Colors

When providing a value for style attributes that define color, you can specify a generic color name or its RGB value.

This section describes how to specify a value for style attributes defining colors, such as textColor.

Syntax

{ generic-color | #rrggbb }
  1. generic-color is any of the predefined colors supported by the language.
  2. #rrggbb is a numerical color defined by a red/green/blue specification.

Usage

In most cases it is not possible to know what a potential end-user might expect regarding the font family. Therefore, avoid using explicit font families in your application and use only the fontWeight/fontStyle/fontSize properties. A specific font family is used only if the client cannot determine a proper default font family for the desired platform.

The language defines a set of generic color names, interpreted by the front end depending on the graphical capability of the workstation.

RGB notation

When a predefined color is not what you require, you can specify the exact color with the RGB notation, starting with a # hash character:
  <Style name="Edit.mandatory">
     <StyleAttribute name="textColor" value="#50AEFF" />
  </Style>

Each value of the RGB color specification must be provided in hexadecimal, in the range [00-FF].

Generic color names

Use generic color names, to keep your style definitions portable across several front-end types.

Note: The exact rendered color depends on front-end type.
Table 1. Generic color names
Generic color name Visual result (1) RGB value 
black
 

#000000
 
blue
 

#0000FF
 
cyan
 

#00FFFF
 
darkBlue
 

#00008B
 
darkCyan
 

#008B8B
 
darkGray
 

#A9A9A9
 
darkGreen
 

#006400
 
darkMagenta
 

#8B008B
 
darkOlive
 

#505000
 
darkOrange
 

#FF8C00
 
darkRed
 

#8B0000
 
darkTeal
 

#005050
 
darkYellow
 

#AAAA00
 
gray
 

#808080
 
green
 

#008000
 
lightBlue
 

#ADD8E6
 
lightCyan
 

#E0FFFF
 
lightGray
 

#D3D3D3
 
lightGreen
 

#90EE90
 
lightMagenta
 

#FFC0FF
 
lightOlive
 

#AAAA44
 
lightOrange
 

#FFCC00
 
lightRed
 

#FF8080
 
lightTeal
 

#33CCCC
 
lightYellow
 

#FFFFE0
 
magenta
 

#FF00FF
 
olive
 

#808000
 
orange
 

#FFA500
 
red
 

#FF0000
 
teal
 

#008080
 
white
 

#FFFFFF
 
yellow
 

#FFFF00

Example

<StyleAttribute name="textColor" value="blue" />
<StyleAttribute name="textColor" value="#00FF45" />