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"Hexidecimal Colours"

Is there any site / any way to produce a page which has every (so not just FF CC 99 66 33 00) possible hexidecimal value?

I mean, I'd quite like to have a page I could show to clients and ask them - "So which colours do you like?"

I would do it myself, but I really don't have the time to type out all the values...

So yeah. Is there any way?

Is there any site / any way to produce a page which has every (so not just FF CC 99 66 33 00) possible hexidecimal value?

I mean, I'd quite like to have a page I could show to clients and ask them - "So which colours do you like?"

I would do it myself, but I really don't have the time to type out all the values...

So yeah. Is there any way?

There would be quite a lot...could you not just use a traditional colour chart and convert the figures yourself?

You could write a very simple PHP script to do this. You probably wouldn't want to do every single colour - maybe every few colours. The human eye probably can't even distinguish between some of the colours: e.g. #000020 and #000021

Also, note that if you do this, when you print the sheet, there will be a difference between the colour on screen and colour on the sheet. Your best bet is to get them to pick a colour on the sheet, then match it to a colour on THEIR screen. As long as it looks good on their screen, it's ok ;)

I mean a web page.

But like... 000000 to FFFFFF through 0011AA and 5599EE - ie. 3 pairs. Can you even use 000021? I thought it was 3 pairs of 2...

But yeah.

Sorry, didn't read the bit about the web page. But the idea is still the same - just a simple PHP script. Post back if you're having problems writing it and I'll mock something up for you.

Hexadecimal is just another number base:

Hexadecimal -> Decimal
0 -> 0
1 -> 1
2 -> 2
3 -> 3
4 -> 4
5 -> 5
6 -> 6
7 -> 7
8 -> 8
9 -> 9
A -> 10
B -> 11
C -> 12
D -> 13
E -> 14
F -> 15

Sorry if this is patronising, but I'll try to explain how it works. If you think about how the normal decimal system works:

76 means: (7*10)+(6*1)=76

Each sucessive number starting from the right is a power of 10:

e.g. 1000 100 10 1 or 103 102 101 100

In hexadecimal, instead of using base 10 you use base 16, so each sucessive number starting from the right is a power of 16:

e.g. 4096 256 16 1 or 163 162 161 160

However, unlike the decimal system where you are only allowed numbers 0-9, in hexadecimal, you are allowed the numbers 0-9 plus A-F where the letters A-F correspond as in the list above. Therefore in hexadecimal, 76 would be written:

76 = (4*16)+(12*1) = (4*16)+(C*1) = 4C

So to convert from rgb() to hex#, you just use the above rule. For example, to convert 247 to hexadecimal, it would be:

247 = (15*16)+(7*1) = (F*16)+(7*1) = F7

Sorry if this sounds patronising, I am just trying to make it as clear as possible. Using this, it becomes easier to see how to write the script to generate the page you're after.

Heh, thanks but I already knew that... (To a certain extent.)

It's not quite what I was looking for, but I reckon I'll just give up and use WebMonkeys shortened version instead.

Thanks guys.

This is quite a useful colour tool: [URL]http://www.defencemechanism.com/color/[/URL]

I just use the colour picker in Photoshop to show clients different colour schemes within a basic template.

Don't forget to remind them that the colours look different on different screens - i.e. laptop will look quite different to a desktop monitor....!!!! I often find this comes back to haunt you!

Cheers