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Controlling Colors on the

WebHexadecimal Codes

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RGB Color Wheel

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Before we beginHexadecimal is a number system

Based on using 0 – F to represent 0 – 15

Hex is used to represent colors using 6 digits

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What does it look like?

We denote hex by placing a pound sign (#)

in front of the number.

Black = #000000 #333333 #666666 #999999 #CCCCCCWhite = #FFFFFF

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Think About It…What would the hex code be for…

Pure Red

Pure Blue

Pure Green

White

Black

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Which is Which?

#005500

#FF00FF

#00FFFF

#FFFF00

#990000

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Which is Which?

#005500

#FF00FF

#00FFFF

#FFFF00

#990000

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ShorthandWhen colors have

repeated values in the R, G, or B locations, you can condense their hex codes

#ff0000 #f00

#ffccaa #fca

#001100 #010

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Color Scheme Helpers

http://kuler.adobe.com/http://colorschemedesigner.com/