{"id":636,"date":"2017-09-26T08:23:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T08:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.remotedevelopment.co.uk\/cms\/?p=636"},"modified":"2017-09-26T08:27:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T08:27:07","slug":"picking-and-specifying-web-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.remotedevelopment.co.uk\/cms\/picking-and-specifying-web-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking and specifying web colour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or color – the American spelling is used on the web. \u00a0The English version is used in novels.<\/p>\n

We have a system for specifying a colour with 256 stages for each primary.<\/p>\n

RGBA = Red Green Blue Alpha. \u00a0Alpha is the opacity level, and defaults to 1 (100% – i.e. no transparency).<\/p>\n

Technical<\/h4>\n

Hex colours are expressed as a triplet of hex numbers (i.e. hex numerals from 0 to 15 are reprented as 0, 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E. \u00a0 255 is represented as 0xFF or just FF<\/p>\n

Each colour can be represented with a leading #RRGGBB series, or as an rgb or rgba function.<\/p>\n

Examples<\/h4>\n

#000000 = no colour = black<\/p>\n

#00ff00 = 100% green<\/p>\n

#ffff00 = 100% yellow<\/p>\n

rgb(23,34,45) = #233445<\/p>\n

rgb(255,0,0) = red = #ff0000<\/p>\n

Useful Link<\/h4>\n

For a useful colour tool to mix your own pallet try this:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.hexcolortool.com\/#8dbfb6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Or color – the American spelling is used on the web. \u00a0The English version is used in novels. We have a system for specifying a colour with 256 stages for each primary. RGBA = Red Green Blue Alpha. \u00a0Alpha is the opacity level, and defaults to 1 (100% – i.e. no transparency). Technical Hex colours … <\/p>\n

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