[thelist] CSS: colour attributes

[{ schaapy }]

All it is - is shorthand.

#ffffff = #fff
#ff0000 = #f00
#336699 = #369

What's happening is your six digit hex numbers are being but down into
simpler terms.

You're browser knows that #fff means #ffffff.

This isn't really a big deal unless you're writing ALOT of CSS - then it's
nice to cut out characters to save space.

Or course things like #c5ccdf; can't really be shortened so they are simply
left in their full state.


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Aaron Schaap
www.theparagon.org


> From: Frank <framar at interlog.com>
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> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 03:20:55 -0400
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> Subject: [thelist] CSS: colour attributes
>
>
> As far as I understand, colour can be specified in a number of ways in HTML
> and CSS
>
> "white"   a limited number of named colours.
>
> "#FFFFFF" hexadecimal, three groups of two.
>
> rgb(255,255,255) three groups representing, red, green blue.
>
> I've been seeing this "#FFF" all over the place for a long time. At first,
> I thought that it was simply sloppy code. Then I found Eric Meyer using it.
> I can't seem to find a reference that details the composition of the
> statement, even on the w3c. I'm feeling kind'a stumped, kind'a dumb.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Frank Marion
> framar at interlog.com
>
>
>
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