Web Fonts and Colors

Web Fonts and Colors

Overview of Web colors

Fonts and colors on a white background

Fonts and colors on a grey background

Fonts and colors on a black background

Large colored cells

Alan R. Barasch Color Chart
See colors and codes on any background color chosen from 216 browser-friendly hues or a similar chart with characters colored
PageTutor
Color Picker tool on-line and downloadable.
Projectcool
HTML Basics: Choosing a Color.
If you want to see how a color looks in more detail, just click on the alphabet and the whole page background will change to that color. This chart can be very useful for determining if your color is readable against the background color you wish to use.
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Color Chart. The 216 Browser Safe Colors
Webcom
Downloadable Guides: WebTutor v3.0
(newer version seems to be in PageTutor for members only).
Set of files that unpack to a separate directory to be accessed off-line with a browser. Contains color picker tool, handy dandy font viewer, special characters code table and tutorial text, with index including quick reference.
Web Design Group
The documents here feature tables of the character entity references in HTML 4.0, along with the numeric character reference in decimal and hexadecimal. A rendering of each character reference is provided so that users may check their browsers' compliance. You may also find useful their page Use of HTML Tags for font appearance.
Web Diner
Hexcode color chart.

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