color (HTML attribute)
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | Saf1.3+ | Op9.2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | None |
| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| Yes | N/A |
Example
This code adds a blue horizontal line below the paragraph:
<p>And with that the actress and the bishop made a rather
nice soufflé.</p>
<hr color="blue"/>
<div id="footer">© All content copyright 2007. Even
the unfunny stuff.</div>
Description
The color
attribute brightens up the otherwise dull hr element by
filling in the hole created by the default beveled
appearance.
Value
This attribute
takes as its value a recognized color name (for example,
"blue" or "red"), or a value
specified in hexadecimal notation (such as "#003366").
Note that it’s not possible to use shorthand hexadecimal values
in HTML as you can in CSS—for example, you can’t express
"#cceeff" as
"#cef".
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 | None |
The
hr element display varies between browsers, as is
support for the color attribute. While most
browsers render the horizontal line with a color,
when that attribute is combined with the size
attribute, the browsers’ interpretation of color
becomes inconsistent. Some display just a colored outline, others fill the
space. However, given that color is a deprecated
attribute for this element—in fact it was never in any HTML specification
to begin with—it’s best to avoid using it altogether, and thereby avoid
the potential for validation failure and consistency
problems.
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