Inline Images

Sr.No.
Topics
1

Image Size Attributes

2
 Aligning Images
3
 Alternate Text for Images
4
 Images as Hyperlinks
5
 Background Graphics
6
 Background Color
7
 External Images, Sounds, and Animations

 

Background Color

By default browsers display text in black on a gray background. However, you can change both elements if you want. Some HTML authors select a background color and coordinate it with a change in the color of the text.

Always preview changes like this to make sure your pages are readable. (For example, many people find red text on a black background difficult to read!) In general, try to avoid using high-contrast images or images that use the color of your text anywhere within the graphic.

You change the color of text, links, visited links, and active links (links that are currently being clicked on) using further attributes of the <BODY> tag. For example: 

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#FFFFFF" LINK="#9690CC">
This creates a window with a black background (BGCOLOR), white text (TEXT), and silvery hyperlinks (LINK).

The six-digit number and letter combinations represent colors by giving their RGB (red, green, blue) value. The six digits are actually three two-digit numbers in sequence, representing the amount of red, green, or blue as a hexadecimal value in the range 00-FF. For example, 000000 is black (no color at all), FF0000 is bright red, 0000FF is bright blue, and FFFFFF is white (fully saturated with all three colors).

These number and letter combinations are generally rather cryptic. Fortunately an online resource is available to help you track down the combinations that map to specific colors and there is software available for you to do this on your workstation:

HIDAHO Color Center

For some basic colors -- typically those in the standard sixteen-color Windows 3.1 palette -- you can also use the name of the color instead of the corresponding RGB value. For example, "black", "red", "blue", and "cyan" are all valid for use in place of RGB values. However, while not all browsers will understand all color names, any browser that can display colors will understand RGB values, so use them whenever possible.