W3.CSS Colors

Red

Coloring HTML Elements

The w3-color and w3-text-color classes can be used to color any HTML element:

Containers:

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

Buttons:

Text:

Red Purple Blue Green Orange

Borders:

Red

Green

Blue

Yellow

Gray

Black

Tables:

Name Points
Jill Smith 50
Eve Jackson 94
Adam Johnson 67

Cards:

A car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels. (Wikipedia)

Background Colors

The w3-color classes set the background color for any HTML element:

London

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

London

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

London

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

Example

<div class="w3-red">
  <h2>London</h2>
  <p>London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
  with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

<div class="w3-yellow">
  <h2>London</h2>
  <p>London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
  with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

<div class="w3-gray">
  <h2>London</h2>
  <p>London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
  with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

The colors gray and grey are interchangeable in all W3.CSS classes.

Text Colors

The w3-text-color classes set the text color of any HTML element:

London

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

London

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

Example

<div class="w3-text-red">
  <h2>London</h2>
  <p>London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom,
  with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

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Hover Colors

The w3-hover-color classes define the background hover color for any HTML element:

London

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

Example

<div class="w3-container w3-orange w3-hover-red">
  <h2>London</h2>
  <p>London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

The w3-hover-text-color classes define the text hover color for any HTML element:

London

London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.

Example

<div class="w3-container w3-orange w3-hover-text-white">
  <h2>London</h2>
  <p>London is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants.</p>
</div>

Color libraries

In addition to standard W3.CSS colors, W3.CSS can also use colors from a lot of different color libraries:

Windows Colors:

Lime
Green
Olive
Emerald
Teal
Steel
Cyan
Blue
Indigo
Cobalt
Violet
Mauve
Pink
Magenta
Red
Orange
Amber
Yellow
Brown
Taupe
Sienna
Crimson

Fashion Colors:

Flame
Greenery
Marina
Primrose
Yellow
Neutral Gray
Shaded
Spruce
Navy
Peony
Tawny
Port

Highway Colors:

Red
Green
Blue
Yellow

You will learn a lot more about colors in later chapters of this tutorial.