Monday, January 22, 2007

Web Design Tip: Hex colors and how to use them.

When designing a Web page in HTML, colors are defined using a 6-figure coding system called hexadecimal(or hex) colors .

For example, if you wanted to make some text red, you could type: <font color="#FF0000">This is a hexadecimal code for red</font> into your HTML, and your Web page would show this: This is a hexadecimal code for red.

But where do these 6-figure codes come from, and how can you determine which colors will work for your site?

Here's a quick article to give you the background along with some tools you can use to make color selection easier.

1 comments:

joestangarone 12:48 PM  

That's a great tool as well, and seamless for firefox users!

You can find that download here:
http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/

Thanks, Vince!

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