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THIS WEEK'S JOB // Learn how the browser names sixteen million colors, and pick your shop's palette. (Book pages 151-164 in Mrs. Gaiser's book.)
THE THREE IDEAS
Names, hex, rgb
red is a name, #ff0000 is hex, rgb(255,0,0) is the recipe. All three are the same color; hex is what designers speak.
Hex is three pairs
#RRGGBB: two digits of red, two of green, two of blue, 00 to ff. #000000 is black, #ffffff is white, and everything else lives between.
Pick few, use often
A shop palette is two or three colors used everywhere, not thirty colors used once. Fewer colors, stronger shop.
TRY IT IN THE PAINT BOOTH
<h1 style="color:#39e6ff">My Neon Sign</h1>
<p style="color:#a6ff4d">Lime green text on the street.</p>
<p style="background-color:#171236; color:#ffffff">Light on dark, easy to read.</p>