Re: Computer: Color tools

Here are a couple of great color tools for doing websites, etc.  I got these
from another group so I copied the instructions for them as well as the 
links.

These are the best color tools I have seen yet.

Sandra



> This first one has an eyedropper, just grab it and drag it to the part 
> of your image that has the color you want and the color will show up 
> and the code for that color will show up as well.  You can pick your 
> text color with this thing really easy, you just pick the background 
> color of your textbox, now hit the foreground button and pick a text 
> color that will look good on that background color.  This is a very 
> small exe file and if you decide you do not want it you just toss it 
> out, no changes are made to your system because this is does not install.
>  
> You will find the download for this tool under the HTML free stuff it 
> is about the third download on the page.
>  
> Colorer v 2.03
>  
> http://www.tobs.uku.co.uk/download.html
>  
>  
> This one is really handy for finding shades of the same color.  I 
> first pick the color I want with the colorer tool, then I put that 
> number in the left hand side window on this tool and that color will 
> show up.  Then you can click the chain between the two windows and you 
> will see a full set of shades of that color.  Now click the chain 
> again so it looks broken and when you click on one of the shades of 
> that color you will see that color show up in the left side window.  
> Under it will be the code for that color.  It is super great for 
> finding the right colors for scrollbars.  It too is just a stand alone 
> exe file and does not install so if you do not like just toss it out.
>  
> I have version 1.4 I did not try the older version of this tool
>  
> Colour Calculator
>  
> http://www.mick.tilbury.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm?colcal.htm
>  
> Hope these are of some help to some of the members. 







Mcorley816@cs.com wrote:

>Thanks, Linda, that was a very timely web-site as I've been working with 
>images and trying to duplicate particular colors - gets frustrating.  I'm not 
>positive, but I think this will help me.  I'll have to do some experimenting.
>
>
>Mickey Corley
>Bethany, OK - Center of Oklahoma USA
>Zone 6/7
>
>I'm hoping John doesn't scold me for replying - I think I can e-mail the iris 
>groups from this address now.
>
>
>In a message dated 3/2/04 8:35:17 AM Central Standard Time, 
>lmann@volfirst.net writes: 
>  
>
>>Since things have gotten a bit slow here, I went rummaging on garden web
>>yesterday &saw a few discussions I thought I'd drag over here.  One was
>>about color names &figuring out what they look like.
>>
>>There is a website:
>><http://www.anthus.com/Colors/NBS.html>
>>    
>>
>
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