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Contents of this page: Working with colors | Available colors | Defining colors | Color tools
Working with colors
Available colors
In principle you have a choice out of well over 16 million colors. The technical possibilities of the visitor's monitor, however, decide the number of colours that is actually seen. In the passed years, the quality of monitors has improved so much that you do not need really need to be careful any longer in adding colors.
If you know that your target visitors still have rather primitive equipment, it may be wise to only apply the limited palette of 216 so-called 'safe colors'.
Defining colors
Colors shall in QwikZite be defined in the so-called 'hexadecimal notation'. A code of six characters, the hex-value, is used to distinguish the colors, e.g.:
 In the Palette of safe colors the 216 'safe colors' and corresponding hex-values are displayed.
To find the hex-values of other colors you can utilize the color tools listed beneath.
Colors are displayed by a color monitor in a mixture of the base colors red, green and blue. That's why also in HTML the color is defined as a mixture of these colors.
There are different ways to define the intensity of the 3 colors: by percentages, numeric numbers, and hexadecimal notation.
In QwikZite only the hexadecimal notation is permitted.
The full hexadecimal notation in HTML for the above color is #89A6CF. In the input fields 'Background color' and 'Font color' in QwikZite, however, the #-character shall be omitted.
Color tools
 'Picking' colors
With the programme Iconico Color Picker you can find the hex-values of all colours on your screen, at any moment, within any application. It has a magnification feature, so you are able to find the hex-value of every single pixel under your mouse. If you see a beautiful color, you know right away what value you have to use.
It's a small programme, doesn't require installation procedures except from unzipping, and is freely available.
(Only for Windows)
 Testing contrasts
Another useful tool is the website VisiBone Webmaster's Color Laboratory. At this interactive site you can test contrasts of different background colors and contrasts of font colors with background colors. Safe colors only.
Other color tools
Many other color tools are available on the web. See for instance the list on Imaginaryworld.net.
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