| Color by Name (Literal Value) |
The following are the basic 16 literal color values:
| black | blue | cyan | gray | green | lime | magenta | maroon |
| navy | olive | purple | red | silver | teal | white | yellow |
| black | blue | cyan | gray | green | lime | magenta | maroon |
| navy | olive | purple | red | silver | teal | white | yellow |
| Changing the Page Colors |
Default page colors can be changed globally by the inclusion of attributes within the opening <body> tag:
<body bgcolor="color" text="color" link="color" vlink="color" alink="color">
Attributes:| bgcolor= | sets the background color for the page. Default color is silver. |
| text= | sets the text color for the page. Default color is black. |
| link= | sets the color of text links. Default color is blue. |
| vlink= | sets the color of text links that have been visited.
Default color is purple. |
| alink= | sets the color of text links as they are clicked. Default color is red. |
| See An Example |
Test
Color Combinations Note: This will open a new browser window. |
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Changing the <font> Colors |
<font color="color"> </font>
Example Code:
<font color="green">The </font><font
color="red">quick </font><font color="maroon">brown
</font><font color="silver">fox, </font><font
color="blue">jumps </font><font color="lime">over
</font><font color="magenta">the </font><font
color="cyan">lazy </font><font color="olive">dog.</font>
The Result:
The quick brown fox, jumps over the lazy dog.
| Using Hex Colors |
| black #000000 |
blue #0000FF |
cyan #00FFFF |
gray #808080 |
| green #008000 |
lime #00FF00 |
magenta #FF00FF |
maroon #800000 |
| navy #000080 |
olive #808000 |
purple #800080 |
red #FF0000 |
| silver #C0C0C0 |
teal #008080 |
white #FFFFFF |
yellow #FFFF00 |
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