Color Select Aid
     Effective text colors vary with background. Putting a selection of colors on a background helps select compatible colors.
     Effective text colors vary with background. Putting a selection of colors on a background helps select compatible colors.
     Effective text colors vary with background. Putting a selection of colors on a background helps select compatible colors.

     The set of 140 named colors has two duplicates:
Aqua = Cyan = #00FFFF
Fuchsia = Magenta = #FF00FF

     Following are the 140 named colors, which means that they can be defined by their names within <font> & <body> tags instead of needing hex equivalents.
     Text colors are an obvious way to use this page.
     It is more subtle to note that background files take time to load. Thus, one could select a background color for the <body> tag that is compatible with the background file. This is gentler on the user's nerves. With this background, one notes that Burlywood, between Brown and Cadetblue, is nearly invisible, so it is a good choice for the background color.
     The best way to use this page is copy it to your place, and then put in your own background file or solid color. You'll soon notice the colors that get along with your background.

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

Aliceblue,#F0F8FF Antiquewhite,#FAEBD7 Aqua,#00FFFF Aquamarine,#7FFFD4 Azure,#F0FFFF Beige,#F5F5DC Bisque,#FFE4C4 Black,#000000 Blanchedalmond,#FFEBCD Blue,#0000FF Blueviolet,#8A2BE2 Brown,#A52A2A Burlywood,#DEB887 Cadetblue,#5F9EA0 Chartreuse,#7FFF00 Chocolate,#D2691E Coral,#FF7F50 Cornflowerblue,#6495ED Cornsilk,#FFF8DC Crimson,#DC143C Cyan,#00FFFF Darkblue,#00008B Darkcyan,#008B8B Darkgoldenrod,#B8860B Darkgray,#A9A9A9 Darkgreen,#006400 Darkkhaki,#BDB76B Darkmagenta,#8B008B Darkolivegreen,#556B2F Darkorange,#FF8C00 Darkorchid,#9932CC Darkred,#8B0000 Darksalmon,#E9967A Darkseagreen,#8FBC8F Darkslateblue,#483D8B Darkslategray,#2F4F4F Darkturquoise,#00CED1 Darkviolet,#9400D3 Deeppink,#FF1493 Deepskyblue,#00BFBF Dimgray,#696969 Dodgerblue,#1E90FF Firebrick,#B22222 Floralwhite,#FFFAF0 Forestgreen,#228B22 Fuchsia,#FF00FF Gainsboro,#DCDCDC Ghostwhite,#F8F8FF Gold,#FFD700 Goldenrod,#DAA520 Gray,#808080 Green,#008000 Greenyellow,#ADFF2F Honeydew,#F0FFF0 Hotpink,#FF69B4 Indianred,#CD5C5C Indigo,#4B0082 Ivory,#FFFFF0 Khaki,#F0E68C Lavender,#E6E6FA Lavenderblush,#FFF0F5 Lawngreen,#7CFC00 Lemonchiffon,#FFFACD Lightblue,#ADD8E6 Lightcoral,#F08080 Lightcyan,#E0FFFF Lightgoldenrodyellow,#FAFAD2 Lightgreen,#90EE90 Lightgrey,#D3D3D3 Lightpink,#FFB6C1 Lightsalmon,#FFA07A Lightseagreen,#20B2AA Lightskyblue,#87CEFA Lightslategrey,#778899 Lightsteelblue,#B0C4DE Lightyellow,#FFFFE0 Lime,#00FF00 Limegreen,#32CD32 Linen,#FAF0E6 Magenta,#FF00FF Maroon,#800000 Mediumaquamarine,#66CDAA Mediumblue,#0000CD Mediumorchid,#BA55D3 Mediumpurple,#9370DB Mediumseagreen,#3CB371 Mediumslateblue,#7B68EE Mediumspringgreen,#00FA9A Mediumturquoise,#48D1CC Mediumvioletred,#C71585 Midnightblue,#191970 Mintcream,#F5FFFA Mistyrose,#FFE4E1 Moccasin,#FFE4B5 Navajowhite,#FFDEAD Navy,#000080 Oldlace,#FDF5E6 Olive,#808000 Olivedrab,#6B8E23 Orange,#FFA500 Orangered,#FF4500 Orchid,#DA70D6 Palegoldenrod,#EEE8AA Palegreen,#98FB98 Paleturquoise,#AFEEEE Palevioletred,#DB7093 Papayawhip,#FFEFD5 Peachpuff,#FFDAB9 Peru,#CD853F Pink,#FFC0CB Plum,#DDA0DD Powderblue,#B0E0E6 Purple,#800080 Red,#FF0000 Rosybrown,#BC8F8F Royalblue,#4169E1 Saddlebrown,#8B4513 Salmon,#FA8072 Sandybrown,#F4A460 Seagreen,#2E8B57 Seashell,#FFF5EE Sienna,#A0522D Silver,#C0C0C0 Skyblue,#87CEEB Slateblue,#6A5ACD Slategray,#708090 Snow,#FFFAFA Springgreen,#00FF7F Steelblue,#4682B4 Tan,#D2B48C Teal,#008080 Thistle,#D8BFD8 Tomato,#FF6347 Turquoise,#40E0D0 Violet,#EE82EE Wheat,#F5DEB3 White,#FFFFFF Whitesmoke,#F5F5F5 Yellow,#FFFF00 Yellowgreen,#9ACD32

     Quite a bit can be done using the 140 named colors. At other times, knowing the hex equivalent is useful. Colorsnam.txt is a list of these colors and their hex values sorted by color names. Similarly, Colorshex.txt contains the same information sorted on hex values.

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