[Duck]

Hi Guys,

I have been looking for a good chart of web safe colours that I can use for reference.
Do any of you have such a chart or know of where to find one?

Many thanks

[Rob]

I've been looking for one of these myself. SitePoint used to do them, but I can't seem to find it anymore!

[Dizi]

http://www.web-sourc...color_chart.htm


but this one is better

http://www.webmonkey...ce/color_codes/

[Rob]

Ooo, I thought we were talking about printed ones!

[Rachael]

Did you try googling it?

http://www.web-sourc...color_chart.htm
http://www.lynda.com/hex.asp
http://www.sean.co.u...gn/websafe.shtm
http://www.w3schools...html_colors.asp
http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Web_colors

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As of 2007, personal computers typically have at least 16-bit color and usually 24-bit (TrueColor). Even mobile devices have at least 16-bit color, driven by the inclusion of cameras on cellphones. The use of "web-safe" colors has fallen into practical disuse, but persisted in culture.

[Rob]

Nice links.

My request was more for a hex colour chart, rather than websafe. Should have mentioned that really.

[Rachael]

Do you have any idea how many hex colours there are?! You can pick any six from the following: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F. Any six. That's like... millions! No one will list that in a chart.

http://www.free-webm...colorpicker.htm
http://www.pagetutor...cker/index.html

Photoshop?

[Duck]

Great! thank you for the links guys!

@Rachael, hexadecimal = lots of colours = WOW! I didn't realise!

[Rachael]

Yep. There's millions of colours out there.

I wouldn't worry *too* much about using a "web safe" palette these days. Most, if not all, screens can handle more than 16 colours. Putting a .jpeg on your site pretty much blows the "web safe" palette out of the water.

[Duck]

Rachael, on Mar 4 2008, 12:59, said:

Yep. There's millions of colours out there.

I wouldn't worry *too* much about using a "web safe" palette these days. Most, if not all, screens can handle more than 16 colours. Putting a .jpeg on your site pretty much blows the "web safe" palette out of the water.

Thats true - I was using web safe just as a general term really. Thanks for the links.

[Rob]

Rachael, on Mar 4 2008, 12:25, said:

Do you have any idea how many hex colours there are?! You can pick any six from the following: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F. Any six. That's like... millions! No one will list that in a chart.

http://www.free-webm...colorpicker.htm
http://www.pagetutor...cker/index.html

Photoshop?

There are some charts out there, trust me. They are absolutely massive though! haha

[Duck]

Its off topic but I like your submitted Web of the Month site Rob!

[BlueDreamer]

Not directly related but AI-Smartcolour is a neat little app http://www.isotton.c...ows/smartcolor/

It may be old but it has some uses!

[Rob]

Duck, on Mar 4 2008, 13:29, said:

Its off topic but I like your submitted Web of the Month site Rob!

Thanks! It's probably best to keep it in the dedicated thread for the website of the month, though.

[Duck]

bluedreamer, on Mar 4 2008, 13:39, said:

Not directly related but AI-Smartcolour is a neat little app http://www.isotton.c...ows/smartcolor/

It may be old but it has some uses!

Cheers - il check it out.

[Dizi]

RobH, on Mar 4 2008, 13:49, said:

Thanks! It's probably best to keep it in the dedicated thread for the website of the month, though.

yes...tut tut duck, going off topic like that, no one ever does that in a thread on this forum....really they don't

[Rob]

So.... the meaning of life???

[Duck]

sorry I wont do it again!

[Rachael]

The meaning of life is a web-safe colour chart!

[Rob]

Rachael, on Mar 4 2008, 14:13, said:

The meaning of life is a web-safe colour chart!

Omg, it's all starting to make sense now!!

[Rachael]

Yes!

How lost you must have been before you knew of the web-safe colour charts.

Welcome to the enlightened.

[BlueDreamer]

Rachael, on Mar 4 2008, 14:13, said:

The meaning of life is a web-safe colour chart!

OOOOh you could get me started on something deep and meaningful with a statement like that!

[ErisDS]

*Shameless plug*

My colour picker tool, which is half finished, has websafe, named and advanced colour pickers.

http://www.adella.co...lorschemer.html

- Eris

[Duck]

Eris, thats one cool tool!

[ErisDS]

Thank yee! Need to finish it

[www.hatchmedia.co.uk]

You can buy these off ebay pre-printed and obvioudly they are true colours rather than what output your printer decided to print them like.

[Thomas Thomassen]

Websafe colours? I wouldn't bother if you intend to support some really really REALLY old browsers.

[Duck]

Thomas Thomassen, on Mar 5 2008, 19:25, said:

Websafe colours? I wouldn't bother if you intend to support some really really REALLY old browsers.

I just wrote Web Safe colours just as a figure of speech - RGB colour chart would have been more accurate.

[Dizi]

Duck, on Mar 7 2008, 13:37, said:

I just wrote Web Safe colours just as a figure of speech - RGB colour chart would have been more accurate.

There are loads of colours so an RGB colour chart would be pages and pages long....I would just stick with ErisDS *shameless plug* of her colour tool, or even adobe kuler would be more useful that pages of RGB colour shades.

[Rob]

I'd want one, more as a starting point, and nice poster. Rather than a particularly useful tool.

This Sitepoint poster is the sort of thing I'm after, just larger

[R3morse]

Not websafe but a really great site for a colour scheme.

Color Combos

[Peartree]

Photoshop has a built in one of these. Just go into the colour palette and tick the 'Web Safe Colour' box. There you have it, all the web safe colours!

[DustyWeeks]

www.hatchmedia.co.uk, on Mar 5 2008, 09:10, said:

You can buy these off ebay pre-printed and obvioudly they are true colours rather than what output your printer decided to print them like.

Call me stupid but I did a bunch of searches and came up empty, can you help?

(you don't have to call me stupid though, honest )

Thanks

[Duck]

RobH, on Mar 7 2008, 16:17, said:

I'd want one, more as a starting point, and nice poster. Rather than a particularly useful tool.

This Sitepoint poster is the sort of thing I'm after, just larger

Would look nice on the ol office wall - nice bit of colour to really 'bring the room 'together'

[Seth]

colorzilla for FF3 is a great little app that helps you find the right color on a page in rgb cymk and hex.

[Duck]

Goldstein Media, on Jun 27 2008, 05:11, said:

colorzilla for FF3 is a great little app that helps you find the right color on a page in rgb cymk and hex.

AAAAAH! dont talk to me about FF3!!!

I use colorzilla now - its such a good tool! one of my fave extensions.

[fruit & veg]

I like this page for colour stuff - http://www.limov.com/colour/

[Timo]

Rachael, on Mar 4 2008, 13:25, said:

Do you have any idea how many hex colours there are?! You can pick any six from the following: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F. Any six. That's like... millions! No one will list that in a chart.

16,777,216 to be exact.

16⁶

[PointandStare]

web safe? what's that?

http://kuler.adobe.com

[Duck]

PointandStare, on Jun 27 2008, 15:11, said:

web safe? what's that?

http://kuler.adobe.com

Kuler has to be one of the sexiest apps out! I like the AIR version for desktop