To FootHTML and JavaScript can set page colours. I was not too happy with what I saw on my 1998-2004 monitor, the rows not containing FF being rather dark throughout in spite of monitor adjustment. In fact, 7F seemed very much closer to 00 than to FF. The following (2004) monitor initially seemed right in this respect but eventually had colour errors. The new (2012) monitor seems right.
| Background | |||||||
| #000000 | #00007F | #007F00 | #007F7F | #7F0000 | #7F007F | #7F7F00 | #7F7F7F |
| #000000 | #0000FF | #00FF00 | #00FFFF | #FF0000 | #FF00FF | #FFFF00 | #FFFFFF |
| #7F7F7F | #7F7FFF | #7FFF7F | #7FFFFF | #FF7F7F | #FF7FFF | #FFFF7F | #FFFFFF |
| Text | |||||||
| XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX |
| #000000 | #00007F | #007F00 | #007F7F | #7F0000 | #7F007F | #7F7F00 | #7F7F7F |
| XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX |
| #000000 | #0000FF | #00FF00 | #00FFFF | #FF0000 | #FF00FF | #FFFF00 | #FFFFFF |
| XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX | XX - XX |
| #7F7F7F | #7F7FFF | #7FFF7F | #7FFFFF | #FF7F7F | #FF7FFF | #FFFF7F | #FFFFFF |
| Greyscale :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluescale :- | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greenscale :- | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Redscale :- | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
One really wants something to compare with; a set of standard colours distributed independently of the Net. Pantone, maybe, or a set of postage stamps; together with a Web page using the correct Hex values for the colours in question.
The following are the Netscape standard named colours, evidently all were supported in MSIE 4 (but some may not be, it seems, in MSIE 6). Those in Bold were, seemingly, the only ones in earlier MSIE :-
| Colour | R | G | B | Test | Colour | R | G | B | Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aliceblue | F0 | F8 | FF | antiquewhite | FA | EB | D7 | ||
| aqua | 00 | FF | FF | aquamarine | 7F | FF | D4 | ||
| azure | F0 | FF | FF | beige | F5 | F5 | DC | ||
| bisque | FF | E4 | C4 | black | 00 | 00 | 00 | ||
| blanchedalmond | FF | EB | CD | blue | 00 | 00 | FF | ||
| blueviolet | 8A | 2B | E2 | brown | A5 | 2A | 2A | ||
| burlywood | DE | B8 | 87 | cadetblue | 5F | 9E | A0 | ||
| chartreuse | 7F | FF | 00 | chocolate | D2 | 69 | 1E | ||
| coral | FF | 7F | 50 | cornflowerblue | 64 | 95 | ED | ||
| cornsilk | FF | F8 | DC | crimson | DC | 14 | 3C | ||
| cyan | 00 | FF | FF | darkblue | 00 | 00 | 8B | ||
| darkcyan | 00 | 8B | 8B | darkgoldenrod | B8 | 86 | 0B | ||
| darkgray | A9 | A9 | A9 | darkgreen | 00 | 64 | 00 | ||
| darkkhaki | BD | B7 | 6B | darkmagenta | 8B | 00 | 8B | ||
| darkolivegreen | 55 | 6B | 2F | darkorange | FF | 8C | 00 | ||
| darkorchid | 99 | 32 | CC | darkred | 8B | 00 | 00 | ||
| darksalmon | E9 | 96 | 7A | darkseagreen | 8F | BC | 8F | ||
| darkslateblue | 48 | 3D | 8B | darkslategray | 2F | 4F | 4F | ||
| darkturquoise | 00 | CE | D1 | darkviolet | 94 | 00 | D3 | ||
| deeppink | FF | 14 | 93 | deepskyblue | 00 | BF | FF | ||
| dimgray | 69 | 69 | 69 | dodgerblue | 1E | 90 | FF | ||
| firebrick | B2 | 22 | 22 | floralwhite | FF | FA | F0 | ||
| forestgreen | 22 | 8B | 22 | fuchsia | FF | 00 | FF | ||
| gainsboro | DC | DC | DC | ghostwhite | F8 | F8 | FF | ||
| gold | FF | D7 | 00 | goldenrod | DA | A5 | 20 | ||
| gray | 80 | 80 | 80 | green | 00 | 80 | 00 | ||
| greenyellow | AD | FF | 2F | honeydew | F0 | FF | F0 | ||
| hotpink | FF | 69 | B4 | indianred | CD | 5C | 5C | ||
| indigo | 4B | 00 | 82 | ivory | FF | FF | F0 | ||
| khaki | F0 | E6 | 8C | lavender | E6 | E6 | FA | ||
| lavenderblush | FF | F0 | F5 | lawngreen | 7C | FC | 00 | ||
| lemonchiffon | FF | FA | CD | lightblue | AD | D8 | E6 | ||
| lightcoral | F0 | 80 | 80 | lightcyan | E0 | FF | FF | ||
| lightgoldenrodyellow | FA | FA | D2 | lightgreen | 90 | EE | 90 | ||
| lightgrey | D3 | D3 | D3 | lightpink | FF | B6 | C1 | ||
| lightsalmon | FF | A0 | 7A | lightseagreen | 20 | B2 | AA | ||
| lightskyblue | 87 | CE | FA | lightslategray | 77 | 88 | 99 | ||
| lightsteelblue | B0 | C4 | DE | lightyellow | FF | FF | E0 | ||
| lime | 00 | FF | 00 | limegreen | 32 | CD | 32 | ||
| linen | FA | F0 | E6 | magenta | FF | 00 | FF | ||
| maroon | 80 | 00 | 00 | mediumaquamarine | 66 | CD | AA | ||
| mediumblue | 00 | 00 | CD | mediumorchid | BA | 55 | D3 | ||
| mediumpurple | 93 | 70 | DB | mediumseagreen | 3C | B3 | 71 | ||
| mediumslateblue | 7B | 68 | EE | mediumspringgreen | 00 | FA | 9A | ||
| mediumturquoise | 48 | D1 | CC | mediumvioletred | C7 | 15 | 85 | ||
| midnightblue | 19 | 19 | 70 | mintcream | F5 | FF | FA | ||
| mistyrose | FF | E4 | E1 | moccasin | FF | E4 | B5 | ||
| navajowhite | FF | DE | AD | navy | 00 | 00 | 80 | ||
| oldlace | FD | F5 | E6 | olive | 80 | 80 | 00 | ||
| olivedrab | 6B | 8E | 23 | orange | FF | A5 | 00 | ||
| orangered | FF | 45 | 00 | orchid | DA | 70 | D6 | ||
| palegoldenrod | EE | E8 | AA | palegreen | 98 | FB | 98 | ||
| paleturquoise | AF | EE | EE | palevioletred | DB | 70 | 93 | ||
| papayawhip | FF | EF | D5 | peachpuff | FF | DA | B9 | ||
| peru | CD | 85 | 3F | pink | FF | C0 | CB | ||
| plum | DD | A0 | DD | powderblue | B0 | E0 | E6 | ||
| purple | 80 | 00 | 80 | red | FF | 00 | 00 | ||
| rosybrown | BC | 8F | 8F | royalblue | 41 | 69 | E1 | ||
| saddlebrown | 8B | 45 | 13 | salmon | FA | 80 | 72 | ||
| sandybrown | F4 | A4 | 60 | seagreen | 2E | 8B | 57 | ||
| seashell | FF | F5 | EE | sienna | A0 | 52 | 2D | ||
| silver | C0 | C0 | C0 | skyblue | 87 | CE | EB | ||
| slateblue | 6A | 5A | CD | slategray | 70 | 80 | 90 | ||
| snow | FF | FA | FA | springgreen | 00 | FF | 7F | ||
| steelblue | 46 | 82 | B4 | tan | D2 | B4 | 8C | ||
| teal | 00 | 80 | 80 | thistle | D8 | BF | D8 | ||
| tomato | FF | 63 | 47 | turquoise | 40 | E0 | D0 | ||
| violet | EE | 82 | EE | wheat | F5 | DE | B3 | ||
| white | FF | FF | FF | whitesmoke | F5 | F5 | F5 | ||
| yellow | FF | FF | 00 | yellowgreen | 9A | CD | 32 |