Websafe Colors

[ForeverIrise]

Is it really that big of a deal? Say I use a color like #755523, it won't show that EXACT color? It will show, #666633 which is the closet websafe color? I don't get it. A lot of people seem to make a big deal out of it.

[IncaWarrior]

I wouldn't worry about it, there are lots of combinations that won't look the same and it's usually not that much different looking.

[phpnovice]

Originally posted by ForeverIrise
Is it really that big of a deal? Say I use a color like #755523, it won't show that EXACT color? It will show, #666633 which is the closet websafe color? I don't get it. A lot of people seem to make a big deal out of it.
It is only a big deal to those that wish to represet precise color depictions. In fact, if you use #755523, this will NOT be displayed as #666633 by ANY browser. ALL color-capable browsers will display the color as #755523. The "problem" is that different browsers may have a different idea of just how #755523 is to be rendered. The end-result won't be #666633, though. The reason the 00, 33, 66, 99, CC, and FF color codes were chosen as "websafe" colors is because almost all browsers almost always display these colors the same way.

Caveat Emptor

[IncaWarrior]

I find the only time colors are really an issue is if I use a gif with colors to match since that might be slightly different and look ugly