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Artemis Computing — Frequently Asked Questions

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Diane's Color Tool - (an interactive page to be used for testing colors)

This page is intended to help us select the colors for your web site... think of it like using paint chips...[ more ]

SAMPLER

"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle" - Rita Mae Brown (black)
"I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself" - Dame Edith Sitwell (navy)
"Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian" - Shari R. Barr (olive)
"We're all in this alone" - Lily Tomlin (blue)
"Maybe being oneself is always an acquired taste" - Patricia Hampl (lime)
don't read too much into these quotes (fuscia)
they were only quickly selected (purple)
instead of typing 'ipsem' etc (red)

This page is intended to help us select the colors for your web site... think of it like using paint chips...[ more ]

SAMPLER

"Old age is life's parody" - Simone de Beauvoir (gray)
"To say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their clothes off." - Nancy Friday (green)
"Never eat more than you can lift. " - Miss Piggy (teal)
"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life " - Sandra Carey (aqua)
"Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. " - Pearl S. Buck (yellow)

BELOW ARE SOME SAMPLE CONTRASTING COLORS - 'MOUSE-OVER' COLOR TO SELECT AS THE BACKGROUND COLOR, CLICK TO JUMP TO THAT SECTION

red

black

white

turquoise

blue

green

yellow

magenta

Set includes'SAFE' colors, and named colors;
(named in caps safer but not 'safe')

COLOR CHIPS (click on the link on any of the 'color chips' to change the background to match the color of the chip)

	honeydew1 240 255 240 F0 FF F0		honeydew2 224 238 224 E0 EE E0		honeydew3 193 205 193 C1 CD C1		honeydew4 131 139 131 83 8B 83
lt goldenrod ye 250 250 210 FA FA D2	SAFE FF FF CC		pale goldenrod 238 232 170 EE E8 AA
	lemon chiffon1 255 250 205 FF FA CD		lemon chiffon2 238 233 191 EE E9 BF		lemon chiffon3 205 201 165 CD C9 A5		lemon chiffon4 139 137 112 8B 89 70
	CORNSILK 255 248 220 FF F8 DC		cornsilk2 238 232 205 EE E8 CD		cornsilk3 205 200 177 CD C8 B1		cornsilk4 139 136 120 8B 88 78
	lt yellow1 255 255 224 FF FF E0	BEIGE 245 245 220 F5 F5 DC	lt yellow2 238 238 122 EE EE D1		lt yellow3 205 205 180 CD CD B4		lt yellow4 139 139 122 8B 8B 7A
	ivory1 255 255 240 FF FF F0		ivory2 238 238 224 EE EE E0		ivory3 205 205 193 CD CD C1		ivory4 139 139 131 8B 8B 83
	snow1 255 250 250 FF FA FA		snow2 238 233 233 EE E9 E9		snow3 205 201 201 CD C9 C9		snow4 139 137 137 8B 89 89
floral white 255 250 240 FF FA F0	seashel1 255 245 238 FF F5 EE	linen 250 240 230 FA F0 E6	seashell2 238 229 222 EE E5 DE		seashell3 205 197 191 CD C5 BF		seashell4 139 134 130 8B 86 82
old lace 253 245 230 FD F5 E6	antique white1 255 239 219 FF EF DB	antique white 250 235 215 FA EB D7	antique white2 238 223 204 EE DF CC		antique white3 205 192 176 CD C0 B0		antique white4 139 131 120 8B 83 78
papaya whip 255 239 213 FF EF D5	bisque 255 228 196 FF E4 C4		bisque2 238 213 183 EE D5 B7		bisque3 205 183 158 CD B7 9E		bisque4 139 125 107 8B 7D 6B
blanched almond 255 235 205 FF EB CD	wheat1 255 231 186 FF E7 BA	wheat 245 222 179 F5 DE B3	wheat2 238 216 174 EE D8 AE		wheat3 205 186 150 CD BA 96		wheat4 139 126 102 8B 7E 66
moccasin 255 228 181 FF E4 B5	navajo white1 255 222 173 FF DE AD		navajo white2 238 207 161 EE CF A1	tan 210 180 140 D2 B4 8C	navajo white3 205 179 139 CD B3 8B		navajo white4 139 121 094 8B 79 5E
	burly wood1 255 211 155 FF D3 9B	SAFE FF CC 99	burly wood2 238 197 145 EE C5 91	burly wood 222 184 135 DE B8 87	burly wood3 205 170 125 CD AA 7D		burly wood4 139 115 85 8B 73 55
	peachpuff1 255 218 185 FF DA B9		peachpuff2 238 203 173 EE CB AD		peachpuff3 205 175 149 CD AF 95		peachpuff4 139 119 101 8B 77 65
	lightsalmon1 255 160 122 FF A0 7A		lightsalmon2 238 149 114 EE 95 72	dark salmon 233 150 122 E9 96 7A	lightsalmon3 205 129 098 CD 81 62		lightsalmon4 139 087 066 8B 57 42
	salmon1 255 140 105 FF 8C 69	salmon dup 250 128 114 FA 80 72	salmon2 238 130 098 EE 82 62		salmon3 205 112 084 CD 70 54		salmon4 139 076 057 8B 4C 39
coral 255 127 080 FF 7F 50	coral1 255 114 086 FF 72 56		coral2 238 106 080 EE 6A 50		coral3 205 091 069 CD 5B 45		coral4 139 062 047 8B 3E 2F
	tomato1 255 099 071 FF 63 47		tomato2 238 092 066 EE 5C 42		tomato3 205 079 057 CD 4F 39		tomato4 139 054 038 8B 36 26
salmon 250 128 114 FA 80 72	indian red1 255 106 106 FF 6A 6A	light coral 240 128 128 F0 80 80	indian red2 238 99 99 EE 63 63	indian red 205 92 92 CD 5C 5C	indian red3 205 85 85 CD 55 55	SAFE 99 33 33	indian red4 139 58 58 8B 3A 3A
	brown1 255 064 064 FF 40 40		brown2 238 059 059 EE 3B 3B	brown3 205 051 051 CD 33 33	SAFE CC 33 33	brown 165 042 042 A5 2A 2A	brown4 139 035 035 8B 23 23
	firebrick1 255 048 048 FF 30 30	SAFE FF 00 33	firebrick2 238 044 044 EE 2C 2C		firebrick3 205 038 038 CD 26 26	firebrick 178 034 034 B2 22 22	saddle brown 139 069 019 8B 1A 1A
	SAFE FF 33 33		red2 238 000 000 EE 00 00		red3 205 000 000 CD 00 00		red4 139 000 000 8B 00 00
	SAFE - red1 255 000 000 FF 00 00				SAFE CC 00 00		SAFE 99 00 00	SAFE 66 00 00	SAFE DUP 33 00 00
SAFE FF 66 33	SAFE FF 33 00				SAFE CC 33 00		SAFE 99 33 00
SAFE FF 66 00	orangered1 255 069 000 FF 45 00		orangered2 238 064 000 EE 40 00		orangered3 205 055 000 CD 37 00		orangered4 139 037 000 8B 25 00
SAFE FF 99 66	sienna1 255 130 71 FF 82 47		sienna2 238 121 66 EE 79 42	sienna3 205 104 57 CD 68 39	SAFE CC 66 33	sienna 160 082 045 A0 52 2D	sienna4 139 71 38 8B 47 26
SAFE FF 99 33	chocolate1 255 127 036 FF 7F 24		chocolate2 238 118 033 EE 76 21	chocolate 210 105 030 D2 69 1E	chocolate3 205 102 029 CD 66 1D		chocolate4 139 069 019 8B 45 13	SAFE 66 33 00	SAFE 33 00 00
dark orange 255 140 000 FF 8C 99	dark orange1 255 127 000 FF 7F 00		dark orange2 238 118 000 EE 76 00	dark orange3 205 102 000 CD 66 00	SAFE CC 66 00		dark orange4 139 069 000 8B 45 00
	tan1 255 165 079 FF E7 BA	sandy brown 244 164 96 F4 A4 60	tan2 238 154 073 EE 9A 49	SAFE CC 99 66	tan3 205 133 063 CD 85 3F	SAFE 99 66 33	tan4 139 090 043 8B 5A 2B
	orange1 255 165 000 FF A5 00	SAFE FF 99 00	orange2 238 154 000 EE 9A 00		orange3 205 133 000 CD 85 00	SAFE 99 66 00	orange4 139 090 000 8B 5A 00
	dk goldrod1 255 185 15 FF B9 0F		dk goldrod2 238 173 14 EE AD 0E		dk goldrod3 205 149 12 CD 95 0C	dk goldenrod 184 134 011 B8 86 0B	dk goldrod4 139 101 8 8B 65 08
	goldrod1 255 193 0 FF C1 25		goldrod2 238 180 0 EE B4 22	goldenrod 218 165 032 DA A5 20	goldrod3 205 155 0 CD 9B 1D		goldrod4 139 105 0 8B 69 14
SAFE FF CC 66	SAFE FF CC 33	SAFE FF CC 00		SAFE CC 99 33	SAFE CC 99 00
	gold1 255 215 0 FF D7 00		gold2 238 201 0 EE C9 00		gold3 205 173 0 CD AD 00		gold4 139 117 0 8B 75 00
	lt goldenrod1 255 236 139 FF EC 8B		lt goldenrod2 238 220 130 EE DC 82		lt goldenrod3 205 190 112 CD BE 70		lt goldenrod4 139 129 076 8B 81 4C
	khaki1 255 224 143 FF F6 8F		khaki2 238 230 133 EE E6 85		khaki3 205 198 115 CD C6 73	dark khaki 189 183 107 BD B7 6B	khaki4 139 134 078 8B 86 4E
	SAFE FF FF 99	SAFE FF FF 66			SAFE CC CC 66	SAFE CC CC 99	SAFE 99 99 66	SAFE 66 66 33
	SAFE FF FF 33				SAFE CC CC 33		SAFE 99 99 33
	SAFE FF FF 00		yellow2 238 238 0 EE EE 00		yellow3 205 205 0 CD CD 00		yellow4 139 139 0 8B 8B 00
					SAFE CC CC 00	SAFE 99 99 00	SAFE 66 66 00	SAFE 33 33 00
	SAFE CC FF 00	SAFE CC FF 33
	olive drab1 192 255 062 C0 FF 3D		olive drab2 179 238 058 b3 EE 3A	SAFE 99 cc 33	olive drab3 154 205 050 9A CD 32	olive drab 107 142 35 6B 8E 23	olive drab4 105 139 034 69 8B 22
SAFE dup CC FF 99	dk olive grn1 202 255 112 CA FF 70		dr olive grn2 188 238 104 BC EE 68		dr olive grn3 162 205 90 A2 CD 5A		dr olive grn4 110 139 61 6E 8B 3D	dark olive green 85 107 47 55 6B 2F
	SAFE CC FF 66					SAFE 99 cc 00	SAFE 66 99 00
	green yellow 173 255 47 AD FF 2F				SAFE 99 cc 66		SAFE 66 99 33
	SAFE 99 ff 00	SAFE 99 ff 33			SAFE 66 cc 33
lawn green 124 252 0 7C FC 00	chartreuse1 127 255 000 7F FF 00		chartreuse2 118 238 000 76 EE 00	SAFE 66 cc 00	chartreuse3 102 205 000 66 CD 00	chartreuse4 69 139 000 45 8B 00
SAFE 99 ff 66					lime green 50 205 50 32 CD 32		forest green4 034 139 034 22 8B 22
	SAFE 66 ff 00	SAFE 66 ff 33	green2 0 238 0 00 EE 00		green3 0 205 0 00 CD 00		green4 0 139 0 00 8B 00	dark green 0 100 0 00 64 00
	SAFE 33 FF 00				SAFE 33 CC 00		SAFE 33 99 00	SAFE 33 66 00
	SAFE GREEN 00 FF 00				SAFE 00 CC 00		SAFE 00 99 00	SAFE 00 66 00	SAFE 00 33 00
	SAFE 00 FF 33				SAFE 00 CC 33		SAFE 00 99 33	SAFE 00 66 33
	SAFE 33 FF 33				SAFE 33 CC 33		SAFE 33 99 33	SAFE 33 66 33
	SAFE 00 FF 66		SAFE 33 FF 66
SAFE 66 ff 66					SAFE 66 CC 66
pale green 152 251 152 98 FB 98	SAFE 99 FF 99	pale green1 154 255 154 9A FF 9A	pale green2 144 238 144 90 EE 90		pale green3 124 205 124 7C CD 7C		pale green4 084 139 084 54 8B 54
					SAFE 99 CC 99		SAFE 66 99 66
SAFE CC FF CC	dark sea green1 193 255 193 C1 FF C1		dark sea green2 180 238 180 B4 EE B4		dark sea green3 155 205 155 9B CD 9B	dark sea green 143 188 143 8F BC 8F	dark sea green4 105 139 105 69 8B 69
SAFE 66 FF 99					SAFE 00 CC 66	SAFE 33 CC 66
	spring green 0 255 127 00 FF 7F		spring green2 0 238 118 00 EE 76		spring green3 0 205 102 00 CD 66		spring green4 0 139 69 00 8B 45
	sea green1 084 255 159 54 FF 9F		sea green2 078 238 148 4E EE 94		sea green3 067 205 128 43 CD 80	med sea grn 60 179 113 3C B3 71	sea green4 046 139 087 2E 8B 57
	SAFE 33 FF 99	SAFE 00 FF 99	med spring green 0 250 154 00 FA 9A		SAFE 00 CC 99	SAFE 33 CC 99	SAFE 33 99 66	SAFE 00 99 66
	aqua marine1 127 255 212 7F FF d4		aqua marine2 118 238 238 76 EE C6		aqua marine3 102 205 170 66 CD AA		aqua marine4 069 139 139 45 8B 74
	SAFE 33 FF CC	SAFE 00 FF CC
				turquoise 64 224 208 40 E0 D0	med turquoise 72 209 204 48 D1 CC	lt sea green 032 178 170 20 B2 AA
	turq1 0 245 245 00 F5 FF		turq2 0 229 238 00 E5 EE		dark turquoise 0 206 209 00 CE D1	turq3 0 197 205 00 C5 CD	turq4 0 134 139 00 86 8B	teal
	SAFE 00 FF FF				SAFE 00 CC CC		SAFE 00 99 99	SAFE 00 66 66	SAFE 00 33 33
	SAFE 33 FF FF				SAFE 33 CC CC		SAFE 33 99 99	SAFE 33 66 66
	CYAN 0 255 255 00 FF FF		cyan2 0 238 238 00 EE EE		cyan3 0 205 205 00 CD CD		dark cyan 000 139 139 00 8B 8B	teal (dup)
	dk slate gray1 151 255 255 97 FF FF		dk slate gray2 141 238 238 8D EE EE		dk slate gray3 121 205 205 79 CD CD		dk slate gray4 082 139 139 52 8B 8B		dark slate grey 049 079 079 2F 4F 4F
	cadet blue1 152 245 255 98 F5 FF		cadet blue2 142 229 238 8E E5 EE		cadet blue3 122 197 205 7A C5 CD	cadet blue 95 158 160 5F 9E A0	cadet blue4 083 134 139 53 86 8B
	pale turq1 187 255 255 BB FF FF		pale turq 175 238 238 AF EE EE		pale turq3 150 205 205 96 CD CD		pale turq4 102 139 139 66 8B 8B
	SAFE 204 255 255 CC FF FF
	light cyan1 224 255 255 E0 FF FF		light cyan2 209 238 238 D1 EE EE		light cyan3 180 205 205 B4 CD CD		light cyan4 122 139 139 7A 8B 8B
mint cream 245 255 250 F5 FF FA	azure 240 255 255 F0 FF FF		azure2 224 238 238 E0 EE EE		azure3 193 205 205 C1 CD CD		azure4 131 139 139 83 8B 8B
	lt steel blue1 202 225 255 CA E1 FF		lt steel blue2 188 210 238 BC D2 EE	lt steel blue 176 196 222 B0 C4 DE	lt steel blue3 162 181 205 A2 B5 CD		lt steel blue4 110 123 139 6E 7B 8B
	slate gray1 198 226 255 C6 E2 FF		slate gray2 185 211 238 B9 D3 EE		slate gray3 159 182 205 9F B6 CD		slate gray4 108 123 139 6C 7B 8B	slate grey 128 128 144 70 80 90	light slate grey 119 136 153 77 88 99
	lt blue1 191 239 255 BF EF FF		lt blue2 178 223 238 B2 DF EE	lt blue 173 216 230 AD D8 E6	lt blue3 154 192 205 9A C0 CD		lt blue4 104 131 139 68 8D 8B
	lt sky blue1 176 226 255 B0 E2 FF		lt sky blue2 164 211 238 A4 D3 EE		lt sky blue3 141 182 205 8D B6 CD		lt sky blue4 96 123 139 60 7B 8B
sky blue 135 206 235 87 CE EB	sky blue1 135 206 255 87 CE FF		sky blue2 126 192 238 7E C0 EE		sky blue3 108 166 205 6C A6 CD		sky blue4 74 112 139 4A 70 8B
	SAFE 00 CC FF				SAFE 00 99 CC		SAFE 33 66 99	SAFE 00 66 99
	deep sky blue1 0 191 255 00 BF FF		deep sky blue2 0 178 238 00 B2 EE		deep sky blue3 0 154 205 00 9A CD		deep sky blue4 0 104 139 00 68 8B
	steel blue1 99 184 255 63 B8 FF		steel blue2 92 172 238 5C AC EE		steel blue3 79 148 205 4F 94 CD	steel blue 70 130 180 46 82 B4	steel blue4 54 100 139 36 64 8B
	SAFE 00 99 FF	SAFE 33 99 FF
	SAFE 00 66 FF				SAFE 00 66 CC
	SAFE 00 33 FF				SAFE 00 33 CC		SAFE 00 33 99	SAFE 00 33 66	SAFE 33 33 66
			blue2 0 0 238 00 00 EE		med blue 0 0 205 00 00 CD		dark blue 0 0 139 00 00 8B	navy blue 0 0 128 00 00 80
	BLUE 00 00 FF				SAFE 00 00 CC		SAFE 00 00 99	SAFE 00 00 66	SAFE 00 00 33
	SAFE 33 00 FF				SAFE 33 00 CC		SAFE 33 00 99	SAFE DUP 33 00 66	SAFE DUP 33 00 33
	SAFE 33 33 FF				SAFE 33 33 CC		SAFE 33 33 99
	dodger blue1 30 144 255 1E 90 FF		dodger blue2 28 134 238 1C 86 EE		dodger blue3 24 116 205 18 74 CD		dodger blue4 16 78 139 10 4E 8B
	royal blue1 72 118 255 48 76 FF		royal blue2 67 110 238 43 6E EE	royal blue 65 105 225 41 69 E1	royal blue3 58 95 205 3A 5F CD		royal blue4 39 64 139 27 40 8B		midnight blue 25 25 112 19 19 70
		cornflower blue 100 149 237 64 95 ED
	SAFE 99 99 FF				SAFE 66 66 CC
alice blue 240 248 255 F0 F8 FF	light slate blue 132 112 255 84 70 FF		med slate blue 123 104 238 7B 68 EE		slate blue 106 90 205 6A 5A CD		dark slate blue 72 61 139 48 3D 8B
	slate blue1 131 111 255 83 6F FF		slate blue2 122 103 238 7A 67 EE		slate blue3 105 89 205 69 59 CD	SAFE 66 33 CC	slate blue4 71 60 139 47 3C 8B	SAFE 33 00 66
SAFE CC CC FF		SAFE 99 66 FF				SAFE 66 00 CC
lavendar 230 230 230 E6 E6 FA	medium purple1 171 130 255 AB 82 FF	medium purple2 159 121 255 9F 79 EE	medium purple 147 112 219 93 70 DB		medium purple3 137 104 205 89 68 CD		medium purple4 093 071 205 5D 47 8B
ghost white 248 248 255 F8 F8 FF					SAFE 99 66 CC		SAFE 66 33 99
	purple1 155 048 255 9B 30 FF	purple2 145 044 255 91 2C EE		blue violet 138 43 226 8A 2B E2	purple3 125 038 205 7D 26 CD		purple4 125 038 205 55 1A 8B
	SAFE 99 33 FF	SAFE 99 00 FF
	SAFE CC 99 FF		purple 160 032 240 A0 20 F0			dark violet 148 000 211 94 00 D3	SAFE 66 00 99
	dark orchid1 191 062 255 BF 3E FF		dark orchid2 178 058 238 B2 3A EE		dark orchid3 154 050 205 9A 32 CD	dark orchid 153 050 204 99 32 CC	dark orchid4 104 034 139 68 22 8B
	SAFE CC 00 FF					SAFE 99 33 CC
	medium orchid1 255 102 255 E0 66 FF		medium orchid2 209 095 238 D1 5F EE	medium orchid 186 085 211 BA 55 D3	medium orchid3 180 082 205 B4 52 CD	SAFE 99 00 CC	medium orchid4 122 55 139 7A 37 8B
	orchid1 255 131 250 FF 83 FA	violet 238 130 238 EE 82 EE	orchid2 238 122 233 EE 7A E9	orchid 218 112 214 DA 70 D6	orchid3 205 105 201 CD 69 C9		orchid4 139 071 137 8B 47 89	SAFE 66 33 66
	plum1 255 187 255 FF BB FF		plum2 238 174 238 EE AE EE	plum 221 160 221 DD A0 DD	plum3 205 150 205 CD 96 CD	SAFE 99 66 99	plum4 139 102 139 8B 66 8B
	SAFE FF CC FF
	thistle1 255 225 255 FF E1 FF		thistle2 238 210 238 EE D2 EE	thistle 216 191 216 D8 BF D8	thistle3 205 181 205 CD B5 CD		thistle4 139 123 139 8B 7B 8B
	SAFE FF 99 FF				SAFE CC 99 CC
	SAFE FF 66 FF				SAFE CC 66 CC
	SAFE 255 051 255 FF 33 FF				SAFE CC 33 CC	SAFE 99 33 99
	SAFE-magenta1 255 000 255 FF 00 FF				SAFE CC 00 CC	SAFE 99 00 99
			magenta2 238 000 238 EE 00 EE		magenta3 205 000 205 CD 00 CD		dark magenta 139 0 139 8B 00 8B	SAFE 66 00 66	SAFE 33 00 33
	maroon1 255 052 179 FF 34 B3		maroon2 238 048 167 EE 30 A7	violet red 208 032 144 D0 20 90	maroon3 205 041 144 CD 29 90	SAFE 99 00 66	maroon4 139 028 098 8B 1C 62
	violet red1 255 062 150 FF 3E 96		violet red2 238 058 140 EE 3A 8C	med violet red 199 021 133 C7 15 85	violet red3 205 050 120 CD 32 78	maroon 176 048 096 B0 30 60	violet red4 139 034 082 8B 22 52
	deep pink1 255 020 147 FF 14 93		deep pink2 238 018 137 EE 12 89		deep pink3 205 016 118 CD 10 76		deep pink4 139 010 080 8B 0A 50
	SAFE DUP FF 00 33				SAFE CC 00 33		SAFE 99 00 33	SAFE 66 00 33
	hot pink1 255 110 180 FF 6E B4		hot pink2 238 106 167 EE 6A A7		hot pink3 205 096 144 CD 60 90	SAFE 99 33 66	hot pink4 139 058 098 8B 3A 62
	pale violetred1 255 130 171 FF 82 AB		pale violetred2 238 121 159 EE 79 9F	pale violetred 219 112 147 DB 70 93	pale violetred3 205 104 137 CD 88 89		pale violetred4 139 071 093 8B 47 5D
pink 255 192 203 FF C0 CB	pink1 255 181 197 FF B5 C5		pink2 238 169 184 EE A9 B8		pink3 205 145 158 CD 91 9E		pink4 139 099 108 8B 63 6C
light pink 255 182 193 FF B6 C1	light pink1 255 174 185 FF AE B9		light pink2 238 162 173 EE A2 AD		light pink3 205 140 149 CD 8C 95	SAFE 99 66 66	light pink4 139 095 101 8B 5F 65
	rosy brown1 255 193 193 FF C1 C1		rosy brown2 238 180 180 EE B4 B4		rosy brown3 205 155 155 CD 9B 9B	rosy brown 188 143 143 BC 8F 8F	rosy brown4 139 105 105 8B 69 69	SAFE 66 33 33
	misty rose1 255 228 225 FF E4 E1		misty rose2 238 213 210 EE D5 D2		misty rose3 205 183 181 CD B7 B5		misty rose4 139 125 123 8B 7E 7B
	lavender blush1 255 240 245 FF F0 F5		lavender blush2 238 224 229 EE E0 E5		lavender blush3 205 193 197 CD C1 C5		lavender blush4 139 131 134 8B 83 86

The following "browser safe" colors still need to be integrated above

teal	#333333	#333366	#333399	#3333CC	#3333FF
#336600	#336633	#336666	#336699	#3366FF
#339900	#339933	#339966		#3399CC	#3399FF
#33CC00	#33CC33	#33CC66	#33CC99		#33CCFF
	#33FF33	#33FF66	#33FF99	#33FFCC	#33FFFF
#660000	#660033	#660066	#660099	#6600CC	#6600FF
#663300	#663333	#663366	#663399	#6633CC	#6633FF
#666600	#666633	#666666	#666699	#6666CC	#6666FF
#669900	#669933	#669966	#669999	#6699CC	#6699FF
#66CC00	#66CC33	#66CC66	#66CC99	#66CCCC	#66CCFF
#66FF00	#66FF33	#66FF66	#66FF99	#66FFCC	#66FFFF
#990000	#990033	#990066	#990099	#9900CC	#9900FF
#993300	#993333	#993366	#993399	#9933CC	#9933FF
#996600	#996633	#996666	#996699	#9966CC	#9966FF
#999900	#999933	#999966	#999999	#9999CC	#9999FF
#99CC00	#99CC33	#99CC66	#99CC99	#99CCCC	#99CCFF
#99FF00	#99FF33	#99FF66	#99FF99	#99FFCC	#99FFFF
#cc0000	#CC0033	#CC0066	#CC0099	#CC00CC	#CC00FF
#cc3300	#CC3333	#CC3366	#CC3399	#CC33CC	#CC33FF
#CC6600	#CC6633	#CC6666	#CC6699	#CC66CC	#CC66FF
#CC9900	#CC9933	#CC9966	#CC9999	#CC99CC	#CC99FF
#CCCC00	#CCCC33	#CCCC66	#CCCC99	#CCCCCC	#CCCCFF
#CCFF00	#CCFF33	#CCFF66	#CCFF99	#CCFFCC	#CCFFFF
#ff0000	#FF0033	#FF0066	#FF0099	#FF00CC	#FF00FF
#ff3300	#FF3333	#FF3366	#FF3399	#FF33CC	#FF33FF
#FF6600	#FF6633	#FF6666	#FF6699	#FF66CC	#FF66FF
#FF9900	#FF9933	#FF9966	#FF9999	#FF99CC	#FF99FF
#FFCC00	#FFCC33	#FFCC66	#FFCC99	#FFCCCC	#FFCCFF

notes

This page is intended to help us select the colors for your web site... think of it like using paint chips...

Some of this may seem technical, but don't let that put you off -- anything technical is also visual -- and the visual part is the important part...

Colors are so personal... I would like to give you as much opportunity as you wish to participate in the color selection for your site... thus please play around with this page - run the mouse cursor over any of the special 'colors of interest' (top of page) and the background will change to that color - or - click on any of the 'color chips' in the body of the page to change the background to match the 'color chip'.

The quotes at the top of the page are just like an embroidery sampler, simply a few examples of what the two basic font types look like in a few sizes and colors commonly used for body text.

Why bother with this? First off, I hope that you'll think it is fun. If not, please don't feel like you have to spend any more than minimal time on it. Secondly, colors communicate, and I need feedback from you in order to make your site communicate your message accurately. I think it helps us create a better site if you understand a little about what is possible and how things work. Also, this color tool page facilitates more precise communication. Please notice the ample quantity of shades of red, for example.

I'm hoping that this tool will enable you to select a color scheme - at minimum, perhaps something general like 'black & red & teal & white' - in which case one of us has to pick the specific shades -- it can be either me or you, as you wish, although I reserve the right to attempt to talk you into or out of certain color schemes ;).

When you are picking colors, if possible, stick to those that say 'SAFE'... the reason for this follows, if you are interested.

All monitors are not created equal - what you see on your computer is not necessarily the same thing your neighbor sees. Some monitors are capable of more colors than others, and the differences between them can create problems -- with the worst case being 'dithering' which can make a site illegible... other issues to watch are that some patterns which look really great on new monitors, look dark, almost unintelligible, or washed out, on less-capable monitors.

Back 'in the beginning' computer monitors could only display a couple colors. For example, on the Apple //e, you could have black, white, yellow, red, blue, orange, green -- that's all I remember but there must have been one more (to make 8). If you wanted purple, you had to alternate dots of red and orange (using alternating dots of 2 colors to fool the eye into seeing a 3rd color is 'dithering' and it's ok if you're doing it on purpose).

Yes, computers can now display millions of colors on their monitors, but they don't yet all do it the same way.

Until very recently, it was recommended that web sites limit their palette to 216 specific colors - the so-called 'browser safe' color set -- meaning that it was safe to assume that if you told the page to display a canary yellow, it would indeed be canary yellow on every else's screens, not gold or brownish, and not just plain yellow.

There are enough colors in the 'safe' set that most of the time it is possible to stick with them, but sometimes it's not -- for example, it's very difficult to get a good earthtone palette using just 'safe' colors.

Fortunately there is a fairly-new extension - the 'named colors', which permit a lot more freedom... however, although they are all supposed to be safe (except on dinosaur systems), some combinations still don't look quite right on older monitors and laptops, so whatever colors we are going to use should be tested together before we consider the choices final.

The 'color chips' on this page are a combination of the (new) 'named' colors and the 'safe' colors. This is a tool I originally developed just for myself and am now developing to assist you. I started it for a site that used a primarily blue color scheme so I've integrated most of the blue 'named' and 'safe' colors. I've also picked out and integrated the majority of the greens and reds. However, there is a 'blob' of colors on the bottom of the page (before the start of this text) -- those are 'safe' colors which I still need to integrate / create 'color chips' for.

Diane

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