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christophe...@btinternet.com

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Dec 22, 2001, 2:23:33 PM12/22/01
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Can someone please tell me what the Hex code for Pastel Purple is?


Phil Hayz

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Dec 22, 2001, 2:27:31 PM12/22/01
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"christophe...@btinternet.com" wrote:

> Can someone please tell me what the Hex code for Pastel Purple
> is?

Have a look here:
http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/bgcolors1536.html

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Merry f*cking Christmas

christophe...@btinternet.com

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Dec 22, 2001, 3:12:45 PM12/22/01
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:27:31 -0000, Phil Hayz <ph...@ayzball.com>
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>"christophe...@btinternet.com" wrote:
>
>> Can someone please tell me what the Hex code for Pastel Purple
>> is?
>
>Have a look here:
>http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/bgcolors1536.html

Tarr, just had a look, lots of hex, but they dont give a name, and it
HAS to be a perfect hex for Pastel Purple. Arr well thank you for the
reply, its only been a few minutes since I posted it, and there's time
yet for more folk to read the post.

Sam Hughes

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Dec 22, 2001, 3:38:45 PM12/22/01
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christophe...@btinternet.com:

> Can someone please tell me what the Hex code for Pastel Purple is?

#ddccdd

I found this at http://www.expage.com/page/helpforhtml

Jerry Muelver

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Dec 22, 2001, 3:55:24 PM12/22/01
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Scroll down to "Colors, Colours" on
http://allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Matthias_Gutfeldt/Bookmarks

And try http://the-light.com/netcol.html

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christophe...@btinternet.com

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Dec 22, 2001, 5:43:38 PM12/22/01
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Thank you, apperciated. And thanks to all the other people who have
replied.


brucie

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Dec 22, 2001, 7:25:39 PM12/22/01
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In post <3c24dd59...@news.btinternet.com>,
christophe...@btinternet.com said...

> Can someone please tell me what the Hex code for Pastel Purple is?

pastel purple is not a valid named color. perhaps you're thinking of
orchid #DA70D6 or mediumorchid #BA55D3 or maybe even plum #DDA0DD.

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Jukka K. Korpela

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Dec 23, 2001, 1:49:12 AM12/23/01
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brucie <bru...@alt-html.org> wrote:

> pastel purple is not a valid named color. perhaps you're thinking of
> orchid #DA70D6 or mediumorchid #BA55D3 or maybe even plum #DDA0DD.

To avoid possible misunderstandings: _none_ of "pastel purple", "orchid",
"mediumorchid" and "plum" is a standardized color name in HTML (or in CSS).

Some browsers may recognize some of them. But there's no specification of
what such names mean, and in fact, some nonstandard color names are
_differently_ mapped to colors by different browsers. That is, "orchid"
might mean some color in one browser, another color in another browser, and
nothing in a third browser.

There are only sixteen (16) standard color names in HTML, see
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#type-color
and most of them should be used seldom if ever. (They are too strong for
use on screen - the question about "pastel purple" probably reflects
awareness of this.)

The conclusion is: find a hexadecimal color code (or some other color
denotation if you use CSS, which has more flexibility than HTML in this
area) that corresponds what you want, using some suitable color picker or
selector. Forget the names.

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Voetleuce

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Dec 22, 2001, 3:33:26 PM12/22/01
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<christophe...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Can someone please tell me what the Hex code for Pastel Purple is?

When I need an exact match for colours, this is what I do. I save the image
on which the mystery colour appears, as a BMP. Then I open it in MS Paint.
Then I use the colour picker tool to pick the colour and to add it to my
"custom colours". Then I close MS Paint and I open up Arachnophilia. I
then use the "blank page" feature, and when I'm prompted to choose the text
colour, I opt for custom colours, and select the colour which was saved from
the MS Paint session. Then I look in the source code of the newly created
page to find the hex code in the "text" attrib of the "body" tag. Easy.

Sid Ismail

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Dec 23, 2001, 3:31:28 AM12/23/01
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 22:33:26 +0200, "Voetleuce" <le...@leu.ce> wrote:

:When I need an exact match for colours, this is what I do. I save the image


:on which the mystery colour appears, as a BMP. Then I open it in MS Paint.
:Then I use the colour picker tool to pick the colour and to add it to my
:"custom colours".


Get your Xmas present:
http://www.msearchcorp.com/Products/ColorPicker/index.htm

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Sam Hughes

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Dec 23, 2001, 7:37:48 AM12/23/01
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brucie <bru...@alt-html.org>:

Pastel Purple is not a named color, but it is a "Crayola color." A color
that has a name, it's just not a name used for web pages. For example, the
colors of many crayola crayons.

The actual hex of pastel purple is #ddccdd.

christophe...@btinternet.com

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Dec 23, 2001, 2:06:22 PM12/23/01
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Thanks for all the additional info, and thanks for the link to my
'Christmas present' its now installed.


Sid Ismail

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Dec 23, 2001, 2:38:44 PM12/23/01
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 19:06:22 +0000 (UTC),
christophe...@btinternet.com wrote:

:Thanks for all the additional info, and thanks for the link to my


:'Christmas present' its now installed.

:


Great!

Sid

Adrienne

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Dec 23, 2001, 5:50:38 PM12/23/01
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Sid Ismail <el...@nospam.com> wrote in
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<snip>

>Get your Xmas present:
>http://www.msearchcorp.com/Products/ColorPicker/index.htm
>
>---------------
>Sid Ismail The trouble with being punctual is that
>www.elsid.co.za nobody's there to appreciate it.
>---------------

Another Christmas present - http://www.opensourcepan.co.uk/programs/slugs/
, has Favorites, Recent Colors, Hue Variations, screen grab, etc. Works as
plugin for HTML-Kit or stand alone.

--
Adrienne Boswell
find me on http://www.nextblock.com - keyword arbpen

christophe...@btinternet.com

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Dec 25, 2001, 8:07:57 AM12/25/01
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 22:50:38 GMT, arb...@yahoo.com (Adrienne) wrote:

>Sid Ismail <el...@nospam.com> wrote in
><eh5b2u03gf40ae391...@4ax.com>:
>
><snip>
>
>>Get your Xmas present:
>>http://www.msearchcorp.com/Products/ColorPicker/index.htm
>>
>>---------------
>>Sid Ismail The trouble with being punctual is that
>>www.elsid.co.za nobody's there to appreciate it.
>>---------------
>
>Another Christmas present - http://www.opensourcepan.co.uk/programs/slugs/
>, has Favorites, Recent Colors, Hue Variations, screen grab, etc. Works as
>plugin for HTML-Kit or stand alone.

Tarr, also installed now. Just as well todays my Birthday-seriously.


Sid Ismail

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Dec 25, 2001, 12:47:40 PM12/25/01
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On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 13:07:57 +0000 (UTC),
christophe...@btinternet.com wrote:

:Tarr, also installed now. Just as well todays my Birthday-seriously.


Great timing! hehe

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Sid Ismail "The only man who never makes a mistake
www.elsid.co.za is the man who never does anything."
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