Date:         Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:39:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Dave Scocca <dave@SCOCCA.ORG>
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From:         Dave Scocca <dave@SCOCCA.ORG>
Subject:      Re: How to find out which CX color codes map to what colors?
Comments: To: Mary <mlhoward@avalon.net>
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--On 2/7/2008 11:28 AM -0600 Mary wrote:

> My question is to how to find out what the colors that start with "cx"
> translate to.
>
> For instance, in experimentation I have found out that:
> cx000000 = black
> cx010000 = black
> cx590000 = brown
> cxff0000 = red
[...]
> 2.  Is there some way to get what the cx color number is from knowing the
> RGB and hue numbers?  For instance, I can determine in MS Access that
> light blue is:
>
> Hue=120, Sat=240, Lum=180, Red=128, Green=255, Blue=255  (MS access color
> 16777088)
>
> Would there be some way to determine what cx color to use?

"cx" ARE hex RGB colors.

So your example of (128, 255, 255) is cxF0FFFF.  Lots of web-development
programs will give you the six-character hex codes for particular colors.


Dave Scocca