Colour HeXer

• Version: 1.0
• Author: Graeme Smith and Matthew Hudson
• Requirements: HyperCard or HyperCard Player
• Cost: free (?)
• Pros: very simple
• Cons: none
• Remote location: <URL:http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/Horwood/hcf.html>
• Tricks location: <URL:http://152.1.24.177/teaching/archives/colour-hexer.hqx>

This little HyperCard stack converts red/green/blue (RGB) codes into hexadecimal notation suitable for insertion into HTML documents. It does this by allowing you to point your mouse to either a color wheel, a swatch of color, or any point on your monitor. When you click the mouse button, Colour HeXer examines the point where you clicked and extracts point's color value, and translates it into a hexadecimal number. This is an especially useful utility if you plan to use any of the color-based Netscape attributes like BACKGROUND or to colorize your text. It means no more guessing at color values.

There are not many ways this tool could be improved except if it offered the option to copy to the clipboard the resulting hexadecimal code. In any event, it is well worth its price, $0.00.

Eric last edited this page on September 26, 1995. Please feel free to send comments.