Help with specifying colors

Specifying Colors by RGB values

As in HTML, colors for menus can be specified using their Red,Green and Blue components in hexadecimal notation. These values are written with the following syntax:

"RRGGBB"

RR is red value, GG the green value, and BB the blue value. The best way to go about getting color in this form is to use a graphics program to chose one and then look at it's red, green and blue components.

The Hexadecimal System

Instead of counting each digit from 0-9, as we do for normal decimal numbers, in hexadecimal, we could through the digits:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F

A through F represent the decimal values 10 through 15.

Converting Decimal to Hexadecimal

The red,green and blue components of a color, when given as normal decimal numbers, range from0 to 255. Each of these must be converted to a two-digit hex number. To do this you can use any scientificcalculator. Otherwise you might like to use an automatic color calculator like this: http://www.inquisitor.com/hex.html

Color table

If you want a color code quickly then you can always use the following tables to get it.

1 of 6		where blue=00
where red=	ff	ff0000	ff3300	ff6600	ff9900	ffcc00	ffff00
	cc	cc0000	cc3300	cc6600	cc9900	cccc00	ccff00
	99	990000	993300	996600	999900	99cc00	99ff00
	66	660000	663300	666600	669900	66cc00	66ff00
	33	330000	333300	336600	339900	33cc00	33ff00
	00	000000	003300	006600	009900	00cc00	00ff00
		00	33	66	99	cc	ff
		where green=

2 of 6		where blue=33
where red=	ff	ff0033	ff3333	ff6633	ff9933	ffcc33	ffff33
	cc	cc0033	cc3333	cc6633	cc9933	cccc33	ccff33
	99	990033	993333	996633	999933	99cc33	99ff33
	66	660033	663333	666633	669933	66cc33	66ff33
	33	330033	333333	336633	339933	33cc33	33ff33
	00	000033	003333	006633	009933	00cc33	00ff33
		00	33	66	99	cc	ff
		where green=

3 of 6		where blue=66
where red=	ff	ff0066	ff3366	ff6666	ff9966	ffcc66	ffff66
	cc	cc0066	cc3366	cc6666	cc9966	cccc66	ccff66
	99	990066	993366	996666	999966	99cc66	99ff66
	66	660066	663366	666666	669966	66cc66	66ff66
	33	330066	333366	336666	339966	33cc66	33ff66
	00	000066	003366	006666	009966	00cc66	00ff66
		00	33	66	99	cc	ff
		where green=

4 of 6		where blue=99
where red=	ff	ff0099	ff3399	ff6699	ff9999	ffcc99	ffff99
	cc	cc0099	cc3399	cc6699	cc9999	cccc99	ccff99
	99	990099	993399	996699	999999	99cc99	99ff99
	66	660099	663399	666699	669999	66cc99	66ff99
	33	330099	333399	336699	339999	33cc99	33ff99
	00	000099	003399	006699	009999	00cc99	00ff99
		00	33	66	99	cc	ff
		where green=

5 of 6		where blue=cc
where red=	ff	ff00cc	ff33cc	ff66cc	ff99cc	ffcccc	ffffcc
	cc	cc00cc	cc33cc	cc66cc	cc99cc	cccccc	ccffcc
	99	9900cc	9933cc	9966cc	9999cc	99cccc	99ffcc
	66	6600cc	6633cc	6666cc	6699cc	66cccc	66ffcc
	33	3300cc	3333cc	3366cc	3399cc	33cccc	33ffcc
	00	0000cc	0033cc	0066cc	0099cc	00cccc	00ffcc
		00	33	66	99	cc	ff
		where green=

6 of 6		where blue=ff
where red=	ff	ff00ff	ff33ff	ff66ff	ff99ff	ffccff	ffffff
	cc	cc00ff	cc33ff	cc66ff	cc99ff	ccccff	ccffff
	99	9900ff	9933ff	9966ff	9999ff	99ccff	99ffff
	66	6600ff	6633ff	6666ff	6699ff	66ccff	66ffff
	33	3300ff	3333ff	3366ff	3399ff	33ccff	33ffff
	00	0000ff	0033ff	0066ff	0099ff	00ccff	00ffff
		00	33	66	99	cc	ff
		where green=

Hexadecimal Gray Scale
000000	333333	666666	999999	cccccc	ffffff

Specifying Colors by RGB values

The Hexadecimal System

Converting Decimal to Hexadecimal

Color table

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