Color Names


These colors may be used for text, page backgrounds or table backgrounds. Please keep in mind that not all browsers will display a given color in the same hue.


"Safe" Colors These are the colors that are most likely to have a consistant appearance regardless of software or hardware limitations. However, we cannot garuntee they will have the exact appearance in all browsers.
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Black Silver Gray White Maroon Red Purple Fuchsia
Green Lime Olive Yellow Navy Blue Teal Aqua


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

*These colors will probably appear as plain white on a 256 color monitor


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