1.bgcolor="#FFFFFF" WHITE   2.bgcolor="#FFFF00" YELLOW
  3.bgcolor="#FF0000" RED   4.bgcolor="#FF00FF" MAGNETA
  5.bgcolor="#00FFFF" CYAN   6.bgcolor="#0000FF" BLUE
  7.bgcolor="#00FF00" LIME   8.bgcolor="#000000" BLACK
  9.bgcolor="#C0C0C0" GREY 10.bgcolor="#800080" PURPLE
11.bgcolor="#7FFF00" CHARTREUSE 12.bgcolor="#000080" NAVY BLUE
13.bgcolor="#BBFFFF" PALE TURQUOISE 14.bgcolor="#00FF7F" SPRING GREEN
15.bgcolor="#E0FFFF" LIGHT CYAN 16.bgcolor="#424242" HEAVY GREY
17.bgcolor="#7F7F7F" MEDIUM GREY 18.bgcolor="#828282" MEDIUM GREY

      If you care for people with f ex VGA 16-color graphic card you can make it possible for them to see the text you have on your page if you use bgcolor 1-18 above.

19.bgcolor="#FF7F00" ORANGE   20.bgcolor="#AB82FF" MEDIUM PURPLE
21.bgcolor="#BFBFBF" LIGHT GREY   22.bgcolor="#C2C2C2" LIGHT GREY

      Number 19-22 gives a "clean" background color but the text on the page will be without sharpness.



      These, 23-37, and many many more could cause "reading trouble" for those who have "wrong" graphic card.

23.bgcolor="#F0F8FF" ALICEBLUE 24.bgcolor="#FAEBD7" ANTIQUE-
WHITE
25.bgcolor="#7FFFD4" AQUAMARINE 26.bgcolor="#F5F5DC" BEIGE
27.bgcolor="#FFE4C4" BISQUE 28.bgcolor="#FFEBCD" BLANCH-
DALMOND
29.bgcolor="#8A2BE2" BLUEVIOLET 30.bgcolor="#A52A2A" BROWN
31.bgcolor="#DEB887" BURLYWOOD 32.bgcolor="#5F9EA0" CADETBLUE
33.bgcolor="#D2691E" CHCOLATE 34.bgcolor="#FF7F50" CORAL
35.bgcolor="#6495ED" CORNFLOWER-
BLUE
36.bgcolor="#FFF8DC" CORNSILK
37.bgcolor="#DC143C" CRIMSON etc.



A bgColor Example

You can enter a RGB TRIPLET to change the background color on this page ( f.ex aed2bf ).

document.bgColor = #

Idea and more to learn :
Color Theory Tutorial by Worqx

Visit also these very useful sources :
Big color database
ZSPC Super Color Chart
VisiBone Webmaster's Color Lab

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