Identifying Colors

The default style template Styles.Default uses colors such as cx0066AA, cx004488, and cx002288. What do these stand for? The "cx" part indicates that this is an RGB color given in hexadecimal values. The numbers that follow are the red, green, and blue values that define the colors. For example, cx0066AA refers to red=00, green=66, and blue=AA. Those values produce a medium grayish blue. In this color scheme, cxFFFFFF refers to white, cx000000 refers to black, and cx0000FF refers to blue.

If you want to change a color on the color list, you can simply replace the old RGB color code with the new RGB color code. For example, if you change the code for the fgA value, you can request green foreground text. Here is the code change: ...

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