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Using Color
Internet Explorer 2.0 allows you to use the following colornames. These supported colornames can
be used with the Body, Font, Marquee, and Table tags which are outlined below.
Note: This feature is not compatible with Netscape v2.0.
HTML Features Which Use Colornames
BODY
The following attributes can be used with the BODY tag to set color attributes.
| Attribute |
Explanation |
Example |
Source |
| BGCOLOR |
Sets the background color of the page. |
<BODY BGCOLOR=NAVY> |
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| TEXT |
Sets the text color for the page. |
<BODY BGCOLOR=NAVY TEXT=BLACK> |
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| LINK |
Sets the link color for the page. |
<BODY BGCOLOR=NAVY TEXT=BLACK LINK=RED> |
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| VLINK |
Sets the vlink (already viewed link) color for the page. |
<BODY BGCOLOR=NAVY TEXT=BLACK LINK=RED VLINK=BLACK> |
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FONT
The following attribute can be used with the FONT tag to set the color of the font.
| Attribute |
Explanation |
Example |
Source |
| COLOR |
Sets the color of the font. |
<FONT COLOR=BLUE> |
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MARQUEE
The following attribute can be used with the MARQUEE tag to set the background color of the marquee.
| Attribute |
Explanation |
Example |
Source |
| BGCOLOR |
Sets the background color of the marquee. |
<MARQUEE BGCOLOR=YELLOW> |
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TABLE tags (TABLE, TH, TR, and TD)
The following attributes can be used with the TABLE, TH, TR, and TD tags to set color attributes.
| Attribute |
Explanation |
Example |
Source |
| BGCOLOR |
Sets the background color. |
<TABLE BGCOLOR=WHITE> |
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| BORDERCOLOR |
Sets the border color, and must be used with the BORDER attribute. |
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR BORDERCOLOR=BLUE> |
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| BORDERCOLORLIGHT |
Sets the color of bordercolorlight, one of the two colors used to draw a 3-D borders, and must be used with the BORDER attribute. |
<TABLE BORDER>
<TD BORDERCOLORLIGHT=RED BORDERCOLORDARK=GREEN> |
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| BORDERCOLORDARK |
Sets the color of bordercolordark, one of the two colors used to draw a 3-D borders, and must be used with the BORDER attribute. |
<TABLE BORDER>
<TD BORDERCOLORLIGHT=RED BORDERCOLORDARK=GREEN> |
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http://www.microsoft.com/ie/author/htmlspec/usecolor.htm (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)
