This is what is going to show on my page. I'll explain what all the tags mean in a minute. Browsers see HEX color codes. What I did above is tell a browser that I want a white background, black text, blue links, red visited links, and when I press on a link I want to see a flash of teal as I press it. If you forget to close your quotes, you will confuse the heck out of Netscape.
Confusion is bad.
It causes a browser to ignore something very important. Depending what you have on your page, it can confuse your browser so much that all you get is a blank page. Well, we've done a very nice thing for you here in Wellesley. We have four pages that will help you choose your colors. If you are having flashbacks from the 60's you probably don't want to use this, but it has some very nice features.