Adding Content Creating Text Adding Color Embed Images Misc. I want to color Color Names Colors can also be specified by their official Color Name. Originally there were 16 Color Names, picked as the standard 16 colors supported with the Windows VGA palette.
Today there are hundreds of standard colors with official color names.
I want to color Both methods are perfectly legitimate methods of defining HTML colors but the Hexadecimal Color Code system will give you a much wider range of possible color choices. In you are using an HTML Editor, you simply choose the color you want from a built-in color chart and the editor translates the color into the appropriate Hexadecimal Color Code for you. We have a listing of HTML Editors you can download if you do not have one right now. If you are using a simple text editor like Notepad you can use our handy reference list of Hexadecimal Color Codes and Color Names .