DHTML Color Pallet ©

This utility program displays a 4,096 color spectrum in a 3 dimensional pallet. The pallet is a larger cube made up of smaller cubes arranged in 16 layers of 16 rows of 16 cubes. The controls allow the user to change the angle of view, the layer depth, the color selected and a historical list of previous selections. The color values are represented by both *hexadecimal vales and **RGB values.

The colors may vary depending on the devices that you are using to view this program.

RGB Cube - The red-green-blue cube at the top of the screen controls which angle the larger cube is being viewed from and the base color. To change angle of the view click one of the RGB cube's sides. The two color swatches to the right of the RGB cube displays the base color and base color's contrasting color.

Layer Control Bar - The bar underneath the RGB cube controls which layer of the larger cube is being displayed in the 16 by 16 table. Clicking on one of the cubes in the bar will change the layer and the amount of the base color that is in the cubes in the table. The swatches to the right of the bar shows the bar's selected color and it's contrasting color.

Color Selection Table - The table displays all of the colors for the selected base color and layer that are selected in the RGB cube and bar above. Clicking on a color in this table will select it and place it's values in the two swatches at the top right corner of the table. These two swatches are the selected color and it's contrasting color.

Color Selection Pull Down Controls - On the right side of the table below the table's swatches are two sets of pull down controls. The top set shows the *hexadecimal value of the tables selected color and the bottom set shows the **RGB value. Changing any of the values in this control will change the table selection.

History List - After more than one color has been selected in the table a history list will appear to the right of the table. The value of the last table selection is added to the top of the stack. If the value being added is already in the list it will be moved to the top. The history listed can be cleared by clicking on the red X at the right side of the title. Any of the list values can be removed from the list by clicking on the red X on it's right side.

Color Swatches - The color values in the swatch are in *hexadecimal and holding the mouse over a swatch will show it's **RGB color values. Clicking on any of the swatches will make it the selected value in the table.

* Hexadecimal color values are made up of three pairs of hexadecimal values. The first pair is the red value the second is the green value and the third is the blue value. Each of the values ranges from 00 to ff in hexadecimal. ff is the maximum amount of the color and 00 is none of this color. If all three value are ff,the maximum amount of all colors, the color is white. If all three values are 00, no colors, the color is black.

**RGB color values are made up of three decimal numbers. The first number is the red value the second is the green value and the third is the blue value. Each of the values ranges from 0 to 255 decimal. 255 are the maximum amount of the color and 0 is none of the color. If all three values are 255, the maximum amount of all colors, the color is white. If all three values are 0, no colors, the color is black.