HTML Colors

All html colors are usually written in hexadecimal form. The code of a hexadecimal color could look like this #FF0000. That was the color red. Most webbrowsers also has some predefined colors you can use. But I prefer to use hexadecimal colors instead of the predefined ones, because a certain color could be translated differently in different webbrowsers. Infact I´ve noticed that even hexadecimal colors can look different in different browsers. If you would like to be sure that your homepage looks about the same on most computers you should use these safe colors. To select a web-safe color in WebWorks you get them from this image, you´ll find the picture in "help\images\safecolors.gif" in the WebWorks folder.
Don´t worry about writing the colors in hexadecimal because WebWorks can do it for you. All you have to do is to select the color you want and the program will generate the code for you. Click here to learn about the color tool.

Here is a list of some predefined colors (from Microsoft Internet Explorer) with their respective hexadecimal value:
ALICEBLUE (#F0F8FF) ANTIQUEWHITE (#FAEBD7) AQUA (#00FFFF) AQUAMARINE (#7FFFD4)
AZURE (#F0FFFF) BEIGE (#F5F5DC) BISQUE (#FFE4C4) BLACK (#000000)
BLANCHEDALMOND (#FFEBCD) BLUE (#0000FF) BLUEVIOLET (#8A2BE2) BROWN (#A52A2A)
BURLYWOOD (#DEB887) CADETBLUE (#5F9EA0) CHARTREUSE (#7FFF00) CHOCOLATE (#D2691E)
CORAL (#FF7F50) CORNFLOWER (#6495ED) CORNSILK (#FFF8DC) CRIMSON (#DC143C)
CYAN (#00FFFF) DARKBLUE (#00008B) DARKCYAN (#008B8B) DARKGOLDENROD (#B8860B)
DARKGRAY (#A9A9A9) DARKGREEN (#006400) DARKKHAKI (#BDB76B) DARKMAGENTA (#8B008B)
DARKOLIVEGREEN (#556B2F) DARKORANGE (#FF8C00) DARKORCHID (#9932CC) DARKRED (#8B0000)
DARKSALMON (#E9967A) DARKSEAGREEN (#8FBC8B) DARKSLATEBLUE (#483D8B) DARKSLATEGRAY (#2F4F4F)
DARKTURQUOISE (#00CED1) DARKVIOLET (#9400D3) DEEPPINK (#FF1493) DEEPSKYBLUE (#00BFFF)
DIMGRAY (#696969) DODGERBLUE (#1E90FF) FIREBRICK (#B22222) FLORALWHITE (#FFFAF0)
FORESTGREEN (#228B22) FUCHIA (#FF00FF) GAINSBORO (#DCDCDC) GHOSTWHITE (#F8F8FF)
GOLD (#FFD700) GOLDENROD (#DAA520) GRAY (#808080) GREEN (#008000)
GREENYELLOW (#ADFF2F) HONEYDEW (#F0FFF0) HOTPINK (#FF69B4) INDIANRED (#CD5C5C)
INDIGO (#4B0082) IVORY (#FFFFF0) KHAKI (#F0E68C) LAVENDER (#E6E6FA)
LAVENDERBLUSH (#FFF0F5) LAWNGREEN (#7CFC00) LEMONCHIFFON (#FFFACD) LIGHTBLUE (#ADD8E6)
LIGHTCORAL (#F08080) LIGHTCYAN (#E0FFFF) LIGHTGOLDENRODYELLOW (#FAFAD2) LIGHTGREEN (#90EE90)
LIGHTGREY (#D3D3D3) LIGHTPINK (#FFB6C1) LIGHTSALMON (#FFA07A) LIGHTSEAGREEN (#20B2AA)
LIGHTSKYBLUE (#87CEFA) LIGHTSLATEGRAY (#778899) LIGHTSTEELBLUE (#B0C4DE) LIGHTYELLOW (#FFFFE0)
LIME (#00FF00) LIMEGREEN (#32CD32) LINEN (#FAF0E6) MAGENTA (#FF00FF)
MAROON (#800000) MEDIUMAQUAMARINE (#66CDAA) MEDIUMBLUE (#0000CD) MEDIUMORCHID (#BA55D3)
MEDIUMPURPLE (#9370DB) MEDIUMSEAGREEN (#3CB371) MEDIUMSLATEBLUE (#7B68EE) MEDIUMSPRINGGREEN (#00FA9A)
MEDIUMTURQUOISE (#48D1CC) MEDIUMVIOLETRED (#C71585) MIDNIGHTBLUE (#191970) MINTCREAM (#F5FFFA)
MISTYROSE (#FFE4E1) MOCCASIN (#FFE4B5) NAVAJOWHITE (#FFDEAD) NAVY (#000080)
OLDLACE (#FDF5E6) OLIVE (#808000) OLIVEDRAB (#6B8E23) ORANGE (#FFA500)
ORANGERED (#FF4500) ORCHID (#DA70D6) PALEGOLDENROD (#EEE8AA) PALEGREEN (#98FB98)
PALETURQUOISE (#AFEEEE) PALEVIOLETRED (#DB7093) PAPAYAWHIP (#FFEFD5) PEACHPUFF (#FFDAB9)
PERU (#CD853F) PINK (#FFC0CB) PLUM (#DDA0DD) POWDERBLUE (#B0E0E6)
PURPLE (#800080) RED (#FF0000) ROSYBROWN (#BC8F8F) ROYALBLUE (#4169E1)
SADDLEBROWN (#8B4513) SALMON (#FA8072) SANDYBROWN (#F4A460) SEAGREEN (#2E8B57)
SEASHELL (#FFF5EE) SIENNA (#A0522D) SILVER (#C0C0C0) SKYBLUE (#87CEEB)
SLATEBLUE (#6A5ACD) SLATEGRAY (#708090) SNOW (#FFFAFA) SPRINGGREEN (#00FF7F)
STEELBLUE (#4682B4) TAN (#D2B48C) TEAL (#008080) THISTLE (#D8BFD8)
TOMATO (#FF6347) TURQUOISE (#40E0D0) VIOLET (#EE82EE) WHEAT (#F5DEB3)
WHITE (#FFFFFF) WHITESMOKE (#F5F5F5) YELLOW (#FFFF00) YELLOWGREEN (#9ACD32)

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