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Using Color


Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0 allows you to use the following colornames. These supported colornames can be used with the BODY, FONT, HR, MARQUEE, and TABLE tags which are outlined below.


SUPPORTED COLORNAMES
Black
White
Green
Maroon
Olive
Navy
Purple
Gray
Red
Yellow
Blue
Teal
Lime
Aqua
Fuchsia
Silver


Note: This feature is not compatible with Netscape v2.0.





HTML Features Which Use Colornames



BODY

The following attributes can be used with the BODY tag to set color attributes.

Attribute Explanation Example Source
BGCOLOR Sets the background color of the page. <BODY BGCOLOR=NAVY> IExplore
TEXT Sets the text color for the page. <BODY BGCOLOR=NAVY TEXT=BLACK> IExplore
LINK Sets the link color for the page. <BODY BGCOLOR=NAVY TEXT=BLACK LINK=RED> IExplore
VLINK Sets the vlink (already viewed link) color for the page. <BODY BGCOLOR=NAVY TEXT=BLACK LINK=RED VLINK=BLACK> IExplore


FONT

The following attribute can be used with the FONT tag to set the color of the font.

Attribute Explanation Example Source
COLOR Sets the color of the font. <FONT COLOR=BLUE> IExplore


HORIZONTAL RULE

The following attribute can be used with the HR tag to set the color of the horizontal rule.

Attribute Explanation Example Source
COLOR Sets the color of the rule. <HR COLOR=RED> IExplore


MARQUEE

The following attribute can be used with the MARQUEE tag to set the background color of the marquee.

Attribute Explanation Example Source
BGCOLOR Sets the background color of the marquee. <MARQUEE BGCOLOR=YELLOW> IExplore


TABLE tags (TABLE, TH, TR, and TD)

The following attributes can be used with the TABLE, TH, TR, and TD tags to set color attributes.

Attribute Explanation Example Source
BGCOLOR Sets the background color. <TABLE BGCOLOR=WHITE> IExplore
BORDERCOLOR Sets the border color, and must be used with the BORDER attribute. <TABLE BORDER>
<TR BORDERCOLOR=BLUE>
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BORDERCOLORLIGHT Sets the color of bordercolorlight, one of the two colors used to draw a 3-D borders, and must be used with the BORDER attribute. <TABLE BORDER>
<TD BORDERCOLORLIGHT=RED BORDERCOLORDARK=GREEN>
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BORDERCOLORDARK Sets the color of bordercolordark, one of the two colors used to draw a 3-D borders, and must be used with the BORDER attribute. <TABLE BORDER>
<TD BORDERCOLORLIGHT=RED BORDERCOLORDARK=GREEN>
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