What are Web Safe Colors and How to Use Web Safe Colors

by keaini on 2008-06-20 20:23:37

Web-safe colors are a set of 216 colors used by browsers that are platform-independent. When displaying colors on an 8-bit screen, browsers convert all colors in an image to these 216 colors. This set of colors is a subset of the Mac OS 8-bit color palette. By using only these colors, you can ensure that images created for the Web will not exhibit dithering on systems set to display 256 colors.

Identifying web-safe colors in the Adobe Color Picker:

Click the "Web Colors Only" option in the bottom-left corner of the color picker, and then select any color within the picker. When this option is selected, any color you choose will be a web-safe color.

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