color (HTML attribute)
Example
<p>This is not the way to emphasise text on a page - <font color="#003399">remember this!</font></p>
Description
The color
attribute changes the color of the text inside the font
element.
Value
A recognised color name (e.g.
"blue" or "red" - see color names reference) or a value
specified in hexadecimal (e.g.
"#003366").
Compatibility
| IE | 5.5 | Full |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Full | |
| 7.0 | Full | |
| Firefox | 1.0 | Full |
| 1.5 | Full | |
| 2.0 | Full | |
| Safari | 1.3 | Full |
| 2.0 | Full | |
| 3.0 | Full | |
| Opera | 9.2 | Full |
It causes no compatibility issues, and has excellent support across all tested browsers.
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