HTML Colours

Colours can be specified in HTML pages in two ways—by using a colour name, or by using numbers to denote an RGB (Red, Green, Blue) colour value:

• Colour names

  Table 5.0 shows the colour names available and their corresponding RGB values. These colour names may not be recognised by all browsers; however, the RGB colour values should display accurately in any browser. Therefore, when specifying colour values for Web pages targeted to work across different browsers, use the RGB color values.

• RGB colour values

  An RGB color value consists of three two-digit hexadecimal numbers specifying the intensity of the corresponding colour. For example, the colour value #FF0000 is rendered red because the red number is set to its highest value, FF (or 255 in decimal form).

   

  Note

  • Colours specified with hexadecimal RGB values must have a leading '#' character for compliance with Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 and later versions. This affects all properties that accept a colour value.

The following table lists the colours supported as of Internet Explorer 4.0:

Table 5.0 HTML colours and their corresponding RGB values.