Alright so i have seen the W3C HTML and CSS Validators and i dont understand.
W3C has specified 16 colors that will be valid for HTML/CSS validations.If you use other ones,you dont get validation.Also if you use CSS3 then again you dont get validated.
So whats the meaning of this?

I think they won't validate the color names but if you use color codes, it will validate.

As far as CSS3 is concerned, not all CSS3 properties are standardized so it won't validate even though the leading browsers support them.

ankillien wrote:I think they won't validate the color names but if you use color codes, it will validate.

As far as CSS3 is concerned, not all CSS3 properties are standardized so it won't validate even though the leading browsers support them.

Yeah they will validate HEX values but wont validate something like color: dark-red.

As far as CSS3 goes, the reasson been is that IE does not yet support it, once IE supports it fully they will add full validation

There are CSS3 property proposals that have yet to be approved, and there are approved CSS3 properties that have yet to be given a standard format. Once W3C publishes the official CSS3 document, I suspect the validator will accept CSS3.

As for color names, I would expect the validator to support whatever names are defined in the current W3C standard. Is that not the case?

dion wrote:
As for color names, I would expect the validator to support whatever names are defined in the current W3C standard. Is that not the case?

Unfortunatly not

Since I would be shocked if the CSS validator would be incorrect for CSS2, I looked up the W3C color specifications. Only 16 color names are defined for CSS2, and the proposed CSS3 spec keeps those same 16 names. For reference:

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4

Since I would be shocked if the CSS validator was incorrect for CSS2, I looked up the W3C color specifications. Only 16 color names are defined for CSS2, and the proposed CSS3 spec keeps those same 16 names. For reference:

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4

Also for reference is this section in the CSS3 proposal, which states that the extended names are part of the SVG draft. That means they are nowhere near being accepted as a standard.

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color

so dion i was correct right?
i really dont see any meaning of the W3C validator...

The validator is not meaningless. It won't validate some CSS3 and some CSS 3 properties will never be standardized since they are meaningless. So, its better not to use too much of CSS3 and stick to standardized codes

Nick wrote:so dion i was correct right?
i really dont see any meaning of the W3C validator...

You were correct that W3C only defines 16 named colors. Any beyond that are browser-specific, and of course they will not validate.

Another reason for not having more than 16 named colors is the language issue. Many of the additional named colors have multi-word names that probably make little sense to someone who only understands Kanji or Cyrillic.

Since you can use hex and rgb numbers to achieve 16 million colors that will validate, what is the big deal here? If you want validated CSS, stop using named colors!

dion wrote:

Nick wrote:so dion i was correct right?
i really dont see any meaning of the W3C validator...

You were correct that W3C only defines 16 named colors. Any beyond that are browser-specific, and of course they will not validate.

Another reason for not having more than 16 named colors is the language issue. Many of the additional named colors have multi-word names that probably make little sense to someone who only understands Kanji or Cyrillic.

Since you can use hex and rgb numbers to achieve 16 million colors that will validate, what is the big deal here? If you want validated CSS, stop using named colors!

yeah correct
i will be using HEX now if i understand how they work

Nick wrote:
yeah correct
i will be using HEX now if i understand how they work

Very easy

This will help you
http://www.colorpicker.com/

Just substitute the color for a hex, so something like this...

Code:

border: 1px solid #373737;

Thats a dark grey, just be sure to include the hash (#) unless it won't get validated unless you using DTD 1

yea XD i know i use colorpicker

i just want to know HOW to type a color using the numbers.
I mean,using colorpicker i know that black is #00000 but i want to know how to type a red color without using it

It's impossible to remember all of the HEX values, theres over like 10 million colors

Just use the color picker, to get the hex. It's nice and quick, or if you have photoshop open you can use that