[thelist] Understanding CSS with 3 digit colors ?

Norman Bunn norman.bunn at craftedsolutions.com
Wed Aug 20 13:38:57 CDT 2003


It is an acceptable practice and it's shorter.

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1#color-units

Norman
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At 12:14 PM 8/20/2003, you wrote:
>Hi list,
>
>I've been trying to beef up my CSS skills and I've noticed something that
>I'm not real familiar with. Would someone please explain to me why people
>are defining colors with only 3 hex numbers? For example:
>
>A:hover {
>         FONT-WEIGHT: 900; COLOR: #555; Font-Size: 10px;
>}
>
>Thanks
>
>Rob.Smith
>
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