All About Colors

You might have noticed in code view of web pages color is not represented by a name but by a  number or letter. (example #000000 is black, #FFFFFF is white and #FF05A8  is the color of a pink flamingo.  All computer monitors are based off the RGB color scale Red Green and Blue. This is considered a 3 color print opposed to CMYK the other popular Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black system that you normally use on Ink cartridges for your printer.  There are even 6-8 color processes out there now but we don't need to get into that right away lets get back to the 3 color RGB system.

Web based colors are a six number or letter set the first 2 00 is red the 2nd 00 is green and the last 00 is blue giving us the proper 6 color code.

In SharePoint, Dreamweaver or Frontpage you should have a Font color toolbar. upon clicking it you should be able to choose more options which will allow you to pick a color and show you a code for the color if you needed to use it in code view.

Below is a color picker you can use                                  

Make sure when designing a site you keep in mind that you want light text on dark backgrounds or vise versa making it easier for users to read and view your site.

A good resource is the color jack site which not only allows you to select a color but gives you 5 other color schemes that go with the color you picked.