Possible values for a named color are: black [black], maroon [maroon], green [green], olive [olive], navy [navy], purple [purple], teal [teal], gray [gray], silver [silver], red [red], lime [lime], yellow [yellow], blue [blue], fuchsia [fuchsia], aqua [aqua], indigo [indigo], white [white].

In this specification hexadecimal 00 means 0% of the color and hexadecimal FF means 100% of the color.

For example, to specify red the hexadecimal number FF0000 is used. In this number:

• The first two digits FF define 100% of red
• The second two digits 00 define 0% of green
• The third two digits 00 define 0% of blue

For viewers with a monitor with a limited color depth other colors will be displayed by dithering. A process which simulates the un-displayable color, by creating a pattern of dots in colors which when viewed at a distance will fool the eye into seeing them as a single new color. Unfortunately this reduces the resolution of the displayed area and can render the page unreadable if colors are not carefully selected.

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