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Coloured TEXT for Absolute Beginners
The HTML code to insert in the BODY of your document is
eg. or < FONT COLOR=red >
You will not see coloured text in Notepad, but it will appear when you view your page.
< FONT COLOR=red > This will appear as red text - until I close with this tag < /FONT >
< FONT COLOR=green > This will appear as green text - until I close with this tag < /FONT >
< FONT COLOR=navy > This will appear as navy blue text - until I close with this tag < /FONT
>
Remember, some viewers will not be able to see text coloured in this way.
2. Colours which you mix yourself
You can mix any color you want by using RGB codes.
The HTML code is written as < FONT COLOR="#XXXXXX">
XXXXXX can be any combination of numbers from 0 to 9 or letters from A to F
The first two digits define the amount of red light in the colour
The middle two digits define the amount of green light in the colour
The last two digits define the amount of blue light in the colour
00=none FF=maximum
● FFFFFF=white
● 000000=black
● FF0000=red
● 00FF00=green
● 0000FF=blue
● FFFF00=yellow
This is exactly the same method as you can use for mixing your own background colours
< FONT COLOR="#D9D919" > rich gold colour < /FONT >
< FONT COLOR="#FFBBDD" > soft pink colour < /FONT >
< FONT COLOR="#A66A6A" > a yummy brown < /FONT >
< FONT COLOR="#22BBAA" > wonderful blue/green colour < /FONT >
3. Defining text and link colours at the start
of your page
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