Color Names
The most common methods for specifying colors are by using the color name or the hexadecimal value. Although color names are easier to remember, the hexadecimal values and RGB values provides you with more color options.
Hexadecimal values are a combination of letters and numbers. The numbers go from 0 - 9 and the letters go from A to F. When using hexadecimal color values in your HTML/CSS, you preceed the value with a hash (#). Although hexadecimal values may look a little weird at first, you'll soon get used to them.
There are 16 color names (as specified in the HTML 4.0 specification). The chart below shows these color names and their corresponding hexadecimal value.
| Black | #000000 | Green | #008000 | |||
| Silver | #c0c0c0 | Lime | #00ff00 | |||
| Gray | #808080 | Olive | #808000 | |||
| White | #ffffff | Yellow | #ffff00 | |||
| Maroon | #800000 | Navy | #000080 | |||
| Red | #ff0000 | Blue | #0000ff | |||
| Purple | #800080 | Teal | #008080 | |||
| Fushia | #ff00ff | Aqua | #00ffff |
