在 HTML 页面中可以两种方式指定颜色──以颜色名称或者表示 RGB 颜色值的数字。一个 RGB 颜色值由三个两位十六进制数字组成,分别代表各自的颜色强度。
例如,颜色值 #FF0000 之所以被渲染为红色,是因为红色的值达到了最高值 FF (等于十进制的 255)。
当你使用 !DOCTYPE 声明指定为标准兼容模式时,Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 和以后版本将忽略不遵从样式表(CSS)级别 1 的样式表声明。根据 CSS 1,以十六进制 RGB 值指定的颜色必须带有前导“#”字符。像“FFFFFF”这样的值将被忽略,而不会被理解为“#FFFFFF”(即白色),但 Internet Explorer 的先前版本是这么理解的。这影响所有接受颜色值的属性。
下表列出了 Internet Explorer 4.0 支持的颜色。
| aliceblue (#F0F8FF)  | 
antiquewhite (#FAEBD7)  | 
aqua (#00FFFF)  | 
aquamarine (#7FFFD4)  | 
| azure (#F0FFFF)  | 
beige (#F5F5DC)  | 
bisque (#FFE4C4)  | 
black (#000000)  | 
| blanchedalmond (#FFEBCD)  | 
blue (#0000FF)  | 
blueviolet (#8A2BE2)  | 
brown (#A52A2A)  | 
| burlywood (#DEB887)  | 
cadetblue (#5F9EA0)  | 
chartreuse (#7FFF00)  | 
chocolate (#D2691E)  | 
| coral (#FF7F50)  | 
cornflowerblue (#6495ED)  | 
cornsilk (#FFF8DC)  | 
crimson (#DC143C)  | 
| cyan (#00FFFF)  | 
darkblue (#00008B)  | 
darkcyan (#008B8B)  | 
darkgoldenrod (#B8860B)  | 
| darkgray (#A9A9A9)  | 
darkgreen (#006400)  | 
darkkhaki (#BDB76B)  | 
darkmagenta (#8B008B)  | 
| darkolivegreen (#556B2F)  | 
darkorange (#FF8C00)  | 
darkorchid (#9932CC)  | 
darkred (#8B0000)  | 
| darksalmon (#E9967A)  | 
darkseagreen (#8FBC8B)  | 
darkslateblue (#483D8B)  | 
darkslategray (#2F4F4F)  | 
| darkturquoise (#00CED1)  | 
darkviolet (#9400D3)  | 
deeppink (#FF1493)  | 
deepskyblue (#00BFFF)  | 
| dimgray (#696969)  | 
dodgerblue (#1E90FF)  | 
firebrick (#B22222)  | 
floralwhite (#FFFAF0)  | 
| forestgreen (#228B22)  | 
fuchsia (#FF00FF)  | 
gainsboro (#DCDCDC)  | 
ghostwhite (#F8F8FF)  | 
| gold (#FFD700)  | 
goldenrod (#DAA520)  | 
gray (#808080)  | 
green (#008000)  | 
| greenyellow (#ADFF2F)  | 
honeydew (#F0FFF0)  | 
hotpink (#FF69B4)  | 
indianred (#CD5C5C)  | 
| indigo (#4B0082)  | 
ivory (#FFFFF0)  | 
khaki (#F0E68C)  | 
lavender (#E6E6FA)  | 
| lavenderblush (#FFF0F5)  | 
lawngreen (#7CFC00)  | 
lemonchiffon (#FFFACD)  | 
lightblue (#ADD8E6)  | 
| lightcoral (#F08080)  | 
lightcyan (#E0FFFF)  | 
lightgoldenrodyellow (#FAFAD2)  | 
lightgreen (#90EE90)  | 
| lightgrey (#D3D3D3)  | 
lightpink (#FFB6C1)  | 
lightsalmon (#FFA07A)  | 
lightseagreen (#20B2AA)  | 
| lightskyblue (#87CEFA)  | 
lightslategray (#778899)  | 
lightsteelblue (#B0C4DE)  | 
lightyellow (#FFFFE0)  | 
| lime (#00FF00)  | 
limegreen (#32CD32)  | 
linen (#FAF0E6)  | 
magenta (#FF00FF)  | 
| maroon (#800000)  | 
mediumaquamarine (#66CDAA)  | 
mediumblue (#0000CD)  | 
mediumorchid (#BA55D3)  | 
| mediumpurple (#9370DB)  | 
mediumseagreen (#3CB371)  | 
mediumslateblue (#7B68EE)  | 
mediumspringgreen (#00FA9A)  | 
| mediumturquoise (#48D1CC)  | 
mediumvioletred (#C71585)  | 
midnightblue (#191970)  | 
mintcream (#F5FFFA)  | 
| mistyrose (#FFE4E1)  | 
moccasin (#FFE4B5)  | 
navajowhite (#FFDEAD)  | 
navy (#000080)  | 
| oldlace (#FDF5E6)  | 
olive (#808000)  | 
olivedrab (#6B8E23)  | 
orange (#FFA500)  | 
| orangered (#FF4500)  | 
orchid (#DA70D6)  | 
palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA)  | 
palegreen (#98FB98)  | 
| paleturquoise (#AFEEEE)  | 
palevioletred (#DB7093)  | 
papayawhip (#FFEFD5)  | 
peachpuff (#FFDAB9)  | 
| peru (#CD853F)  | 
pink (#FFC0CB)  | 
plum (#DDA0DD)  | 
powderblue (#B0E0E6)  | 
| purple (#800080)  | 
red (#FF0000)  | 
rosybrown (#BC8F8F)  | 
royalblue (#4169E1)  | 
| saddlebrown (#8B4513)  | 
salmon (#FA8072)  | 
sandybrown (#F4A460)  | 
seagreen (#2E8B57)  | 
| seashell (#FFF5EE)  | 
sienna (#A0522D)  | 
silver (#C0C0C0)  | 
skyblue (#87CEEB)  | 
| slateblue (#6A5ACD)  | 
slategray (#708090)  | 
snow (#FFFAFA)  | 
springgreen (#00FF7F)  | 
| steelblue (#4682B4)  | 
tan (#D2B48C)  | 
teal (#008080)  | 
thistle (#D8BFD8)  | 
| tomato (#FF6347)  | 
turquoise (#40E0D0)  | 
violet (#EE82EE)  | 
wheat (#F5DEB3)  | 
| white (#FFFFFF)  | 
whitesmoke (#F5F5F5)  | 
yellow (#FFFF00)  | 
yellowgreen (#9ACD32)  | 
Microsoft® Windows® 维护着一组用于绘制用户界面不同部分的系统颜色。除了定义在颜色表中的颜色,在 Internet Explorer 4.0 中也可正常显示以下系统颜色指定为颜色值的 Web 页。
用户可以使用 Windows 控制面板设置用于将来 Windows 会话的系统颜色。下表演示了定义在控制面板中的颜色名称的对应情况。
| activeborder | activecaption | appworkspace | background | 
| buttonface | buttonhighlight | buttonshadow | buttontext | 
| captiontext | graytext | highlight | highlighttext | 
| inactiveborder | inactivecaption | inactivecaptiontext | infobackground | 
| infotext | menu | menutext | scrollbar | 
| threeddarkshadow | threedface | threedhighlight | threedlightshadow | 
| threedshadow | window | windowframe | windowtext |