[thelist] Gif color verses html color. Is it the same?

Mike designbase10 at shaw.ca
Thu Apr 1 13:25:05 CST 2004


Is a hex color specified in html rendered in the exact same color as the 
same hex color in a gif image?

For example, if I placed a gif image colored with #7bc66b, inside a div, 
with the div having this exact same background color, will there be any 
difference in the color?

<div><img src="#7bc66b_colored_image.gif" />Here is some text.</div>

CSS:

div  {
   background-color: #7bc66b;
   }

I would like the colors to render identically in all browsers so that 
there is no difference to create a "seemless" look.

I remember at one point about 3 years ago someone indicated to me that 
browsers render gif and html color differently and in some cases the 
small difference may be slightly noticable. But that was 3 years ago and 
I am not sure if this is still true today with most of today's browsers.

Thanks for any opinions,

Mike



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