When building an HTML page you can define the colors either by name or by their RGB (red green blue) value.       Colors can be used for backgrounds or text on an HTML page.      

When using the RGB values, you can use the letters A-F and the numbers 0-9 in any combination.       You can play around with the values to find the colors you like best.       Some examples of RGB colors:



If messing around with RGB values isn't your cup of tea you can simply pick a color by its name from the lists below.      




Colors Support by Internet Explorer
                                                       
aqua black blue fuchsia gray green lime maroon
                                                       
navy olive purple red silver teal white yellow




Colors Supported by Netscape Navigator

                           
aliceblue antiquewhite aquamarine azure
                           
beige bisque black blanchedalmond
                           
blue blueviolet brown burlywood
                           
cadetblue chartreuse chocolate coral
                           
cornflowerblue cornsilk cyan darkblue
                           
darkcyan darkgoldenrod darkgray darkgreen
                           
darkkhaki darkmagenta darkolivegreen darkorange
                           
darkorchid darkred darksalmon darkseagreen
                           
darkslateblue darkslategrey darkturquoise darkviolet
                           
deeppink deepskyblue dimgray dodgerblue
                           
firebrick floralwhite forestgreen gainsboro
                           
ghostwhite gold goldenrod gray
                           
green greenyellow honeydew hotpink
                           
indianred ivory khaki lavender
                           
lavenderblush lawngreen lemonchiffon lightblue
                           
lightcoral lightcyan lightgoldenrod lightgoldenrodyellow
                           
lightgrey lightgreen lightpink lightsalmon
                           
lightseagreen lightskyblue lightslateblue lightslategray
                           
lightsteelblue lightyellow limegreen linen
                           
magenta maroon mediumaquamarine mediumblue
                           
mediumorchid mediumpurple mediumseagreen mediumslateblue
                           
mediumspringgreen mediumturquoise mediumvioletred midnightblue
                           
mintcream mistyrose moccasin navajowhite
                           
navy navyblue oldlace olivedrab
                           
orange orangered orchid palegoldenrod
                           
palegreen paleturquoise palevioletred papayawhip
                           
peachpuff peru pink plum
                           
powderblue purple red rosybrown
                           
royalblue saddlebrown salmon sandybrown
                           
seagreen seashell sienna skyblue
                           
slateblue slategrey snow springgreen
                           
steelblue tan thistle tomato
                           
turquoise violet violetred wheat
                           
white whitesmoke yellow yellowgreen





Color Picker for HTML

You can also select a color by it's RGB number value.
It is the hex value of six characters and used in =BODY>
tag and =FONT> tag within HTML documents.


Color picker for html
  1. Click left gradation rectangle to select hue and saturation.
  2. Click right gradation rectangle to select brightness.



You can also try using the program Get Hexed.
It can be found online and works in your browser

Get Hexed
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