> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 9:17 AM
>
>
> > http://www.almonte.com/color3.html
>
> As far as my understanding of web-color and the 216-color palette is
> concerned, the named colors used on the page linked above stray frequently
> from the web-safe pallet. For example, of the first five colors listed,
> only
> one of them (aqua) falls inside the 216 color palette:
>
> #F0F8FF aliceblue
> #FAEBD7 antiquewhite
> #00FFFF aqua
> #7FFFD4 aquamarine
> #F0FFFF azure
>
> What is the reasoning behind using so many of these color names if they
> will
> produce unpredictable results on some user's machines? If it's just for
> convenience sake, why where so many color names devised that fall outside
> the web-safe palette?
>
Two different issues -- defining "colors" that can be understood by the
browser via a "name" and using browser-safe colors.
I personally do not use "color names" for the exact reason you just
outlined.
My color table is the browser-safe palette:
http://www.dotparagon.com/resources/color.html
kathy
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