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COLOR

• How to specify colors
• Color terminology and contrast
• Background color

Color can really bring your pages to life.

In this chapter we will look at:

• How to specify colors, as there are three common ways in which you can indicate your choice of colors (plus extra ways made available in CSS3)
• Color terminology, as there are some terms that are very helpful to understand when it comes to picking colors
• Contrast, and ensuring that your text is readable
• Background colors for behind either your entire page or parts of a page

What you will learn about colors in this chapter will then be used in subsequent chapters when it comes to looking at colors of text and boxes in CSS.