000, but if you get a color like #ffcc00, shortening it can be tricky as #fc0 wont give you want you want.
Just a note, the 0 in rgb is always the number 0, not the letter O
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