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What colours can I use in my SU pages?
This article shows you how to colour (or size) your text, but many people have asked which colours you can use. The answer, potentially, is: hundreds! But only some of these will look good on the Profile Theme that you have chosen in your Prefs > Settings.
To colour your text you may use either: Hex Colour Codes, or "named colours" to control the colour of your text. For example, this yellow can be coded as:
<font color=yellow> this yellow</font> or <font color=#FFFF00> this yellow</font>
Some sources advise that 140 (or more) colours can be named, others that certain standards restrict you to only 16. Whatever the rules, SU currently allows you to use more than 16 colours, but in practise, you might do well to pick, and settle on, your own tried and tested colour-set.
Of the standard colours, this is how they are coded and appear on my pages:
aqua <font color="aqua">aqua</font>
black <font color="black">black</font>
blue <font color="blue">blue</font>
fuschia <font color="fuschia">fuschia</font>
gray <font color="gray">gray</font>
green <font color="green">green</font>
maroon <font color="maroon">maroon</font>
navy * <font color="navy">navy</font>
olive <font color="olive">olive</font>
purple <font color="purple">purple</font>
red <font color="red">red</font>
silver <font color="silver">silver</font>
teal <font color="teal">teal</font>
white <font color="white">white</font>
yellow <font color="yellow">yellow</font>
You might like to pick and choose some colours from the bigger lists mentioned above, but don't be surprised if some don't work in SU!
Some things to watch out for:
