By name
You can specify color values by name as follows:
h1 {color: olive;}
The CSS 2.1 specification accepts only 17 color names for use in style sheets (CSS 1 and CSS 2 had only 16 names; orange
was added in Version 2.1.) The color names are:
aqua |
green |
orange |
white |
black |
lime |
purple |
yellow |
blue |
maroon |
red | |
fuchsia |
navy |
silver | |
gray |
olive |
teal |
Other names from the complete list of color names may be supported by some browsers. For the complete list, see Appendix D.
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