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From: mullen@gate.net (Allen Mullen)
Subject: Re: ASCII color codes?
Date: 1996/04/07
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Emily Roberts (earoberts@cc.memphis.edu) wrote:
: I need to access the codes for different colors in ASCII so that I can
: finish a Web Page I am creating.  If you know where I can get these
: codes (maybe an address in Netscape or something), please write!


The colors that Netscape and MS Internet Explorer in 256 color mode use 
are multiples of 51 on the RGB scale. The values are 0, 51, 102, 153, 
204 or 255 for red, green and blue (which correspond to 00, 33, 66, 99, 
CC and FF). For example, a possible flesh tone is red 255, green 204 and 
blue 153 (FFCC99).

You can define these colors in Netscape Gold when you select Properties, 
then select Font Color, then select Display Custom Colors. Fortunately, 
most web browsers (except for Netscape Gold Beta) appear to be able to 
make the closest possible match for colors other than those in the 256 
color palette. Netscape Gold Beta does fine when using 64K or more 
colors but gives me gray for all font colors except the standard 16 
colors when a computer is turned down to 256 color mode.

Netscape Gold B1 made it very simple to colorize ascii pictures but 
unfortunately it expires April 15. The newer B2 version is a real hassle 
to use for colorizing pictures.

MS Internet Assistant limits you to the 16 basic colors for text but I 
may try using it and then use the replace command in MS Word to change 
the colors to the ones I prefer.

Maybe someone knows a better color editor. The key thing for colorizing 
ascii pictures is to be able to see what you are colorizing. I think it 
would be almost hopeless to try to colorize raw html.

You can see some of the pictures I've colorized on the web page listed 
below. I've done a color version of the picture below. There are also a 
couple references in the color section to more detailed discussions of 
color.
                                                                          
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              ,CCCCCCC>>>><<<CCCCCCC,C;CC,.> ,;C>  .,,;;,.                
          .;<CCC>'',;;;;;;;;,.```'CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC'''<> .,,          
       .;CCC>' ,;<!!!!!!'''''''`,cccccc,.`''<CCCCCCCCCCCC''''     .,,,;;' 
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CCCCCCC  !!!!.<$$$$h $$$$c ``<!!!!'' ,c$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P zJ$$$$c`P",CCC
CCCCCCC !!!!!.<$$$$$ ?$$$$$hcccczcc$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P",J$$$$$$$P ,CCCC
CCCCCC>;!!!!! J$$$$$>`$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$",cd$$$$$$$$P ,CCCCC
CCCCCC ;!!!!! $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$?????????"",<CCCCCC
CCCCCC !!!!!! ?$$$$$$ ?$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P" ,;;;;;!' ,CCCCCCCC
CCCCC> !!!!!!><$$$$$$.`$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P",;!!!!!!' ,CCCCCCCCCC
CCCCC ;!!!!!!> $$$$$$$ "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P".<!!!!!!'`,<CCCCCCCC>'"
CCCCC,`!!!!!!! $$$$$$$$. "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P" ;<!!!!!!'.,CCCCCCCCC> .;C
CCCCC>'!!!!!!! <$$$$$$$$$c,"??"""$$$$$$$$$$$P" ;!!!!!!' .;CCCCCCCCC> ,<CCC
CCCCC>'!!!!!!!><$$$$$$$$$$$hccc$$$$$$$$$$P" ;<!!!!!!' ,<CCCCCCCCCC',<CCCCC
CCCCC> !!!!!!!><$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P" ,;!!!!!!!' ,<CCCCCCCCCC' ,CCCCCCC
CCCCCC !!!!!!!><$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P",;!!!!!!'' .;CCCCCCCCCCC> ,CCCCCCCCC
CCCCCC.`!!!!!!><$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P" ;<!!!!!!' ,<CCCCCCCCCCCCC' <CCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCC> !!!!!!,`$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P" ;<!!!!!!'`.;CCCCCCCCCCCCCC' ,CCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCC.`!!!!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$P".<!!!!!!!' ,<CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC> <CCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCC <!!!!><$$$$$$$$$P" ;<!!!!!!'`.;CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC' <CCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCC, !!!!>'$$$$$$$P",;!!!!!!'`.;<CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC',<CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCC `!!!! $$$$$" ;!!!!!!' .;<CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ,CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCC> !!!! $P"",;!!!!!'`.;CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC',CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCC,`!!! " ;!!!!!'`.;CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC',CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCC,`!!!;;!!!!' .;CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC',CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCC `!!!!!'`.;<CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC> ,CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCC,`!''`.;CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC'  ,CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCC,.;<CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC> , ,CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC> C ,CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC>' ,C',CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Allen
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